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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 >

March 21, 2019

REVIEW: Desire Lines by Elizabeth Kingston

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsclass differences / England / falconry / Fighter / Historical / medieval / servant romance / Wales10 Comments

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All he ever wanted was to go home. Leaving his life as a noble hostage behind him, Gryff has fled from one danger to another, never safe, always longing for a forbidden return to his conquered Welsh homeland. Held captive by villainous men, his unlikely savior is the most beautiful ... more >

April 27, 2018

REVIEW: House of Cads by Elizabeth Kingston

JanineB Reviews / B+ ReviewsArtist / con-artist / Frenchwoman / historical romance / older woman/younger man / Regency England3 Comments

Dear Ms. Kingston, Two years ago, I reviewed your Regency era historical romance, A Fallen Lady. Although the novel wasn’t perfect, it was memorable and emotional. Recently, I heard there was a sequel in the wings, and I wasted no time in requesting an a review copy. House of Cads ... more >

November 2, 2017

Reading List by Jennie for July Through September, Part 2

JennieBook ReviewsEssays / Fiction / Humor / Medieval Romance / non-fiction / psychological thriller / Reading lists / Siege of Leningrad / Wales / WWII10 Comments

As I noted in Part 1, I split this into two posts because I wrote longer-than-usual mini-reviews.   City of Thieves by David Benioff I picked this up from an Amazon deal somewhere, intrigued by the subject matter (the Siege of Leningrad has fascinated me since I read Paullina Simons’ ... more >

May 4, 2016

REVIEW: A Fallen Lady by Elizabeth Kingston

JanineB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book ReviewsEarl / historical romance / Regency England / traumatic-past4 Comments

Dear Ms. Kingston, I saw your novels mentioned on Twitter, where some people I follow read your first book. Very shortly after that, I came across of a review of your second book, A Fallen Lady, on AAR. Caz, the AAR reviewer, mentioned that what kept A Fallen Lady from ... more >

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