March 22, 2007

REVIEW: Beau Crusoe by Carla Kelly

JayneB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book ReviewsCarla-Kelly / Regency England / Royal-Navy / shipwreck8 Comments

Dear Mrs Kelly, I was upset when I learned Signet wouldn’t be publishing any more of your delightful regencies. Then elated to hear the news that you’d been picked up by Harlequin Historicals. Then pissed when that line was due to close. Then happy when they reversed that decision then ... more >

March 20, 2007

REVIEW: Medicine Man by Cheryl Reavis

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviews / C Reviews CategoryContemporary / Native American / North-Carolina / War / Military4 Comments

Dear Mrs. Reavis, I was thrilled to learn that your latest book would tie together two series of yours that I love, the Navajo Family Blessings and the Fort Bragg series. But while I enjoyed the book, I couldn’t help but compare it, unfavorably, to both of them. It starts ... more >

March 17, 2007

REVIEW: Herself by Leslie Carroll

JayneB Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book Reviews10 Comments

Dear Ms Carroll, I love big fluffy bathrobes and Irish music. I’m usually willing to give Chick Lit books a chance but I’m also begining to want something a little different from them besides the usual English heroine with a crappy job trying to find love from a reluctant man. ... more >

March 16, 2007

REVIEW: The Conquered Heart by Denee Cody

JayneB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviews3 Comments

Dear Ms Cody, Medievals are tricky for me to like. Will the heroine be some sword yielding anachronism? Is the hero either a wimp or a thug? Am I going to feel like I’m reading about contemporary characters only dressed in wimples and chain mail? And then there’s the all ... more >

March 15, 2007

REVIEW: And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander

JayneB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviews19th century / Historical Romances / mystery11 Comments

Dear Ms Alexander, Victorian era books are just not my favorites. I freely admit that is due to shallow reasons such as the ugly way most men wore their facial hair and the drabness of their clothes, ghastly women’s hairstyles (all slicked down with sugar water) and the image that ... more >

March 12, 2007

REVIEW: 30 Days Late by Dawn Carrington

JayneB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviews / Ebooks2 Comments

Dear Ms. Carrington, Buying your book was an impulse decision during Fictionwise’s February Romance sale. Thank you Fictionwise (even if you do need to step up your new ebook releases). Frequent readers to our site know I love books with rarely used settings and when I saw one set during ... more >