Anne Barwell

July Favorite Covers

Aug 5, 2020 | 2 comments

How are we into August already? The time is flying by, despite the fact that my days feel pretty much all the same. But one bright spot! Today we are sharing our favorite covers of the month, a post I always love because cover art can really bring so much to a book....

Guest Post and Giveaway: The Harp and the Sea by Lou Sylvre and Anne Barwell

Aug 3, 2020 | 2 comments

Today I am so pleased to welcome Lou Sylvre and Anne Barwell to Joyfully Jay. Lou and Anne have come to talk to us about their new release, The Harp and the Sea. They have also brought along a great giveaway. Please join me in giving them a big welcome! Hi! Lou...

FILED UNDER: Giveaway, Guest Post
TAGGED: Anne Barwell, Lou Sylvre

Coming This Week

Aug 2, 2020 | 1 comment

Hi everyone! I hope you had a great week! As always for the last few months, I seem to be moving between “we will all get through this” and abject panic. This week has tended more towards the panic end as I contemplate my oldest leaving soon to return to...

Review: The Harp and the Sea by Lou Sylvre and Anne Barwell

Jul 27, 2020 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Young Robbie is a Reiver by birth and now an enemy of the King James by circumstance. The king has decided to eradicate the Reivers that plague his borders and that means a mass hanging. Robbie...

FILED UNDER: 3.5 stars, Fantasy, Historical, Sue's Reviews
TAGGED: Anne Barwell, curse, Lou Sylvre, NineStar Press, self published

Coming This Week

Jul 26, 2020 | 2 comments

Hi gang! I hope you all had a great week! Sorry we are a bit late with this post today. Yesterday, our family spent a lovely day in rural Virginia with some good family friends. We had a wonderful socially distant day, spent largely in their pool. They have a walkout...

Review: Sunset at Pencarrow by Lou Sylvre and Anne Barwell

Apr 6, 2020 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.25 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Two men, both wounded by love lost, are given a second chance at happiness, home, and love. If only they didn’t do their best to get in their own way. Nate is having an awful, horrible, terrible,...

FILED UNDER: 3.25 stars, Contemporary, Elizabeth's reviews
TAGGED: Anne Barwell, BIPOC, JMS Books, Lou Sylvre, opposites attract

Coming This Week

Apr 5, 2020 | 1 comment

Hello everyone! I hope you are all doing well and everyone is safe and healthy. As you may know, we had a major blog crash on 3/27 that kept us offline until yesterday. I did literally everything I could to get things up and running, yet it seemed like everything we...

Audiobook Review: Prelude to Love by Anne Barwell

May 31, 2018 | 0 comments

Story Rating: 3.25 stars Audio Rating: 4 stars Narrator: Andrew McFerrin Length: 6 hours, 35 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks Joel and Marcus first met at a wedding. Marcus came with his then-boyfriend while Joel’s...

FILED UNDER: 3.25 stars, 4 stars, Audiobook, Contemporary, Elizabeth's reviews
TAGGED: Andrew McFerrin, Anne Barwell, Dreamspinner Press, Dreamspun Desires, hurt/comfort, teacher

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