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An Email I Just had to Share

I just had to share an email I received from someone who read 'The Return'. It makes all the writing worth while.

I just finished reading The Return. I absolutely loved it. The story line was very moving. It just made me think of how this situation is affecting other families in real time. The characters and situation was so real, the story just flowed off the pages. I had a hard time stopping at times. My children were very impatient with me.

Again thank you for the story. It was excellent. I...

A Beautiful Review By LASR

I just had to share my review from Long and Short reviews. The reviewer went into great detail about the characters and sub plots. I'm really bowled over.

The Return by Jan Bowles




The Return by Jan Bowles
Publisher: BookStrand
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Short (147 pages)
Heat: Spicy
Rating: 4 Books
Reviewed by Edelweiss

Whilst on assignment in Iraq, English TV presenter and journalist Robert Tremayne is captured by Islamic Jihadists and held hostage. His soul mate, Marielle, can barely come to...

How I fell in love with poetry

Sometimes opinions change. Sometimes ideas that have stayed with you a lifetime suddenly alter and shift, and you find a different angle with which to view.

Take poetry. Apart from having a poem published in the school magazine I really couldn't see what all the fuss was about. For years, the well formed verses never quite did it for me. They were just words, structured, yet with little meaning.

Then everything changed.

Life changed.

Feeling at a particularly low point in my life, I just happened...

A Week in Reviews

I finally received my first review for The Return from Mind Fog Reviews:

"This book, at times, reminds me of Castaway the movie. The book is well written and has a couple of hot and steamy love scenes for those of us that love the hot stuff in a romance novel. The cute little father and daughter moments are so cute that it makes your heart melt."

4 Bookmarks
Carol Langstroth, Manager
Mind Fog Reviews

Then later this week I received another review for The Pen and Muse:

"What I liked: Jan tells...

What Inspired Me to Write The Return

Blurb:

Whilst on assignment in Iraq, English TV presenter and journalist Robert Tremayne is captured by the Islamic Jihad and held hostage. His soul mate, Marielle, can barely come to terms with her loss but tries to move on with her life.


Two years later Robert is discovered alive. Marielle is overjoyed, but her life has changed beyond all recognition, and the man she loved is now very different. His time in Iraq has left him cold, emotionless and detached. There's much to tell, and each wants...

Release Day for The Return by Jan Bowles

Hi everyone, release day is finally here.

I hope to see you all soon. If you need more information on the book The Return please CLICK HERE

The Return by Jan Bowles Coming Soon

THE RETURNComing 1st December 2009A Siren-Bookstrand release.Whilst in Iraq English journalist and upcoming TV personality Robert Tremayne is captured by the Islamic Jihad and held hostage.His sweetheart Marielle is devastated when she is told he has been executed. She had so much to tell him, now she must continue her life without him.Two years later she learns that Robert is alive and well and returning to Britain. How can they continue where they left off when so much has changed?Can they ...

My New Video for The Return

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My new novel The Return is due for release on 1st December 2009.

Whilst on assignment in Iraq, TV presenter and English journalist Robert Tremayne is captured by the Islamic Jihad and held hostage. His soul mate, Marielle, can barely come to terms with her loss. When she's told he'll never return home, she's devastated, but tries to move on with her life. Two years later Robert is discovered alive.

Marielle is overjoyed, but her life has changed beyond...