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Into the Embers
Safety, happiness, forgiveness, and love finally surround Bria as family bonds strengthen and friendships deepen. The love that was once only a dream becomes a reality and it’s better than she ever imagined. Hers is a fairy tale come true, until the absence of those they left behind threatens the peace she desperately longs to maintain. East’s life is nothing like Bria’s and, for better or worse, never has been. Hers is a nightmare of deceit and death. Trust is questioned as alliances are made. The truth she has been seeking is found but at a cost she never meant to pay. Through it all, hope remains as the love of a father offers her a path out of the darkness.
310 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 16, 2018
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Jacqueline Brown
12 books71 followersDr. Jacqueline Brown is a clinical psychologist who specializes in working with women and girls who have experienced trauma and entanglement with the criminal and juvenile justice systems. She is consistently amazed at the beauty, hope, and resilience of the women and girls with whom she has had the privilege of working, and she is incredibly humbled and grateful to each of them for allowing her to be part of their lives. She strives to bring that same hope, resilience, and beauty into the characters she creates and the stories they tell. Jacqueline lives in Florida with her husband, their two sons, and two furry pound puppies, Roxy and Bella. Please visit her at Jacqueline-Brown.com to find out more about her writing and to be notified of new releases.
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March 6, 2022
This installment provides two different perspectives, following the core group and its offshoot, as more is made known about the state of America after the EMP. There was a bit too much romance in this one for my personal tastes, but I did like that relationships and marriages were shown in a Biblical light.
I'm not sure how this series will wrap up in one more book, but I'll find out soon enough!
I'm not sure how this series will wrap up in one more book, but I'll find out soon enough!
January 7, 2025
Didn’t like how the perspective switched between the two characters, and felt a bit preachy but some good truth. And I’m so close to finishing the series so…
October 30, 2018
Jacqueline Brown’s, Into The Embers, packs a one two punch just like her preceding books of The Light series to give us a heart pounding read full of twists and turns that keeps the reader engaged and crying out for more.
The series revolves around four friends from college and a family that takes them in during one of the most trying and dangerous times society has ever known. Life as they know it is gone, a primitive world in its place. It is the survival of the fittest, where friends and family must stick together if they are to remain alive and sustain themselves. It will take everyone trusting each other and working together for the common good.
In the 4th book of the series, Into The Embers, Sara, Blaize, Josh, Bria and Jonah head for home with some addition family members in tow. Not all is as it seems however, as this new family group is fractured and trust is at a premium. Anxious to get home to see the family, Bria and Jonah also have news of their own. Bria and Jonah have decided to make their relationship permanent and seal their commitment with a wedding. The day is beautiful, but there is a missing family member. East has remained behind with Haz where they are fighting the rebels on the streets to try and restore freedom and society as they know it. East and Haz are unaware that the others have made it home safely to North Carolina with additional family members. As both East and Jonah do what they feel called to do, neither will forget the other and both will carry each other in their hearts.
Like her last 3 books in The Light series, Jacqueline Brown gives us a page turner that is never dull and packed full of action and emotion. Her characters are real, raw and beautifully gritty. It’s a joy watching them change and develop over time or as circumstances dictates. The comradery of the friends and the openness of the Page family to welcome them as their own is beautiful to behold. As always, there was plenty of action to keep my heart jumping, as well as heartfelt emotion to make me smile. Before I knew it, the book was over much too quickly and unfortunately left me craving more.
If you are someone who loves a book that takes you away, engages you, and leaves you craving for more, The Light series by Jacqueline Brown is for you. Her 4th installment, Into The Embers is the perfect remedy for these cold autumn nights. Pick up a copy and enjoy!
The series revolves around four friends from college and a family that takes them in during one of the most trying and dangerous times society has ever known. Life as they know it is gone, a primitive world in its place. It is the survival of the fittest, where friends and family must stick together if they are to remain alive and sustain themselves. It will take everyone trusting each other and working together for the common good.
In the 4th book of the series, Into The Embers, Sara, Blaize, Josh, Bria and Jonah head for home with some addition family members in tow. Not all is as it seems however, as this new family group is fractured and trust is at a premium. Anxious to get home to see the family, Bria and Jonah also have news of their own. Bria and Jonah have decided to make their relationship permanent and seal their commitment with a wedding. The day is beautiful, but there is a missing family member. East has remained behind with Haz where they are fighting the rebels on the streets to try and restore freedom and society as they know it. East and Haz are unaware that the others have made it home safely to North Carolina with additional family members. As both East and Jonah do what they feel called to do, neither will forget the other and both will carry each other in their hearts.
Like her last 3 books in The Light series, Jacqueline Brown gives us a page turner that is never dull and packed full of action and emotion. Her characters are real, raw and beautifully gritty. It’s a joy watching them change and develop over time or as circumstances dictates. The comradery of the friends and the openness of the Page family to welcome them as their own is beautiful to behold. As always, there was plenty of action to keep my heart jumping, as well as heartfelt emotion to make me smile. Before I knew it, the book was over much too quickly and unfortunately left me craving more.
If you are someone who loves a book that takes you away, engages you, and leaves you craving for more, The Light series by Jacqueline Brown is for you. Her 4th installment, Into The Embers is the perfect remedy for these cold autumn nights. Pick up a copy and enjoy!
November 16, 2020
Not my fave, but still good
I LOVE this series, but this book was a lot more slow paced and with alot of love romance and repeated thoughts/feelings. I skimmed many paragraphs and pages that were not needed to get back to the actual story. Happen about the events that did happen just extremely drawn out and wordy. Hoping this next book is better!
I LOVE this series, but this book was a lot more slow paced and with alot of love romance and repeated thoughts/feelings. I skimmed many paragraphs and pages that were not needed to get back to the actual story. Happen about the events that did happen just extremely drawn out and wordy. Hoping this next book is better!
June 23, 2021
The fourth book was a little light on plot, but you have to finish the series!
January 13, 2022
Fabulous book
This fourth book is just as great as the other three in the series. It will be sad when the series is complete.
This fourth book is just as great as the other three in the series. It will be sad when the series is complete.
January 29, 2022
Love this series
This book had a quieter pace, but it was just as intense emotionally. I'm so glad Jonah and Bria married!
This book had a quieter pace, but it was just as intense emotionally. I'm so glad Jonah and Bria married!
January 18, 2019
Lessons in Forgiveness
I was well into the second book in this series before I realized that the books were marketed to young adult audiences. Not that I would be put off by that, because I am a grandmother with a background in teaching literature to terms and young adults and I love sharing books with my grandchildren and enjoy the discussions that follow. But I believe older readers will find even more to appreciate in the events that occur following the Light, and will bring their own experiences to beat in their responses to the older characters. In the earlier books we eventually meet the parents of Bria's friends when they set out on a perilous quest to find them as well as to determine if and how they survived the collapse of the civilized world they once knew. We see them deal with death and destruction and betrayals and heartbreak, but we also see them grow in courage, charity, and willingness to protect one another and sacrifice their own well-being and comfort for the good of the group. We see them also struggle to understand how the new world disorder has brought out the worst in people they had always looked up to and people they had come to care for, raising the question subtitled in the first book: Who Do You Become When the World Falls Away? For the destruction of the power grid and loss of man-made conveniences and the structures that empowered man and machine has wrought changes in some, and reinforced character--for good or ill--in others. Every character must find new ways to resolve old problems, and discover within themselves new skills, talents, and resources. But more importantly, we see in each of the characters how these effects are determined by love and faith, love of family in some, love of country in others, self-love and survival instincts in some, romantic love and mutual commitments, or failure to commit in others. We see love tested and tried in various forms through the past that each character faces and reveals, as well as the ordeals they face and will face both together and alone. We see love grow as past mistakes and damages done and endured are revealed and beg for healing or forgiveness. And finally, we see in yet another wedding on the farm, the blossoming of forgiveness, faith, love, and hope brought about by the bonds forged in the early relationships of the parents and the acceptance by the young adults of the values that made them strong. The concluding chapter brings a joyful closure to the characters in the farm and the families who love there, but we must wait for the next novel to learn the fates of those who stayed behind--one member of the family, a soldier and their companions--to rescue those enslaved in Camp David and elsewhere, and to discover what has happened in the nation's capital and who, if anyone, is holding the reins of government. And who the have become in the meantime.
I was well into the second book in this series before I realized that the books were marketed to young adult audiences. Not that I would be put off by that, because I am a grandmother with a background in teaching literature to terms and young adults and I love sharing books with my grandchildren and enjoy the discussions that follow. But I believe older readers will find even more to appreciate in the events that occur following the Light, and will bring their own experiences to beat in their responses to the older characters. In the earlier books we eventually meet the parents of Bria's friends when they set out on a perilous quest to find them as well as to determine if and how they survived the collapse of the civilized world they once knew. We see them deal with death and destruction and betrayals and heartbreak, but we also see them grow in courage, charity, and willingness to protect one another and sacrifice their own well-being and comfort for the good of the group. We see them also struggle to understand how the new world disorder has brought out the worst in people they had always looked up to and people they had come to care for, raising the question subtitled in the first book: Who Do You Become When the World Falls Away? For the destruction of the power grid and loss of man-made conveniences and the structures that empowered man and machine has wrought changes in some, and reinforced character--for good or ill--in others. Every character must find new ways to resolve old problems, and discover within themselves new skills, talents, and resources. But more importantly, we see in each of the characters how these effects are determined by love and faith, love of family in some, love of country in others, self-love and survival instincts in some, romantic love and mutual commitments, or failure to commit in others. We see love tested and tried in various forms through the past that each character faces and reveals, as well as the ordeals they face and will face both together and alone. We see love grow as past mistakes and damages done and endured are revealed and beg for healing or forgiveness. And finally, we see in yet another wedding on the farm, the blossoming of forgiveness, faith, love, and hope brought about by the bonds forged in the early relationships of the parents and the acceptance by the young adults of the values that made them strong. The concluding chapter brings a joyful closure to the characters in the farm and the families who love there, but we must wait for the next novel to learn the fates of those who stayed behind--one member of the family, a soldier and their companions--to rescue those enslaved in Camp David and elsewhere, and to discover what has happened in the nation's capital and who, if anyone, is holding the reins of government. And who the have become in the meantime.
October 12, 2019
Not as good as the first three
I enjoyed the first 3 books in the series, although I think the author should put a synopsis at the beginnings of the books following the first so that anyone reading out of order can understand the story line. Each book leaves you hanging, story threads are not resolved and you can't wait to read the next book. But this fourth book lacks the excitement and edge-of-your-seat action of the middle two books. Oh, there's a little nail-biting here, but a lot more narration than conversation or action. There are some very lovely and touching scenes, some offensive (in the church!), and as much as I'd like to think Bria has grown spiritually, she shows that she actually hasn't , over and over. Ad nauseum! That made this installment drag. And then you get to the end and it's not finished! Amazon shows this as a four book series, but there needs to be a fifth to wrap it all up! (There is a novella that explains about Juliette that is worth reading.) If the author writes another book, then I would recommend reading this one so you have the continuity of the story, but if you read it, expect a disappointing ending.
I enjoyed the first 3 books in the series, although I think the author should put a synopsis at the beginnings of the books following the first so that anyone reading out of order can understand the story line. Each book leaves you hanging, story threads are not resolved and you can't wait to read the next book. But this fourth book lacks the excitement and edge-of-your-seat action of the middle two books. Oh, there's a little nail-biting here, but a lot more narration than conversation or action. There are some very lovely and touching scenes, some offensive (in the church!), and as much as I'd like to think Bria has grown spiritually, she shows that she actually hasn't , over and over. Ad nauseum! That made this installment drag. And then you get to the end and it's not finished! Amazon shows this as a four book series, but there needs to be a fifth to wrap it all up! (There is a novella that explains about Juliette that is worth reading.) If the author writes another book, then I would recommend reading this one so you have the continuity of the story, but if you read it, expect a disappointing ending.
September 27, 2019
This series is so worth reading
I just finished the fourth book & I know Jacqueline is planning on #5 & 6 at least. There's more to be told! So much happens in this book! The team gets captured but, together, they escape. They help prisoners escape from another camp & most of them head home. But East stays behind to continue to fight the evil that has taken over.
Although there has been an emphasis on Catholic doctrine & way of thinking throughout this story, this book seems to have more. As a born again Christian, I don't pray to saints or confess to another imperfect human being. I go straight to God in the name of Jesus. The Bible says there is one mediator between God & man, the Man, Christ Jesus, I Timothy 2:5
Regardless, the books are good, exciting & very well written. The characters are passionate about doing good & This series is well worth the reading!
I just finished the fourth book & I know Jacqueline is planning on #5 & 6 at least. There's more to be told! So much happens in this book! The team gets captured but, together, they escape. They help prisoners escape from another camp & most of them head home. But East stays behind to continue to fight the evil that has taken over.
Although there has been an emphasis on Catholic doctrine & way of thinking throughout this story, this book seems to have more. As a born again Christian, I don't pray to saints or confess to another imperfect human being. I go straight to God in the name of Jesus. The Bible says there is one mediator between God & man, the Man, Christ Jesus, I Timothy 2:5
Regardless, the books are good, exciting & very well written. The characters are passionate about doing good & This series is well worth the reading!
December 17, 2019
I plowed through all 5 books in this series—and thoroughly enjoyed this sweet futuristic “after-a-worldwide-EMP” romance. My general review for the series is on Book 1, “The Light.”
Each book ends with enough “happy for now” to be tolerable, but danger continues to lurk until the end of Book 5. Therefore, before starting on Book 1, check your budget to confirm you’re able to buy Books 2, 3, 4, and 5 as fast as you need to read the next book. I used 30 tissues in Books 4 and 5.
Each book ends with enough “happy for now” to be tolerable, but danger continues to lurk until the end of Book 5. Therefore, before starting on Book 1, check your budget to confirm you’re able to buy Books 2, 3, 4, and 5 as fast as you need to read the next book. I used 30 tissues in Books 4 and 5.
February 9, 2020
Great absorbing book!
The characters and story line make you feel like you are there. Hopefully none of us will ever have to live through these times. But real world as it is becoming could make this happen! The first four books are clean of language and definitely gives you lots to think about and wonder if we need to go think of this type of living might be necessary to live. Would recommend this book to everyone! Ready to start free short story and th fifth book in series.
The characters and story line make you feel like you are there. Hopefully none of us will ever have to live through these times. But real world as it is becoming could make this happen! The first four books are clean of language and definitely gives you lots to think about and wonder if we need to go think of this type of living might be necessary to live. Would recommend this book to everyone! Ready to start free short story and th fifth book in series.
February 24, 2023
I absolutely love this series. It is always interesting to imagine what our live would be like if all the modern technology we love and know were to be stripped away. Who would we become? What would we do to survive
However, I was dissipated that the perspective switched back and forth between Bria and East. I enjoyed Bria’s chapters significantly better.
(Trying not to give spoilers) I also was not a fan of the ending, I know it was just to give the next book some plot but…it was kind of stupid. I wish it had better reasoning but I see why it happened. Can’t wait to read the last book!
However, I was dissipated that the perspective switched back and forth between Bria and East. I enjoyed Bria’s chapters significantly better.
(Trying not to give spoilers) I also was not a fan of the ending, I know it was just to give the next book some plot but…it was kind of stupid. I wish it had better reasoning but I see why it happened. Can’t wait to read the last book!
May 19, 2019
Amazing book!
As Jonah and Bria discovered, we are not all the same. While some can accept something cruel as a result of circumstances, others see it as unforgivable. Only God can resolve both. That's one reason we need him so desperately. Jacqueline does an amazing job of teaching that lesson in Embers.
As Jonah and Bria discovered, we are not all the same. While some can accept something cruel as a result of circumstances, others see it as unforgivable. Only God can resolve both. That's one reason we need him so desperately. Jacqueline does an amazing job of teaching that lesson in Embers.
November 13, 2018
Another great story
I can't get enough of this story. It's captivating and keeps me turning the pages wanting more. It's going to be so hard waiting for the final book. I love how this book brings faith and love together. Book five can't get here soon enough!
I can't get enough of this story. It's captivating and keeps me turning the pages wanting more. It's going to be so hard waiting for the final book. I love how this book brings faith and love together. Book five can't get here soon enough!
December 30, 2025
Full of action and adventure just like the first three books in The Light series. Many feelings are had while traveling the areas between Washington DC and North Carolina after the "event" happened. More information is found. More allies are made. "Family" is revisited by some while others go home.
October 31, 2018
I love this whole series. Jacqueline Brown takes you right into the story and makes you feel like you are part of it. I hope there will be a Book 5 in the near future!
November 3, 2018
Another great book
4 books in the series and none have disappointed. My only regret is now I have to wait again for the 5th.
4 books in the series and none have disappointed. My only regret is now I have to wait again for the 5th.
January 4, 2019
Very engaging
Love the character development and honest debate about forgiveness. These are topics that we should talk about more often so that we can think it through.
Love the character development and honest debate about forgiveness. These are topics that we should talk about more often so that we can think it through.
January 21, 2022
Another fantastic read in this series.
October 3, 2022
Well developed installment, which could allow reader to 'escape' the series, or continue. I will continue!
July 18, 2023
This series is based on Catholic beliefs. It’s very intense with survival of the fittest being the theme. What would you do if all power was lost?
January 15, 2024
Another winner by Jacqueline Brown. This serial continues to keep my attention. It’s hard to put the books down
October 10, 2025
Loved this series!
November 4, 2025
Lots of things are happening! Wasn't sure how I'd like the split POV chapters but they weren't too bad.
Very curious to see how things end with the last book. Been fun so far!
3.5 ☆ Rounded down
Very curious to see how things end with the last book. Been fun so far!
3.5 ☆ Rounded down
August 20, 2019
Five Stars Great Read
I was so excited that Into the Embers was finally released. Jacqueline Brown is an exceptionally gifted writer and her books have well developed characters and storylines.
Into the Embers does not disappoint. East and Haz still struggle with society deteriorating while looking for the good in people. The love story of Bria and Jonah continues to evolve. Bria seems to continue to question her self worth at every turn. In watching the unconditional love between Blaise and Josh and the redemption of Blaise’s parents makes Bria question life even more. The growth in Bria’s character throughout the book keeps you turning the page and hoping for her to realize that there is an unconditional love for her and that redemption is possible.
There are so many twists and turns in this book that you just have to pick it up and read it yourself.
And we have to wait again for the next book in the series. I can’t wait I am counting down the days.
I was so excited that Into the Embers was finally released. Jacqueline Brown is an exceptionally gifted writer and her books have well developed characters and storylines.
Into the Embers does not disappoint. East and Haz still struggle with society deteriorating while looking for the good in people. The love story of Bria and Jonah continues to evolve. Bria seems to continue to question her self worth at every turn. In watching the unconditional love between Blaise and Josh and the redemption of Blaise’s parents makes Bria question life even more. The growth in Bria’s character throughout the book keeps you turning the page and hoping for her to realize that there is an unconditional love for her and that redemption is possible.
There are so many twists and turns in this book that you just have to pick it up and read it yourself.
And we have to wait again for the next book in the series. I can’t wait I am counting down the days.
March 12, 2022
Catholic Young Adult
Distopian
I binge read this entire series in one weekend. The characters in these stories are wonderful! The problems addressed in the story are both physical and spiritual. I loved these books.
Distopian
I binge read this entire series in one weekend. The characters in these stories are wonderful! The problems addressed in the story are both physical and spiritual. I loved these books.
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