{"id":80673,"date":"2025-09-30T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=80673"},"modified":"2025-10-06T14:22:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T18:22:39","slug":"new-release-the-homemaker-chain-of-lakes-1-by-jewel-e-ann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=80673","title":{"rendered":"New Release & ARC Review: The Homemaker (Chain of Lakes, #1) by Jewel E. Ann"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Homemaker by Jewel E. Ann is LIVE!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Released: September 30, 2025<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Available today!<\/strong>
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Blurb<\/strong><\/h4>\n

A romance inspired by TS\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u201cFortnight\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I was hers, but she was never mine.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Alice Yates is the hired \u201chomemaker\u201d for the Morrisons, an affluent couple in Minneapolis. For Alice, it\u2019s a dream job to dress up like a 1950s housewife and read romance novels to Mr. Morrison before his afternoon nap.<\/p>\n

But when the Morrisons\u2019 only daughter returns home for the summer with her fianc\u00e9, Alice comes face- to-face with her shattered past\u2014the only threat to her perfect life.<\/p>\n

Eight years earlier, vacation rental owner Murphy Paddon had an impeccable vinyl record collection and did the most irresistible thing before kissing Alice, earning him a five-star rating. Their fortnight love affair was life-altering and ended tragically.<\/p>\n

Murphy doesn\u2019t know if Alice remembers him or whether he should tell his fianc\u00e9e that the hired-help living in the guesthouse is the woman who irreparably broke his heart. He needs closure, but will the lingering glances and silent yearning lead to the end or just the beginning?<\/p>\n

Find\u00a0The Homemaker<\/em> on GOODREADS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Review<\/strong><\/h4>\n

5 stars!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alice and Murphy meet when she rents his vacation rental. For two weeks, these two open up to each other and feel something they’ve never felt before. But just as fast as they fall, it’s all taken away in a blink of an eye. Now, it is eight years later and Alice works for the Morrison family. When their daughter and her fianc\u00e9e move back for the summer to plan their wedding, Alice is blindsided when the fianc\u00e9e ends up being Murphy. She must figure out a way to hide the past from the family and make it through the summer without ruining everything in both their lives.<\/p>\n

The Homemaker\u00a0<\/em>may just be my newest favorite second chance romance. It’s an emotional read that hooked me from the first page (that opening line!!!!) and wouldn’t let me go. I was truly invested in Alice and Murphy’s story. I couldn’t wait to get to the bottom of everything and see how things were going to turn out. I love how the story goes back and forth from present to past.\u00a0 The plot and lead up to what actually happened between them and why is fantastic and so well written.\u00a0 I could feel the chemistry, the longing, and the desire between Alice and Murphy and my heart ached as the story went on and I discovered more and more. Their entire story was a big ball of feels.<\/p>\n

“I knew…that I might not ever see you again, but nothing would stop me from loving you for the rest of my life.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I love second chance romances but I do not typically enjoy love triangles or cheating. However, this author is able to write these tropes in a way that doesn’t ruin her stories for me. She takes what is usually a deal breaker in my eyes and makes it work. She makes me need to read it. And she makes me feel everything. I am addicted to her writing and I cannot seem to put her books down. This book is the same. I want to relive it again and again, even when it hurts. I laughed, I cried, and I fell in love. It’s another fave of mine!<\/p>\n

I have to add that I had hearts in my eyes when I discovered the little Easter Egg in the book. Loved it!<\/p>\n

*ARC generously provided by the author and Valentine PR & Literary Management *<\/em><\/p>\n

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Chain of Lakes<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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The Homemaker (#1) <\/strong>(Murphy & Alice)
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The Muse (#2) <\/strong>(Flynn & June)
\nTo be released 28 May
\nPre-order:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

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About the Author<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"\"Jewel is a Wall Street Journal & USA Today best selling author a with a quirky sense of humor. When she’s not saving the planet one tree at a time, you can find her role modeling questionable behavior to her three boys, binge-watching Netflix with her husband, and writing mind-bending romance.<\/p>\n

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WEBSITE<\/a> \u00a0| \u00a0GOODREADS<\/a> \u00a0| \u00a0AMAZON<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 BOOKBUB<\/a> \u00a0| \u00a0PINTEREST<\/a><\/strong>
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Check out our Jewel E. Ann Author Spotlight<\/a> for more amazing reads<\/strong>!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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