Jessica and Jude become reborn as Jackson and Jillian in some sort of witness protection plan, finding it's not all that easy to leave their past behind. Jill especially struggles with reconciling her new identity with her old, which includes a very disturbing past and some serious behaviors. Many of the details of their situation are revealed very slowly and deliberately in End of Day. I did like how there wasn't some big dump of information, but a gradual unfolding of the events of the past in parallel with the current situations in their new home in Omaha. 
 This book is primarily told from Jill's point of view. When she left San Francisco, she also left behind the love of her life, Lukas Jones. It's so very clear how deeply she feels about Luke, my heart broke for her. But when they arrive in their new home, it's their military neighbor and his son that catches Jill's eye. As she begins a relationship with Master Sargent AJ, it dredges up her old life with Luke and some of the other things that have happened to her. Jill is one disturbed woman with good reason, and sometimes the push and pull between AJ and Jill (and Jackson too) gets intense. I liked this, although at times I thought it dragged a bit. 
 This story has some interesting things to say about those in witness protection and building a new life after the old one. In this case there can be serious repercussions if their old life is discovered, and when things get close, there's a definite problem. 
 Jewel E Ann has some nice word play in this, between the naming of the characters and the blistering dialogue between all of the characters involved in this story. I think I loved that the most -- the crisp and often sarcastic dialogue from Jill is just amazing and brought the humor needed to keep this from becoming too dark of a tale. 
 I'm on the fence whether this is one of my favorite books this year -- it could be. It is definitely unique in voice and content -- I haven't read any characters like these and I really loved that about this book. This is my second read from Jewel E Ann and I will be following this series to see what happens in subsequent books. 
 So, good start to the series. If you are looking for something dark and yet humorous with some blistering dialogue, this could be a satisfying read for you. 
 ARC provided for review