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June 2, 2023

REVIEW: Duke in Name Only (The Entitled Gentlemen Book 2) by Caroline Warfield

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1810s / 19th century / American historical / class differences / family relationships / Frontier / Historical / strong heroine / The Entitled Gentlemen series3 Comments

Misfortune is an excellent teacher. When Phillip Tavernash, Ninth Duke of Glenmoor, discovers his title is held fraudulently, he embarks on a journey to North America determined to succeed on his own. It doesn’t go well. He has no idea what a fish out of water he will be. Nan ... more >

December 22, 2022

REVIEW: Duke in All But Name (The Entitled Gentlemen Book 1) by Caroline Warfield

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsdisabled hero / dysfunctional family / forced-marriage / Historical / inheritance / poor relation / Regency / The Entitled Gentlemen series3 Comments

Secrets and lies threaten to pull them under, but a forced marriage may be their salvation. Gideon Kendrick grew up as the despised bastard son of the Duke of Glenmoor. Exiled to the mines by his father, he has not only survived but thrived and prospered. He lives apart, wanting ... more >

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December 20, 2019

Jayne’s Best of 2019

JayneA Review Category / A Reviews / A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Need A Rec! / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Lists#ownvoices / arranged-marriage / autistic character / autobiography / Best of 2019 / best of list / bookseller / Canada / Cancer / cartoons / cats / class differences / Contemporary / death / enemies to lovers / England / epistolary / family relationships / First-Person / France / friends-to-lovers / Historical / Humor / immigrant fiction / mathematics / medieval / New York City / non-fiction / pilot / POC / POC author / PTSD / servant romance / Vietnam / Wales / War / Military / Womens-Fiction / World War I / World War II9 Comments

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This year I didn’t have as many A reads as I did last year but these B+ books are strong ones that almost made it. My list ranges from historical to contemporary, has fiction and non-fiction, and even a picture book of cats. In kinda, sorta chronological order in which ... more >

December 2, 2019

REVIEW: Christmas Hope by Caroline Warfield

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsCanada / Christmas / France / Historical / military hero / War / Military / Widowed Heroine / World War I7 Comments

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When the Great War is over, will their love be enough? After two years at the mercy of the Canadian Expeditionary force and the German war machine, Harry ran out of metaphors for death, synonyms for brown, and images of darkness. When he encounters color among the floating islands of ... more >

December 21, 2017

REVIEW: Lady Charlotte’s Christmas Vigil by Caroline Warfield

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / Christmas / Commoner Aristocracy pairing / doctor hero / holiday novella / Italy / novella / Regency / Venice / widower3 Comments

Venice 1818 Lady Charlotte clings to one dream—to see the splendor of Rome before settling for life as the spinster sister of an earl. But now her feckless brother forces her to wait again, stranded in Venice when he falls ill, halfway to the place of her dreams. She finds ... more >

December 16, 2017

REVIEW: A Dangerous Nativity (The Dangerous Series) by Caroline Warfield

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsChristmas / country-living / dysfunctional family / England / family relationships / holiday novella / novella / Regency7 Comments

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The Earl of Chadbourn loves nothing better than to care for his fields, his flocks, and the people who earn their living from the land. Trapped by his brother-in-law’s death into responsibility for his traumatized nephew, grieving sister, and an estate gone to ruin, loneliness overwhelms him. The first-rate husbandry ... more >

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