JayneBook Reviews / C ReviewsAustralia / Australian Outback / found family / m/m romance / novella / Small-Town4 Comments

When Fergus Galloway takes on a research trip to a tiny mining town in the far Western Australian outback, he’s as far from Sydney as he can get. Which is entirely the point. He arrives in Pannalego totally unprepared for the baking heat, unprepared for the people who call it ... more >

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1950s / Boss-Secretary / England / televisionNo Comments

Bridget’s on camera for the first time ever … but is she heading for heartbreak? When Bridget Monroe is offered her dream job as production secretary to TV producer Jerome “J.C.” Callender, little does she suspect that soon she’ll be on camera herself. Tasked with booking the rising actor Norman ... more >

SiriusB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book ReviewsHistorical / historical fantasy m/m romance / LGBTQIA+3 Comments

Four years ago, Louis-Charles Aumont, the Marquis de Montespan, chose duty over the man he loved. And then the man he loved chose death in service to England. Now, after finally cutting ties with his king, Aumont is living in a slum in Seven Dials–and intending to die there too. ... more >

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1950s / Alternate POV / class differences / First-Person / Historical / Historical fiction / investigation / Los Angeles / present tense / thief / To Catch a Leopard Series2 Comments

To catch a leopard wear diamonds. A year after THE BAIT, Ania Thorne is on the prowl. Gone into hiding, she’s planned her next move to perfection, intent on winning her dangerous game of cat-against-cat with the Leopard. But Ania doesn’t know that even the best-laid heists have hidden flaws. ... more >

KaetrinB Reviews / Book ReviewsHistorical / Jewish character / m/m romance / Navy / novella / queer / Rosh Hashanah15 Comments

Dear Rose Lerner, What a delight it was to get your email telling me you had a new book coming out and would I like a copy for review. Of course I said yes – I’m not silly! Sailor’s Delight is a queer (male/male) romance, a novella (on the longish ... more >

JayneBook Deals4 Comments

I just happened to see that Barbara Hambly’s “Bride of the Rat God” is currently on sale for $1.99 And I just noticed that “The Silent Tower” is also on sale. It’s the start of Hambly’s “Windrose Chronicles.”

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsclass differences / Historical / Jewish characters / Regency / trad regency / War / Military / Waterloo2 Comments

Sharing Brussels lodgings with a penniless officer and his admirable sister Fanny, the impoverished Felix, Lord Roworth, liaises between Rothschild and Wellington while courting Lady Sophia, a well-dowered beauty. Fanny laughs at his toplofty ways, yet when she desperately needs his help, Felix finds the Goddess’s image fading as he ... more >

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews#ownvoices / dreams / Emperor / experimental novel / Fantasy / goddess / LGBTQIA+ / m/m / POC / POC author / quest / resistance/oppression / second-person POV4 Comments

Dear Simon Jimenez, Your debut novel, The Vanished Birds (2020), is one of my favorite science fiction novels of recent years. It earned an A from me when I reviewed it and made my Best of 2020 list. I’ve been waiting with bated breath for the release of The Spear ... more >

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / abduction / Disabled Heroine / domestic violence / Historical / Russia / Russian Series2 Comments

He brings her gifts and kisses her, but it’s just pretend… A carriage accident and a terrible marriage has left previously vivacious Tatya housebound, widowed, and heart weary. When she’s stranded on the floor after a fall, being saved by a strong red haired man—her brother’s friend Vassily Karachev—is the ... more >

KaetrinA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbisexual / boy band / Christmas / Contemporary / fat heroine / mental health / Movies / NetGalley / porn / queer / romantic comedy / sex worker9 Comments

“…a steamy plus-size holiday rom-com about an adult film star who is semi-accidentally cast as a lead in a family-friendly Christmas movie, and the former bad-boy pop star she falls in love with. Bee Hobbes (aka Bianca Von Honey) has a successful career as a plus-size adult film star. With ... more >