Kindle Edition Amazon Amazon Category:  Women Publisher: Chelle Ramsey ISBN-10:  1496182049 Type: Fiction Pages: 390 Copyright: April 17, 2014 ISBN-13: 9781496182043 Price: $2.99 (eBook) Is Black's latest betrayal the last straw for Angel. Olivia's sacrificed her own life to assist her salon team through their drama. Can love conquer all? Beware the rage of a woman scorned. THE HOUSE OF BEJEWELED– the place all divas go in the ATL for the hottest hair styles and even hotter gossip. OLIVIA – the owner of The House of BeJeweled hair and nail salon faces the challenge of inspiring the clientele while helping her team of talented stylists pick up the pieces of their broken lives. Paired with their constant drama, she must now fight to keep her heart protected from the one man who has always laid claim to it. ANGEL – has put up with a lot from the man she loves. Is his latest betrayal the last straw or can love conquer all? Beware the rage of a woman scorned. Stop by for a visit and get your hair cut or colored at BeJeweled, where the scissors are sharp, but the tongues are sharper. Carrying on her mother’s legacy is not quite as simple as Olivia Morris envisioned. As the owner of The House of BeJeweled hair and nail salon, she faces the challenge of inspiring her clientele, while helping her team of talented stylists pick up the pieces of their broken lives. Her mission: to bring out the jewel of a woman by enhancing her inner beauty. Paired with her team’s drama, she must now fight to keep her heart protected from the one man who has always laid claim to it. When Raymond Ellsworth returns to town after divorcing his wife, it’s all Olivia can do to stay strong in the presence of her old friend. She wants more than to be his forever friend, but it appears that he still sees her as the young girl he left behind years ago. Stylist Angel Franklin has turned her head the other way in the face of her husband’s infidelity for several years now. She hears the gossip the other stylists engage in about her marriage when they think she isn’t around. Angel knows that if she continues to hold her husband down like a good woman should, he will come out the streets and return home to her and her son. But when the rules of the game change, Angel must consider if her husband is worth risking it all for. Olivia’s determined to not only inspire those around her, but she’s also seeking to expand her prosperous salon. Quoting scriptures and prayer may not be enough to ward off the infidelity, domestic violence, and promiscuity, which plagues the gossip filled atmosphere of The House of BeJeweled, the first book in The House series.       Excerpt Olivia was not ready for tonight by any means. She had agreed to have dinner with Raymond when he called this morning, but now she wasn’t so sure. When he had told her he was going to pop the question to Bethany 15 years ago her heart shattered, and she didn’t think she could ever pick up the pieces. Despite the initial hurt and pain she had started dating again, and she had pushed him to the back of her heart, and she danced around that piece of her life very finely. She had never blamed him because she had never shared her feelings with him. They had been friends for a long time at that point confiding in each other about so many things, such as their dating lives, secret fears, hopes, dreams, and disappointments; he had never made a move and neither had she and they had remained friends. Olivia had watched Raymond play the field with many women; yet, somehow she never dreamed he would get serious with anyone. And she was hoping that if he did, it would be with her. But with his announcement of his intentions to ask Bethany to marry him came the realization that it was never to be. She closed her accounts payable software on her laptop and released a deep sigh. She had to do something different, something that required little thought. After a moment she knew exactly what she needed…a little beauty shop gossip. She walked to the hair salon area and sat in her empty chair, as she watched Tyrone’s antics as he told a story about his latest flopped romance. “…that he was married! Can you believe that? I don’t mess with married men and how dare he wait to tell me about that,” Tyrone said with a look of exasperation on his face. “Umm since when Tyrone, before or after the police officer?” Belinda asked, pulling the straightening comb out of her client’s hair, and turning to face Tyrone. The other ladies laughed and Tyrone struggled to contain his own laughter as he snapped his fingers before correcting Belinda. “That was different, honey child,” he stated. “How? Oh that’s right, you wuz in luvvvv,” Belinda teased with one hand on her hip. She made a puckering face and kissing noises for a moment. “Well I was, or at least I thought I was, girl” Tyrone explained. “Mmhmm until his wife walked in on y’all,” Belinda said. “Look that was a serious time in my life. I had no clue that man was married. And then afterwards I was terrified to drive anywhere for a whole year. I swear his entire force harassed me for that entire year.” “What happened to him anyway?” Angel asked. "Chiilldd, last I heard he had moved back to South Carolina and joined the force there.” Tyrone said, shaking his head. “And his wife?” Angel asked. “She stayed here with their two daughters. When she came home that day that was the first time that I had visited his home and we were in the guest room. I should’ve known something wasn’t right, he had told me he lived with his sister and her kids. I just couldn’t believe he did me like that,” Tyrone stated, reminiscing on another time in his life. “Did you like that? What about his wife, she was the real victim?” Kianna asked, turning around rolling her eyes. “Look don’t get me wrong, I feel bad for her, too. But I didn’t do anything, he was the one in the wrong. He hurt me, too, just like he hurt her. I feel bad for her and their kids, but right now my focus is on my pain…okay baby doll?” he said to Kianna in a strained tone. “I just hope y’all wrapped it up is all I’m sayin’. That’s just nasty. Y’all don’t care ‘bout what y’all do to these women out here. You got all these wives and girlfriends out here that aren’t protected. They out here trusting these trifling men and don’t know what their men be up to,” Kianna said, rolling her eyes again and focusing on her client’s perm. “That’s interesting, Kianna,” Angel said in a mild tone. “What’s that?” Kianna asked rising to the bait turning to face Angel. Olivia looked between the two of them wondering where this conversation was leading. She had a strong urge to stop it now, but not wanting to make assumptions she let the conversation persist. “You’re worried about wives and girlfriends now? That’s never stopped you before. I hope you and all your dudes wrapped it up,” Angel snapped back. "That’s none of your business, miss lady,” Kianna said. “And Ty’s is none of yours,” Angel retorted. “You know what, let me tell you something, you need to be worried about what yo’ man doing instead of everybody else’s business, or should I say who he’s doing. I bet you don’t’ even know where he at right now,” Kianna said, walking towards Angel’s booth pointing her finger at Angel. - See more at: http://www.chelleramsey.com/bejeweled-i.html#sthash.RK7w5fLj.dpuf

Intriguing Read
“BeJeweled: The Flight of an Angel” is my first Chelle Ramsey book, but definitely not my last. Why am I just reading it??? This story is very well written and intriguing, so if you haven’t had the opportunity to get lost in one of Mrs. Ramsey’s books, stop depriving yourself. You will not be disappointed. Angel’s story had me smiling and crying at the same time. I love how this story developed from beginning to end, and character chemistry was on point. I can’t wait to read books two and three form this series. I’m about to get up to speed with this series very quick fast and in a hurry.
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A Jewel of a Read
Bejeweled: The Flight of an Angel, the first book in a the Bejeweled series, was an excellent read. Olivia Morris and Angel Franklin are the main characters in this tale of love and self discovery. Olivia, Miss O as she's affectionately referred to by her employees, owns Bejeweled, a full service salon. While she's the voice of authority in the shop, she also acts as referee when things get heated between Angel and another one of the stylist in the shop. Both Olivia and Angel are Christian women who are trying to honor vows that they made to God. While Angel struggles to hold her marriage together, her husband has other ideas. Olivia, on the other hand is baffled by the actions of a long-time friend who claims that he'll honor the decision she's made about her life.

Chelle Ramsey did a wonderful job of giving us enough drama to keep us turning the pages. The story and the characters are as believable as spaghetti and meatballs. I'm looking forward to the next installment, and I would definitely recommend this book.

Loved It
This was an excellent read. The story was well written and the characters were brought to life. I felt as though I was sitting right there in the salon along with these colorful characters. The story was not all about drama in a salon, there were some very inspirational points about life being told through the salon owner, Olivia Morris. I look forward to reading more from this author and recommend this book.