JayneB Reviews19th century / England / Historical Romances1 Comments

Dear Ms. Archer: I am pleasantly pleased with your debut novel. The setting isn’t Regency (though it is English), the heroine is intelligent and thoughtful, the hero is honorable and hardworking. The villain isn’t quite perfect but is better than the average 2 dimensional, foaming at the mouth type usually ... more >

JayneB ReviewsHistorical Romances / Scotland1 Comments

Dear. Ms. Howell, You wrote a really good story here but had to fling in so many dinnae, cannae, willnae, lassies that my head was spinning from all the faux Scots. DIALECT WARNING FOR READERS: If ye nae can stand reading every spoken exchange in Howell’s version of a Highland ... more >

JaneB+ Reviewsfated mates / Kresley-Cole / shapeshifters / Valkyrie3 Comments

Dear Ms. Cole: I am going to be worthless today and it is all your fault. You see, last night I picked up your book on a whim. It was 11:30 pm when I started to read. I had a big day today with an important meeting. I figured I ... more >

JaneEbooksbook business / book prices / Simon & Schuster2 Comments

Update: Since this post which was originally written in April 6, 2006, Simon & Schuster has reversed almost all the policies that made it so digitally advanced.   They no longer offer early looks at their books via digital sale.   The digital format of a print book is released late.   Further, ... more >

JayneB Reviews18th-century / American historical / French and Indian War / Historical Romances3 Comments

Dear Ms. Clare, This one is a definite improvement over last year’s Ride the Fire. Yes, by today’s standards, the hero is a bit overbearing but a) he knows when he’s f*cked up and b) most of the time he’s just trying to keep the heroine safe. And the heroine, ... more >

JaneB ReviewsAmazon / Black-Dagger-Brotherhood / erotica6 Comments

Dear Ms. Ward: I really like the Black Dagger Brotherhood. I bought Dark Lover based upon the name alone. Black Dagger Brotherhood sounded menacing, dark and, of course, appealing. I liked Lover Eternal quite a bit but there are alot of negatives in your book. The plot is pretty simple. ... more >

JayneDNF ReviewsHistorical Romances3 Comments

Dear Ms. Hale: I’ve read 2 good books by you and I keep hoping for more. I keep getting disappointed. I read the blurb for this and thought it might be stupid but for some reason I ended up buying it anyway. Dunno why. Anyway, what could have been an ... more >

JayneB ReviewsHistorical Romances2 Comments

Dear Mrs McPhee, You really lucked out in the cover department. Not a man titty in sight. I’m a sucker for a shipboard/Naval romance and 2/3 of this one is spent at sea. The heroine is fleeing from an arranged marriage to an evil villain (author needs to work on ... more >

JaneB ReviewsAlpha Male / High Fantasy4 Comments

Dear Ms. Vaughan: I have been axiously awaiting the second book of your trilogy and was less than pleased to see that bookstores were abiding by the laydown date and not releasing the book until Tuesday. I am not much for delayed gratification. (unlike Jay who likes to hoard the ... more >

JayneB Reviewschick-lit / Hollywood8 Comments

Dear Yvonne Collins and Sandy Rideout Who knew that a focus puller was so important to a movie? Not moi, I assure you. But now I do and I loved learning about it in “What I Really Want to Do is Direct.” Though told in 1st person (after all, it ... more >