J.A. Jernay

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  • Bibliography:
    24 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 2011
  • Latest Book:
    January 2024
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Full Series List in Order

An Ainsley Walker Gemstone Travel Mystery

The Argenti Rhodochrosite (Apr-2013)
The Puerto Rico Pearl (Apr-2013)
The Uruguay Amethyst (Apr-2013)

Book List in Order: 24 titles

  • The American Turquoise

    AMAZON -- #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR (January 27, 2015)A ***SHORT PRELUDE*** to the Ainsley Walker Gemstone Travel Mystery series...“...an exciting new writer.” -- Pamela Barrett, 5-star review “I recommend this to anyone ... it is definitely wort...

  • The Argentina Rhodochrosite

    Praise for the The Uruguay Amethyst: An Ainsley Walker Gemstone Travel Mystery: “Well-paced and skillfully told, with outstanding sense of place, an enjoyable main character, and entertaining supporting cast.... [It] swept me off my feet.” (Venu...

  • Hysterical For Harvard

    AMAZON -- #1 MOST DOWNLOADED AUTHOR (January 27, 2015)“The tutor character is a new twist in storytelling. If you want to escape, this is it…” -- Monty Lee“Hysterical for Harvard is just that -- a hysterical read… I can’t wait for the ne...

  • Gambling For Georgetown

    AMAZON -- #1 MOST DOWNLOADED AUTHOR (January 27, 2015)“The tutor character is a new twist in storytelling. If you want to escape, this is it…” -- Monty Lee“Hysterical for Harvard is just that -- a hysterical read… I can’t wait for the n...

  • The Argenti Rhodochrosite

    An Ainsley Walker Gemstone Travel Mystery

    A famously temperamental soccer star, OVIDIO ANGELETTI, has just suffered a terrible loss: Someone has stolen his favorite necklace. No ordinary piece of jewelry, this rhodochrosite had belonged to his birth mother, a woman he has never met. She had ...

  • The Puerto Rico Pearl

    An Ainsley Walker Gemstone Travel Mystery

    “Well-paced and skillfully told, with an outstanding sense of place, an enjoyable main character, and entertaining supporting cast.... [Ainsley Walker] swept me off my feet.” -- Venus de Hilo, 5-star review “A delightful [series] " it will en...

  • The Uruguay Amethyst

    An Ainsley Walker Gemstone Travel Mystery

    “Well-paced and skillfully told, with an outstanding sense of place, an enjoyable main character, and entertaining supporting cast.... [It] swept me off my feet.” -- Venus de Hilo, 5-star review “A delightful book " it will enchant you with e...

  • The Portugal Sapphire

    “A delightful [series] " it will enchant you with exotic places and interesting characters.” -- Linda Osborn, 5-star reviewAfter months of unemployment, her bank account dwindling, Ainsley Walker is starting to wonder if her career as a gemston...

  • Girl Seeking Farm

    AMAZON -- #1 MOST DOWNLOADED AUTHOR (January 27, 2015)For fans of Jennifer Weiner, Emily Giffin, and Blake Shelton…After losing both her financier boyfriend and her internship at a fashion magazine, Jessica feels her chick-lit life in the big city ...



  • The Camino Crystal

    An Ainsley Walker Gemstone Travel Mystery ***NOVELLA***“A delightful [series] " it will enchant you with exotic places and interesting characters.” -- Linda Osborn, 5-star reviewFor fans of Isabel Allende and Paolo Coehlo…Her northern Spanish...

  • The Spain Tourmaline

    AMAZON -- #1 MOST DOWNLOADED AUTHOR -- MYSTERY AND TRAVEL (January 27, 2015)Dissatisfied with the tourist beaches of Costa del Sol, gemstone detective Ainsley Walker dreams of discovering the real Spain...THENHer life changes when she accepts an offe...

  • The North Korea Onyx

    AMAZON -- #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR -- MYSTERY AND TRAVEL (January 27, 2015) In America, a Korean immigrant church teeters on the edge of bankruptcy. The minister has discovered the location of an onyx teacup, an historical treasure that had belonged to ...

  • High Steel

    Feggs Hawkfeather, one of an elite group of Native American ironworkers who work building skyscrapers in Manhattan, is having a crisis of vocation. Will he find the inner fortitude to continue risking his life for a paycheck?...

  • The Big Day

    Bradley and Kristina are looking forward to their big day, but the people around them are concerned that they’re not making the right decision. Will the young couple find a way to ask themselves the right question about their relationship -- before...

  • The Bootleggers

    It’s Prohibition-era Detroit. With a family to feed, Edmund Grabowski is short on money and even shorter on patience -- until a shady pharmacist makes him a dangerous offer. Will he survive his first descent into criminality -- or will it destroy h...

  • Free Diving

    Joella, an elite freediver, lost her husband eight months ago to a freak underwater accident. Now the only way to forget him is to hold her breath and take the plunge again. Will she be able to conquer her grief -- or does she have something else in ...

  • The Reclaiming

    A line of friends and neighbors is waiting to remove items from Nate and Sarah’s home. Will the warring couple be able to save their relationship -- or will they lose everything, including themselves?...

  • First Killer

    It’s 1902. Edward Russell Thomas, one of New York City’s wealthiest men, has discovered the pleasures of a new luxury item known as an automobile. While out for his first drive, he commits a horrible crime -- and learns that justice comes in many...

  • Her Mother's Pearls



  • The Mongolian Moonstone

    A faraway land.The son of a wealthy businessman.And the adventure of a lifetime. In Mongolia, the inhabitants of a remote village have suffered the theft of their most prized possession—a beautiful moonstone.Their village sits atop one of the b...

  • The Motor City Chronicles

    The people were tough, but the times were even tougher.It was Detroit's Golden Era.The 1920s.The new automobile industry was booming, jobs were plentiful, and people were happy to work for five dollars a day. In this collection of all-new stories, J....

  • When We Paid For Paradise

    A dead wife.A fractured family.And a shocking last will and testament.Stephen Craving, a philanderer, knows he screwed up. After his wife loses her battle with cancer, he discovers that she has cut him out of her entire million-dollar estate.But she ...

  • Migration

    A TOUGH PROFESSOR WHO'S BEEN THROUGH SOME THINGSMeet Cosmo Bennett. A map expert who was fired by the government for asking smart questions. He's a guy who needs to do the right thing, even if it costs him. You know the type.A CONFERENCE ON A CARIBBE...

  • The American Diamond

    A disappeared husband.A life up in the air.And a missing engagement ring.Ainsley Walker is going through a rough time.Her husband has walked out of her life for no reason-and she doesn't have a clue where he's gone.Then she discovers something else: ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

J.A. Jernay has published 24 books.

J.A. Jernay does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The American Diamond, was published in January 2024.

The first book by J.A. Jernay, The American Turquoise, was published in June 2011.

Yes. J.A. Jernay has 1 series.
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