Jack & Jool

by Anne C. West

Jack and Jool are childhood friends that grew to more than friends, but neither want to admit or act on it.

Finally Jool is introduced into society but her time and attention are captured by Captain Walter Mason. The man's idea of a wife is challenged around every corner by the wayward Jool.

Jack stays indecisive and uncertain about his feelings for Jool but soon realised that his life is incomplete without her. And the best characteristic about Jool is the very thing he loves but everybody else detests!

88 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 3, 2020

About the author

Anne C West is the writer of short stories in any given genre and started publishing some of them in 2015. Especially the retelling of people from days gone by and what they got up to when left unsupervised. She loves twisting fairy tales in knots and solving cozies.
She works as a virtual bookkeeper and is a homeschool veteran who lives with her husband, two teenage human children and four four-legged adult children in a holiday town in the North West Province of South Africa. Here's my Linktree https://linktr.ee/annecwestauthor

Reviews

[Peter Gray · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Jack & Jool" is a good-feeling, lighthearted romantic genre that is entertaining until the very last page. Jack Collins and Jool Grey are childhood friends, and one can arguably say sweethearts, but alas they both hold back their true feelings from one another. When a distinguishable Captain enters the picture and tries to win Jool's hand it sets the wheels in motion for these two estranged lovers. Admittedly, it was entertaining to see Jack's reactions to the Captain's courtship, especially when he realizes he may have left things a little to late in asking for his dear friend, Jool's hand. The story-line was rather predictable, but it did not detract me from reading it until the end. I wanted to read a warmhearted novel set in the Regency period with a strong heroine and this novel did not disappoint. I would recommend this to anyone that loves Jane Austen, and simply wants a book with an all around happy ending.

[Brandi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jack & Jool is a lighthearted Historical Romance. I enjoyed the development of friendships, the story of Jack & Jool. I love Jool’s spitfire personality, how she lives by her own code and rules; because she is a kindhearted woman who shows her love and knowledge in ways different for the time period. What can be considered as defiance and or acting out, is Jool’s way of being her own person in this world. Jack’s acceptance of Jool is beautiful.

While parts of the novel are difficult to get through, the end result is worth it!