HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE ONE OF THE MOST PERFECT BOOKS YOU'VE EVER READ IN ONE SLIDE. THIS WAS EVERYTHING. EMOTIONAL AS HELL, WITH BUTTERFLIES TWISTING IN MY STOMACH FROM THE SHEER RAW ROMANCE OF IT ALL. HILARIOUS BANTER THAT HAD ME SQUEALING. QUIET LOVE SHOWN THROUGH ACTION. HIGH TENSION ONLY RELEASED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. A SLIGHT MYSTERY ELEMENT THAT HAD ME ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT. QUOTES! SO MANY QUOTES! EXTREME TRAGEDY & TRAUMA. PERFECTLY IMPERFECT PEOPLE WITH COMPLEX PASTS & TRICKY FUTURES. I COULD GO ON & ON & ON.

There are some books you read that when you finish you are just blown away. This was one of those books for me. I went into this completely blind. In fact, it’s the first book by this author I’ve ever read. Suffice it to say, Jewel just landed on my list of favorite authors.

I love the dynamic, chemistry, and banter between Jaymes (Jamie) and Calvin (Fitz). These characters are raw, real, and relatable. The humor and sarcasm perfectly balances out the tension, pain, and angst. These two go through a gamut of emotions that bleed onto the page.

This story is a woven tapestry of twists and turns. It’s a comedy. It’s a tragedy. It’s a love story. The way it’s all tied together in the end is masterful. This book just catapulted to my top read of the year so far, and there is not one thing I would change about it.

When Jamie Andrews, a psychiatric nurse arrives in rural Montana, she finds herself moving in with a house full of firefighters. There she meets Calvin Fitzgerald, a grumpy smoke jumper, ten years her senior. She finds him interesting and is determined to unpack him. However, Fitz is not open to her analysing him. Jamie knows that he has a secret and she is desperate to learn what it is, before the secret harms their relationship.
This book had plenty of sizzle and angst between two quite complex characters. To add to this, the banter between Jamie and Fitz made this all the more enjoyable, giving depth to their romance. Whilst their past traumas could have kept them apart, leading to a doomed relationship, their ability to work together, made for such an enjoyable read.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Jamie is a girl from Miami Florida who is a travel nurse. She she leaves everything she knows in in Miami on the road to self discovery after grieving her mother. Calvin is a smoke jumper that lives in Montana.. Calvin is super closed off and grumpy. Jamie is a sunshine in human form.. they find love in the most unexpected places. Jamie finds out some information that could run the trajectory of their relationship. Would they survive this? Such a great read.

I wish there was a way to give a book more than 5 stars. I would give this book every star. I love how Jewel's books make you feel so much emotion. I laughed and cried and felt so much for these characters. Fitz and Jaymes were inevitable. Life is also tragic and unfair. My heart broke for them and healed with them. The unspeakable actions of people in their life that almost kept them apart. But I loved their love. Their banter might have been the best banter I have ever read in a book.
And to see their life come together so beautifully in the end was just absolute perfection. Bravo Jewel!

This was my first Jewel E. Ann book, and it certainly will not be my last. This book was ANGSTY. The will they/won't they had me hooked. I'm a sucker for a man who doesn't want love but finds a woman who makes it impossible for him to stay away. This book deals largely with grief and I think it was very well done. The twists and turns were not something I expected, but highly enjoyed it. This book was the right balance of romance, plot & spice.

Read if you like:
- Tortured, grumpy MMC
- Enemies to lovers
- Age-Gap (10 years)
- Firefighter romance
- Found Family
- Will they/Won't they

Another banger from Jewel. I swear this woman knows how to catch my attention so quickly with her writing. I absolutely adored this book!!! Jaymes (Jamie) and Calvin stole my heart both individually and together. Calvin’s job was so interesting and I loved that I had to come up with several different theories about his life before the truth was revealed. I loved the craziness of his life and of how Jamie fit into it once things were finally out in the open. There was a minute there when I wasn’t sure things would work out but I have to remember to trust in Jewel, because she’s not done me wrong yet. Truly I can’t say enough good things about this book. Missoula, Montana and the firefighting roommates are wonderful and I can’t wait to read about the others!

Tears were shed during the consumption of this book. I was not prepared for the twists and turns in Fitz and Jamie’s story.

Jamie is a traveling nurse who finds herself living in a house full of firefighters in Montana. Two of her roommates seem normal but it’s Calvin (Fitz) who intrigues her the most. To everyone around him, he’s mostly an enigma who keeps to himself. As time goes by, Jamie slowly peels back the painful layers he keeps hidden.

Fitz is unapologetic about the way he lives his life. He’s a smoke jumper so danger is his constant companion. He’s refuses to have anything to do with commitment. Needless to say, he was very unprepared for Jamie.

Buckle up because these two will tear your heart out. There are many moments that you will smile with their hilarious banter though. Their roommates, Will and Maren, will make you smile every time they are on the page. I loved Jamie and Fitz’s slow burn. They were truly what the other needed. I cannot wait for the next story!

this booook omg 😩 I can’t even find the words rn. I read this in ONE day. I couldn’t put this down because I was just SO intrigued.

Fitz is broody and more than happy to be alone. Even though he doesn’t let anyone get close to him, he has friends who care for him and respect his boundaries. Jaymes takes one look at Fitz and it’s like there’s something there tethering her to him. With the wake up call from his friends/roommates, they helped Fitz realize that he can have the dream and the future that he never thought he could have.

These two and their banter!!! I was so invested in these characters and their background. The way Jewel E Ann writes always hooks me in as multiple books of her are my all time favorites. Always so grateful to receive an arc of her books!

Wow this one was an emotional whirlwind but it also had my giggling and kicking my feet in the air! The humor between them was absolutely hilarious, the story, in pure Jewel E Ann fashion, was twisted and unexpected, and the characters were complicated, broody, and eventually healing <3 would definitely recommend.

The thing about this author is she is going to expertly make my heart so happy, yet simultaneously make it hurt. Jaymes and Fitz's love story did just that. I feel like I reached my highest highs and lowest lows in this book. She's so great at adding so much dimension and emotions into books, and by the end I was beyond healed.

Jaymes is a traveling nurse who rents a room from a group of firefighter friends in Montana. The grumpiest of them, Calvin Fitzgerald, is a smoke jumper who risks his life with every wildfire job he goes on. But that's not why he's a grump. That's much deeper, and gets told slowly throughout the story as Jaymes peels away all of his layers.

<i><b>He’s an earthquake— a force of nature. And I don’t stand a chance of surviving him.</i></b>

She's such a bright ray of sunshine for this wily group of friends and does her best to engage each of them in meaningful ways. With Fitz she finds he's easy to tease and banter with. They throw insults back and forth so easily, and soon enough those interactions turn flirtatious.

When Jaymes and Fitz start falling into lust with one another it's beautiful. Two shattered hearts finding solace in one another? Sign me up! They're reluctant to show their true feelings, hesitant to put their heart on the line in any real way, and yet they can't help but feel the tug on that string that's drawing them together. They're soulmates, best friends, kindred spirits, and yet they stumble their way through finding and keeping love.

This book was so beautifully written, and I'd happily read more books by this author, or in this series.

This was the first book I have read by this author and there's a lot of 5 star reviews out there, but I dunno clearly something didn't click for me. Can i pinpoint that feeling exactly? Not really.

This is about a challenging love story between a travelling psychiatric nurse and a firefighter (and him jumping out of planes to do so!? I did not know that was a thing!).

There is a banter between our main characters and they are both as equally flawed as eachother, with some tragic events in their backstories.

There's a twist in the second half and whilst it furthers the plot it didn't make me want to root for the characters to be together.

It was an ok read but I didn't find myself attached to anyone in any capacity.

One work: crack
This was so good.

I love books with jobs we don’t see often enough. Especially blue collar men.
Calvin: smoke jumper
Jaymes: traveling nurse

Grumpy x sunshine
And oh my god. The banter in this book. 🔥
Pure 🔥

Ten year age gap. I like it.

Roommates/enemies to lovers.
Found family

And the tragic pasts. Dear god. My emotions were up and down. I feel like I went from cackling to jaw drop shattering.

Arc review ✨

4⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Tropes:
💙 firefighter x nurse
🩶age gap
💙roommates
🩶 enemies to lovers
💙grief
🩶traumatic past
💙banter

Traveling psychiatric nurse Jaymes Andrews takes a job in Montana and moves in with a group of people, one being the smoke jumper Calvin Fitzgerald. These two begin to grow close, despite the rules of the house rule against it, their banter and friendship growing into something much bigger.

Calvin " Fitz" Fitzgerald Fitz is a 35-year old firejumper who puts his life at risk each day fighting the wildfires. He is pretty much married to his job each season. Jayme is drawn to him for some reason, and watching their relationship develop, despite the house rules was great to see. The once enemies, turned friends turning into so much more than either expected.

These two seemed to have just an instant chemistry and their attraction to each other seemed to just burn with intensity. But we watched as there was an attraction that slowly turns into a connection, which I loved watching develop. I love a good enemies to lovers story, but add in the angst and trauma and this is one right up my alley.

I think what made this book a lot more enjoyable to read for me is the banter. Not only the banter between Fritz and Jaymes but the roommates as well. This helped balance the story with the emotional and heartfelt moments.

Overall another great book from Jewel and a great start to a new series,

This book was phenomenal right from the very first line! IYKYK

Jewel E Ann is becoming an auto buy and top author for me! I have loved everything I’ve read by her so far. Her writing is captivating and the banter, tension and chemistry with the characters are unmatched.

Jaymes is a traveling nurse and rents a room with 3 firefighters in Montana, and a house rule is no roomie hookups. Fitz is a grumpy smoke jumper ( 🥵). Their banter was top notch and had me giggling and kicking my feet, I just loved it so much. They were so quick witted with each other with so many inside jokes that were referenced throughout the book perfectly. They had so much sexual tension and off the charts chemistry I couldn’t put it down.

Both of them have amazing character growth after sorting through trauma from their past and how it all came together was so unexpected, but just fit. There were twists being revealed and so many invisible strings bringing them together. I loved this book, the characters and the banter so much! Highly recommend reading when it releases!

Thank you for the ARC!

Infinity stars ✨

The emotional turmoil this book has put me through.. I am completely wrecked, but I also think I might have found a new top read of the year.

JEA writes about trauma, grief and healing so incredibly well. Plus her ability to portray the chemistry between characters through her writing continues to astound me. I loved the concept of “my person” that carried throughout the story.

The book had the best banter, angst and the most beautiful relationships between not only Fitz and Jamie, but all the roommates. I’m so keen to dive in to book 2 and read Maren’s story.

I absolutely loved how there was the element of mystery amongst the romance. I was not ready for it and my jaw was completely on the floor.

✨Firefighter x Psychiatric Nurse
✨Grumpy x Sunshine
✨Age Gap (25/35)
✨Roommates
✨Forced Proximity
✨Found Family
✨Angst
✨Tragic Past
✨Twisty

I was going to start this review saying I'm on fire but that isn't entirely true. I'm drowning. Drowning in my emotions, burning up with passion, and desperately gulping in air. Jewel E. Ann has once again destroyed the souls of her readers with a hero worth saving.

Calvin Fitzgerald is an enigma. Jaymes is only here for awhile but even she knows there's something about this man. Together, they light sparklers with their banter. They smolder with tension. The become pure white hot flames. But fire needs air and smoke can do more than burn your eyes- it can smother the flames...if you let it.

Don't let the smoke get in your eyes. Never forget to bring the bear spray. Always love too much!

alexa play daylight (calvin’s version)

i want to preface this review by saying when i started this book i went in blind knowing nothing other than it was a firefighter romance. i sought out this arc because at an ungodly hour one night/morning i happened to stumble upon book 2 as a read now and thought “why the hell not!” lol once again not knowing what it was about aside from firefighter. this was also my first book of jewels so its very safe to say i did not go into these books thinking i was going to come out of it with a new all time favorite book or that i was going to want to kick myself in the shin for having waited so long to start one of her books however, i did 🥹

one of the most magical feelings while reading a book is knowing very early on that its going to be phenomenal and that youre going to fall hard and fast for it. this book was the most perfect blend of humor, found family, will they wont they, grief and healing. it is a beautiful strangers to best friends to lovers to “well what now?”, its a cruel right person, wrong time and the best way i can describe it is the lyrics from peter - “the goddess of timing once found us beguiling, she said she was trying, Peter, was she lying? my ribs get the feeling she did.” 😭😭 like girls prepare to HURT before jewel even THINKS about patching you all up.

i found myself kicking my feet and giggling the entire time until it just turned into puddles of tears upon tears, man i was so insanely unwell reading this and i am forever grateful i got to go bawl my eyes out like a baby in private bc the grief and emotions were SPICY and not in the fun way!!! 😭😂

“All I can do is blink. No one loves as big as Calvin Fitzgerald.”

this one out of context sentence pretty much sums up calvin as a person, he loves so big and so hard and due to his past traumas it scares the ever loving hell out of him causing him to lash out sometimes but then we have the sweet and gentle jamie who can tell that he’s nothing but all bark and no bite. she knows when to push and when to back down from her pursuit to get him out of his own head. their love story is beautiful, tragic and completely addictive from start to finish. to be loved is to be known and these two knew each other like the back of their hand seemingly from the moment they met.

one of the things i find really cool about this story is the jobs everyone holds, when i went in thinking this was most likely another small town firefighter romance the last thing i was expecting was calvin being a smoke jumper (it was insanely cool to learn a little bit about this job in the process of reading it), maren (roommate and books 2s fmc) was a tanker pilot - i mean how fucking cool and bad ass?!, jamie is a psychiatric nurse who while reading parts of her job i just couldnt help but hope that every patient who suffers from a mental illness has somebody like her in their corner.

i also really loved how this book didnt just take place in missoula, we hoped around all over the place and jamie really got to fulfill her wish of seeing more of the country before settling down, was it easy for her to do? god no but i really commend JEA for making sure that even though it was hard she didnt just settle for something that felt safe and she continued to go out of her comfort zone time and time again.

TLDR - this book is fucking beautiful and insanely well written and you’d be a fool not to give it a try 🤷🏼‍♀️

Gaaah 🫣
I have a new auto-buy author and her name is Jewel E. Ann. After reading Sunday Morning, which was an amazing book, I decided to apply for the ARC of From Air. And what can I say? It’s incredible.

This story is so angsty and there are some huge plot twists. It’s heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time.

I feel like the end was a bit rushed, but otherwise it was soooo good. I can’t wait for the series to continue!

🚁🔥🩺❤️‍🔥🧯

Thank you Montlake and netgalley for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I am emotional and in awe!!! This book is now in my top 5 favourites of all time. When I received this book, I was not expecting the emotional rollercoaster I was put through. All the love, grief, mystery?? I was eating this book up!!! I don't know what I was expecting, but it definitely wasn't to find my favourite read of 2024!!?!?!? One of my top 5 reads of all time?!? I am actually at a loss for words. This book was amazing!!!!!!!

Something about a firefighter, morally grey, mysterious MMC really did it for me. I love everything about this book! Jamie and Calvin 😭😭😭 I think that all the highs and the lows, the loss and the heartbreak they experienced in their lives happened so that they could not only eventually find each other, but also move on and heal together. Their love was truly meant to happen and despite everything, I truly, wholeheartedly believe that they are meant to be together. They needed to find each other in order to learn to love and heal.

I truly did not know where this book was headed tbh. I thought it was just going to be another romance, but it was so much more!! Along with their beautiful love story, you also get to see immense character growth within Jamie and Calvin as they individually navigate through the ups and downs of love and a battle with grief.

I am excited to read the next book in this series!! While the main focus was on Jamie and Calvin, I also loved all the side characters and I cannot wait for their books!!

EVERYONE PLEASE READ THIS BOOK!!! I NEED TO DISCUSS IT WITH SOMEONE 😭

Tropes:
- firefighter
- morally grey MMC
- roommates/close proximity
- age gap

From Air: ★★★★★ (5)

Pub date: November 26, 2024 - preorder your copy now!!

PLEASE EVERYONE, PLEASE READ THIS BOOK!!!!! I promise you will not be disappointed!!!