May 31, 2017

REVIEW: White Hot by Ilona Andrews

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Readsfamilies / magical powers / Romance / texas / UF / Urban-Fantasy16 Comments

Dear Ilona Andrews, Picking up where the first book in your Hidden Legacy series, Burn for Me, left off, book two, White Hot, begins with a scene in which Nevada Baylor costumes herself as “the Lady in Green” to hide her identity and use her truthseeking ability to interrogate a ... more >

May 30, 2017

REVIEW: A Christmas Dance by Alissa Johnson

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsChristmas / England / holiday novella / mental illness / novella / Regency / wallflower5 Comments

William Renwick, Earl of Casslebury, has begun his hunt for a wife as he begins all things in life, with careful planning and strict discipline. But his well-honed strategy to acquire the perfect countess goes awry when he finds himself captivated, not by the suitable young lady he intended to ... more >

May 28, 2017

REVIEW: How to Win Over Your Arch-Nemesis (In Three Easy Steps) by Jenniffer Wardell

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAgent/Spies/Undercover / computer programmers / Contemporary / humorous / novella6 Comments

Meet one super-spy’s greatest weakness – a woman who thinks he’s full of it. It should have just been a routine mission, the kind of thing spies normally take care of on their lunch break – find who turned the payment app into a terrorist funding plan, and shut them ... more >

May 24, 2017

REVIEW: So Wild the Heart by Geoffrey Trease

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads19th century / class differences / England / Historical / Italy / Oxford / Regency / Satire / scholar9 Comments

Thomas Adam, junior Fellow of St. Columb’s College at Oxford University, is one of countless English travellers crossing the channel to explore the reopened Continent after the Napoleonic wars. With Boney imprisoned, there is no time like the present to experience French wine and the Italian countryside — at least, ... more >

May 21, 2017

Open Thread for Authors (Author Promo) for June 2017

JayneMisc / Need A Rec!Author Promotion / Open Thread / Promotion4 Comments

Welcome to the Promotional Thread for Authors. What’s this you say? I read quite a few blogs outside the romance blogosphere and many of the big ones have a daily open thread where the commenters drive the bus. The rules for Author Promo Night Open Thread are as follows: The ... more >

May 21, 2017

Open Thread for Readers for June 2017

JayneMisc / Need A Rec!book-pimp / Open Thread / Promotion11 Comments

Got a book you want to talk about? Frustrated with a book or series? In love with a new one? Found a buried treasure? An issue that keeps popping up in the books you are reading? Just want to chat about stuff in general?