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July 16, 2021

REVIEW: Ramsey Rules by Jo Goodman

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsBlackmail / Contemporary / domestic violence / police / policeman / security / West Virginia7 Comments

Ramsey Masters is the Ridge Outlet Theft Prevention Specialist, that is, she spends her days stopping shoplifters. While catching someone stuffing a PS4 controller into their pants or a ham into their handbag is more amusing than it is dangerous, the type of work isn’t what drew Ramsey to the ... more >

May 5, 2020

REVIEW: Stages of the Heart by Jo Goodman

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsAmerican historical / Business woman / Frontier / Historical / mystery / robbery / western / Western Romance3 Comments

Experience has taught Laurel to be suspicious of the men who pass through Morrison Station. She’s been running the lucrative operation that connects Colorado’s small frontier town of Falls Hollow with the stagecoach line since she inherited it from her father, and she’s not about to let some wandering cowboy ... more >

June 4, 2019

REVIEW: A Touch of Forever by Jo Goodman

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsabuse survivor / American historical / domestic abuse / Historical / Jealousy / law-enforcement / marriage-of-convenience / multicultural / Sheriff / turn of the 20th century / western / Western Romance / Widowed Heroine2 Comments

Lily Salt has sworn off men. After finally gaining her independence, the last thing she needs is another man telling her what to do. But the handsome railroad engineer from New York isn’t at all what she expected. He’s kind, gentle…and tempting enough to make her wonder what a second ... more >

June 5, 2018

REVIEW: A Touch of Flame by Jo Goodman

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAmerican history / family relationships / female doctor / Historical / law-enforcement / Sheriff / turn of the 20th century / Western Romance3 Comments

Dr. E. Ridley Woodhouse is like no physician Ben Madison has ever met–she’s a woman. As the newly elected sheriff of Frost Falls, Colorado, Ben is tasked with welcoming Ridley to the community. But while Ben might be tempted by the new doc’s charms, getting the town to accept a ... more >

January 17, 2018

Kaetrin’s Best of 2017

KaetrinReading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsBest of 2017 / best of list / Contemporary / Fantasy / Historical / New Adult / novella / Urban-Fantasy / western / YA9 Comments

Recommended Read

I read 144 books in 2017 (including audiobooks) and I rated 25 of them (released in 2017) 5 stars on Goodreads. There were 12 audiobooks and 13 print/ebooks in that list. As I don’t review audiobooks here, I’ve confined my DA best of to the print/digital books. Despite lacking reading ... more >

June 6, 2017

JOINT REVIEW: A Touch of Frost by Jo Goodman

JayneB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Reads19th century / American historical / dysfunctional family / family relationships / Historical / joint review / western / Western Romance8 Comments

Recommended Read

RESCUE ME After his train is robbed at gunpoint, Remington Frost awakens from a blow to find the bandits gone…along with the woman he was shadowing for protection. No stranger to risk, Remington will do what it takes to bring Phoebe Apple to safety and her kidnappers to justice. But ... more >

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