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February 28, 2017

REVIEW: To the Farthest Shores by Elizabeth Camden

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAmerican historical / American Navy / Historical / inspirational / inspirational romance / nurse / second chance at love / turn of the 20th century / War / Military4 Comments

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It has been six years since army nurse Jenny Bennett’s heart was broken by a dashing naval officer. Now Lieutenant Ryan Gallagher has abruptly reappeared in her life at the Presidio army base but refuses to discuss the inexplicable behavior that destroyed their happiness. Ryan is in an impossible situation. ... more >

February 4, 2017

REVIEW: The Scarlet Coat by Angela K. Couch

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAmerican historical / American Revolution / enemies to lovers / Historical / inspirational / inspirational romance / New-York / opposites / War / Military2 Comments

Surrounded by the musket fire of the American Revolution, Rachel Garnet prays for her family to be safe. When the British invade the Mohawk Valley and her father and brother don’t return from the battle, she goes in pursuit of them. She finds her brother alive but her father has ... more >

January 12, 2017

REVIEW: The Second Mrs. Hockaday by Susan Rivers

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads19th century / American historical / Civil-War / epistolary / Historical / Historical fiction1 Comments

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When Major Gryffth Hockaday is called to the front lines of the Civil War, his new bride is left to care for her husband’s three-hundred-acre farm and infant son. Placidia, a mere teenager herself living far from her family and completely unprepared to run a farm or raise a child, ... more >

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January 6, 2017

Jayne’s Best of 2016

JayneBook Reviews / Need A Rec! / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsAmerican historical / American Indians / cartoons / cats / cinderella / Contemporary / dogs / Firefighter / Historical / Historical fiction / Late Victorian / middle grade / novella / older heroine and hero7 Comments

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Here I go down to the end (again) reading 2016 releases like mad for my Best of List. Looking back at my reading list I had a pretty good year. I have lots of B grades and many B+ but this year I had enough A grades that I decided ... more >

January 4, 2017

REVIEW: The Mark of the King by Jocelyn Green

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / American historical / France / Historical / inspirational / inspirational romance / louisiana / midwifeComments Off on REVIEW: The Mark of the King by Jocelyn Green

Sweeping Historical Fiction Set at the Edge of the Continent After being imprisoned and branded for the death of her client, twenty-five-year-old midwife Julianne Chevalier trades her life sentence for exile to the fledgling 1720s French colony of Louisiana, where she hopes to be reunited with her brother, serving there ... more >

December 27, 2016

REVIEW: News of the World: A Novel by Paulette Jiles

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAmerican historical / Captivity / Historical / Historical fiction / Reconstruction / texas / western2 Comments

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In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, multilayered novel of historical fiction from the author of Enemy Women that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, ... more >

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