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January 6, 2017

Jayne’s Best of 2016

JayneBook Reviews / Need A Rec! / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsAmerican historical / American Indians / Best of 2016 / best of list / cartoons / cats / cinderella / Contemporary / dogs / Firefighter / Historical / Historical fiction / Late Victorian / middle grade / novella / older heroine and hero7 Comments

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Here I go down to the end (again) reading 2016 releases like mad for my Best of List. Looking back at my reading list I had a pretty good year. I have lots of B grades and many B+ but this year I had enough A grades that I decided ... more >

October 13, 2016

REVIEW: A Most Extraordinary Pursuit by Juliana Gray

JayneBook Reviews / C ReviewsEdwardian-era / Greece / Historical / Paranormal / turn of the 20th century6 Comments

February, 1906. As the personal secretary of the recently departed Duke of Olympia—and a woman of scrupulous character—Miss Emmeline Rose Truelove never expected her duties to involve steaming through the Mediterranean on a private yacht, under the prodigal eye of one Lord Silverton, the most charmingly corrupt bachelor in London. ... more >

May 17, 2016

REVIEW: The Duke of Olympia Meets His Match by Juliana Gray

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads19th century / Agent/Spies/Undercover / class differences / Historical / novella / older heroine and hero / road-romance / shipboard / Widowed Heroine10 Comments

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Aboard the luxuriously appointed SS Majestic, the duke is on a mission to retrieve a most important portfolio of papers and thwart a known anarchist. As the ship steams across the Atlantic, the duke’s search for the notorious master of disguise forces him into close quarters with an American heiress ... more >

July 12, 2014

GUEST REVIEW: How to School Your Scoundrel by Juliana Gray

Guest ReviewerB Reviewshistorical romance16 Comments

[themify_box style=”blue rounded shadow”]Elaina started reading romances in high school, but only started telling people she read romances within the last few years. Historicals will always remain her favorite, although she finds herself reading other genres depending on her mood. Favorite authors include Elizabeth Hoyt, Lisa Kleypas, Tessa Dare and ... more >

June 6, 2013

REVIEW: How to Tame Your Duke by Juliana Gray

WillafulC+ ReviewsEngland / Historical / Historical Romances / Victorian21 Comments

Dear Ms. Gray: How to Tame Your Duke has the sort of generic title I approach with caution. (If it referenced a movie or a children’s book, I’d run screaming from the room.) Since your name was on my radar, I decided the book was worth a try. It turned ... more >

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