Book Reviews / DNF Reviews / Reading Lists17th-century / Action/Adventure / Australia / chick-in-pants / Contemporary / cooking / enemies to lovers / England / family relationships / Georgia / HBCU / Historical / interracial-romance / Persia / plague / POC / POC author / Restoration England / Small Town Romance / texting10 Comments
Sadly, here are more books I wanted to enjoy which, for various reasons, did not work for me. The Master of Measham Hall by Anna Abney 1665. It is five years since King Charles II returned from exile, the scars of the English Civil Wars are yet to heal and ... more >
Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsBest of 2017 / best of list / Boxer / Contemporary / erotica romance / escaped slave / Glasgow / Great Depression / historical romance / inspirational / knitting / LGBTQIA / Literary fiction / Love-Triangle / magical powers / migration / Nigeria / novellas with romantic elements / Soldier / star-crossed lovers / suprise pregnancy / Urban-Fantasy / YA fantasy7 Comments
I was a cranky reader on social media this year, so I was surprised to discover that like Jayne’s, my top ten list runneth over. In hindsight, I think some my crankiness was due to the difficulty I had finding satisfying reads in historical romance, traditionally my favorite genre. Please ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAfrican American / Boxer / Great Depression / historical romance / inspirational / POC / POC author / racism / road trip5 Comments
Dear Ms. Huguley, Like your earlier historical romances, A Champion’s Heart, the first book in your new Born to Win Men series, features African-American characters and takes place during the Great Migration; in this case in 1935. As the story opens, Champion Jack Bates, a boxer who owes his name ... more >
B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1920s / African American / gangsters / historical romance / inspirational / Pennsylvania / POC / POC author / Samhain-publishing3 Comments
The following review contains some spoilers. – Janine Dear Ms. Huguley, After reading your novella in The Brightest Day, I knew I wanted to read more of your work. The cover of book three in your Migrations of the Heart series, A Treasure of Gold, caught my attention and I ... more >
Need A Rec! / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsBest of 2015 / best of list / Reading lists12 Comments
I tried to be more organized this year about my reading so I have a lot of 2015 books I managed to finish and a windfall that made my best of list. Here’s the cream of the crop in no particular order. Why yes, yes it is more than ten ... more >
B- Reviews / Book ReviewsAfrican American / Historical / inspirational / journalist / POC / POC author / post WWI / Samhain-publishing / World War I2 Comments
Caldwell returned from the Great War with nothing to show for it—as in nothingbelow his left knee. Forget about the journalism career he loved. His story is over. Done. Yet he finds the strength to journey to Winslow, Georgia, to get Ruby Bledsoe Morson’s sister out of trouble. Before he ... more >