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February 24, 2023

What Janine is Reading, December 2022: Two Contemporary Romances

JanineB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / Contemporary romance / enemies to lovers / free spirit / Friends with benefits / grief / Reading lists / unplanned-pregnancy / unrequited-love7 Comments

The Devil Gets His Due by Elizabeth O’Roark This is the fourth book in O’Roark’s Devils series. Graham and Keeley are stuck planning the wedding reception for Ben (Graham’s brother) and Gemma (Keeley’s best friend) from The Devil You Know together. Keeley, who narrates this section (the book is written ... more >

Two shirtless hot guys embracing - very generic
January 13, 2023

Janine’s Best of 2022

JanineA Reviews / A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsContemporary romance / immigrants / LGBTQIAP+ / Literary fiction / m/f romance / PNR / POC / Retelling / Science Fiction / UF / Urban-Fantasy / YA fantasy / YA historical22 Comments

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2022 was a challenging year for me when it came to reading. The DNFs were frequent but at least I got through my reading list faster because of them, and yay, ended up with a full ten books to include here. In order of how much I liked them, here ... more >

January 9, 2023

Layla’s Best of 2022

LaylaBook Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsBest of 2022 / Reading lists16 Comments

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Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs Patricia Briggs latest’s installment in Mercy series Soul Taken was a book I anticipated because I like the author. I LOVED it. Reviewed by Kaetrin. A Contracted Spouse for the Prizefighter by Alice Coldbreath This year I did discovered Alice Coldbreath and A Contracted Spouse ... more >

December 12, 2022

REVIEW: The Devil You Know by Elizabeth O’Roark

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscommitment issues / Contemporary / institutional sexism / lawyers / sexual harassment / workplace-romance7 Comments

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Dear Elizabeth O’Roark, Last week I reviewed the first two books in your series of contemporary romances, The Devils, in one of my “What Janine is Reading” posts. Book three is my favorite, however, so I wanted to write a full-length review for it. Here is that review. Gemma and ... more >

December 7, 2022

What Janine is Reading: The Devils Series by Elizabeth O’Roark, Books One and Two

JanineB Reviews / Book Reviews / DNF Reviews / Reading Listsboss/secretary / celebrity / forbidden-love / France / Hawaii / Los Angeles / Reading lists / rock stars / Somalia / star-crossed lovers / surgeon / Writer19 Comments

In September and October I read (or in one case tried to read) the first three books in Elizabeth O’Roark’s Devils series (book four comes out December 1st). They’d been recommended to me by no less than three people and a couple more friends have recommended them since then. Here ... more >

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