Coming in the fall of 2017!
Hopefully...

Before you ask, yes, it's another one. But I'm guessing that if you're here, you're actually happy about it.

A small note before we begin. This is officially the last book I actually have a draft for. This also happens to be my favorite book in the series. It's also going to be immense.

Welcome to Freeze!

This is the fourth book in The Jewel Project series, so it's officially the middle of the series book.

Down below, have some reminders regarding the characters and the plot of the previous novels.

Obviously, for those who haven't read the previous books, there will be minor spoilers.

Main Cast

Sam Grant - eighteen, the leader of a division of a secret agency, and mostly tasked with finding giant jewels which might or might not be precious stones. He suspects they're not, but has no idea what they could be. He also has no idea how many there are.

Physical description: jet black hair, green eyes, tall and actually starting to gain some muscle mass.

Core traits: curiosity, devotion

Abilities: anything concerning maps, history buff, leadership, plotting and planning, keeping his much wilder brothers in check.

Tom Grant: Sam's twin. More laid back and with a burning desire for fun and chaos. Until he gets all dark and creepy. Unreasonably jealous. Has a blank spot in his memory and has suffered from amnesia.

Physical description: Sam's twin. A bit better build and his eyes have a blue hue to them. Always wears sunglasses (though he's actually starting to tone that down). Has a scar cutting the corner of his right eyebrow.

Core traits: survival, possession

Abilities: incredible balance, parkour, voice imitation, not afraid to try dangerous stuff

Jerry Grant: nineteen, dubbed the scientist of the group, used mostly for healing and cooking. Always worried and moralizing. He's the parent and the party pooper.

Physical description: jet black hair, dark brown eyes, an inch taller than Sam and Tom, normal build. Sometimes wears glasses.

Core traits: security, resilience

Abilities: medical training, cooking, worrying all the time, making sure everyone is dressed and fed accordingly and keeps to schedule. PDA police

Jimmy Grant: Jerry's twin. Trap developer and gadget mastermind. Bodyguard.

Physical description: Jerry's twin, but much better built. Has a tattoo on the back if his neck.

Core traits: self-sacrifice, adaptability

Abilities: anything involving tinkering, from traps to engines to micro engineering, martial arts, increased physical strength from some funky serum he took in book 1. So far, the side effects include intolerance to alcohol.

Kyle Grant: twenty one. Sarcastic, cruel, impulsive, selfish, loyal to a fault, acting most like the group's bodyguard. Known for making rash decisions and not taking stuff seriously enough.

Physical description: jet black hair, dark blue eyes, really tall and well built, handsome as hell.

Core traits: self-control, loyalty

Abilities: super strength and increased healing speed from being part of an experimental drug trial (see funky serum) - side effects include intolerance to alcohol and rage-control issues. Combat trained, shoots very well, driving.

Other notable characters

Billy Grant: their cousin, secret agent, eighteen.

Maxi and Freider Grant: the parents.

Kay Dickens: Kyle's girlfriend, also a secret agent, twenty. Blonde haired, blue eyed. Mad fighting skills and decent shooting skills.

Jessie Stefani: Jimmy's girlfriend, also a secret agent, eighteen. Orange curly hair and green eyes. Even madder fighting skills. Shoots well. Has training in healing.

Angie Jones: Tom's girlfriend, also a secret agent, seventeen. Black hair, green eyes. Good fighter and shooter. Proficient at undercover work.

Christine Palmer: Sam's girlfriend. No one is sure if she's an agent too or not, eighteen. Amber eyes and chocolate brown hair. Proficient in being pretty and makeup.

Tina Palmer: Christine's sister. Jerry's girlfriend (yes, it's official). No one is sure if she's an agent or not. Twenty one. Brown hair and eyes. Pretty proficient in healing.

Herrison James: secret agent, division leader and mentor.

Snitch Gravel: the bad guy. After the mysterious jewels as well. Freider Grant's mortal enemy, out to kill his kids. Enjoys a good game of cat and mouse. In charge of a plethora of incompetent henchmen led by his right hand man, Von Crooken.

What happened so far

TY: Sam and the rest of the team get recruited, they find the first stone (supposedly a ruby) in an unexplored Mayan temple,  meet Snitch Gravel, almost get killed a number of times, a lot of romance and then finally, they get home.

FB: Sam and the team start training as secret agents, but are quickly sent on another mission to rescue an agent and find the next stone. They find out about the jewel project, about Snitch Gravel being an ex-agency member and they almost die a number of times. They also find more missing relatives and find an orange diamond which might not be a diamond after all. They all break up with the girlfriends except for Tom.

LS: Everyone gets back together with their girlfriends. Kay, Jessie and Angie move to Chicago and start attending school there. They are shipped off on another mission to find another stone which ends up being a yellow one in a shrine on a remote island somewhere in India. A lot of drama ensues and people have trouble keeping it in their pants. The girls steal Snitch Gravel's research. Sam asks Freider again why Snitch Gravel wants to kill them and the answer is less than satisfactory.

What will happen in Freeze

Nope, not telling. But, as usual, there are a few things I can hint at to get you all excited.

First off: the gloves are off. The language starting with this story is no longer censored. So yeah... bad language warning.

Timing: end of November. Yup. You're getting a winter adventure.

Setting: France.

Drama level: through the roof!

Relationships drama level: very mild because screw this, they're growing up so there's no room for petty misunderstandings.

Relationships evolution level: sex. You get sex. It's non-explicit but you'll know it's there.

Mystery progression: we get more info on master plot. Yay.

Big dog-pile fight: ✅

Near-death experiences: galore.

So I hope you will enjoy Freeze.

Updates?

Here's the thing. I'm a bit on the fence. I could either start earlier than planned but have a larger time period between chapters, or I could start posting after I have some prewritten stuff.

So? Raw and dirty or nice and organized?

Story soundtrack (and title inspiration): Jordin Sparks - Freeze

Mood music for the story: Maroon 5 - Curtain Call

Stef ✨