"Irish Jewel" by Julie Ann James Set for St. Patrick's Day Release

SARASOTA, Fla. - March 15, 2016 - PRLog -- The Peppertree Press announces the upcoming release of Irish Jewel by Julie Ann James.  A sweeping, sensational and suspenseful tale, Irish Jewel will be available wherever fine books are sold on March 17, 2016. Irish Jewel will be published simultaneously in hardcover (ISBN: 978-1-61493-270-3, $21.95), and trade paper (ISBN: 978-1-61493-268-0, $14.95) editions.

When Irish Jewel opens, bride-to-be Amy Reid is living out a fairy tale.  She's engaged to be married to the love of her life, Michael Cambridge, an Irishman. Michael, a member of one of Dublin's most prominent families and heir to the Cambridge precious gem business, is everything a girl could dream of and more.  He's handsome, loving, charming, smart, successful, and, as icing on the wedding cake, Amy and Michael will be married in an elaborate ceremony in Dublin. This lavish, spare-no-expense event will be an exquisite dream-come-true-affair, a beautiful beginning to their lives together.

But this dream-come-true quickly turns into a nightmare:  what begins as a vague threat quickly escalates into something much more sinister. On the eve of what should be the happiest day of her life, Amy is quickly swept up in an insidious web of danger, kidnapping, and murder.

When long buried truths emerge and dark secrets come to light, this fairy tale will be irretrievably fractured.  Nothing is as it seems and the only way to win this deadly game is to get out alive. But the odds are stacked against Michael and Amy.  Will they even live to see "till death us do part"? Expect the unexpected in this twisted tale...

Novelist Julie Ann James weaves an elaborate, supremely shocking tale in her latest novel.  A mesmerizing page turner about lies, deceit, and secrets, Irish Jewel is a sparkling story that fuses elements of intrigue, mystery, romance and drama.  Captivating, mesmerizing, and alluring, Irish Jewel is unforgettable.

Julie Ann James is an avid speaker and author who penned her first book at the age of 10. In 2003, Julie Ann founded Pepper Tree Magazine, a literary magazine based in Sarasota, Florida, and later founded The Peppertree Press.  A longtime Sarasota resident, Julie Ann is also the author of The Pepper Tree Story: How the Seeds were Planted, Finnigan the Dragon, It's Rhyming Peas and Carrots, The Tooth be Told, The Cows in the Garden and Haunted Echoes.

The Peppertree Press is an independent book publisher based in Florida. For more information, visit: http://www.peppertreepublishing.com/