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December 24, 2021

REVIEW: Holiday Sparks by Shannon Stacey

JayneBook Reviews / C+ ReviewsChristmas / electrician / friends-to-lovers / Holiday / holiday novella / Maine / novella / working classComments Off on REVIEW: Holiday Sparks by Shannon Stacey

House-sitting for her parents seemed like a good idea, until the microwave blew up and the lights went out. Now Chloe Burke thinks upgrading the electrical system of her childhood home while they are away would make the perfect Christmas gift. Fortunately, there’s an electrician in town who can get ... more >

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January 25, 2021

Jayne’s Best of 2020

JayneA Review Category / A Reviews / A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsBest of 2020 / best of list / cats / children's book / Fantasy / Fiction / older MCs / picture books / POC / POC author / wedding / Young-Adult9 Comments

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Doing a rough count of my 2020 reading journal, I read a little over 200 books last year. I also started but DNF a number of books that I didn’t count in that total. So … I read a lot. There are many B+ grade books that for various reasons ... more >

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October 27, 2020

REVIEW: Their Christmas Baby Contract by Shannon Stacey

KaetrinB- Reviews / Book Reviewsbaby / bad sex / Christmas / Contemporary / fake relationship / friends-to-lovers / NetGalleyComments Off on REVIEW: Their Christmas Baby Contract by Shannon Stacey

Dear Shannon Stacey, There are very few romance books where the main characters have bad sex but I appreciate every single one I’ve read. It helps balance the scale a little with all the simultaneous orgasms zinging about in Romancelandia.  In the case of Reyna Bishop and Brady Nash, their ... more >

October 27, 2020

REVIEW: Their Christmas Baby Contract by Shannon Stacey

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviewsbaby (non secret) / Blackberry Bay series / childhood friends / friends-to-lovers / mechanic / New Hampshire / working classComments Off on REVIEW: Their Christmas Baby Contract by Shannon Stacey

Striking the deal was the easy part. Brady Nash is handsome and anti-marriage. And with IVF completely out of her financial reach, Reyna Bishop is running out of time to have the child she so very much wants. Theirs is a practical baby-making deal: no emotion, no expectation, no ever-after. ... more >

July 1, 2020

REVIEW: More than Neighbors by Shannon Stacey

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsBlackberry Bay series / cats / Contemporary / dog / dysfunctional family / family relationships / Harlequin / New Hampshire / Small Town Romance / Widowed HeroineComments Off on REVIEW: More than Neighbors by Shannon Stacey

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The only thing they have in common is a property line! He’s trying to uncover his past. She’s hoping for a brighter future. Cam Maguire is in Blackberry Bay to unravel a family secret. Meredith Price has moved next door with her daughter. He’s unattached. She’s a widowed single mom. ... more >

Good looking m/f white couple embracing in front of a Christmas tree. The guy looks like Ryan Gosling.
November 20, 2019

REVIEW: One Christmas Eve by Shannon Stacey

KaetrinBook Reviews / C+ ReviewsChristmas / Contemporary / novella / Small-Town2 Comments

Dear Shannon Stacey, One Christmas Eve is the second novella in your Cedar Street series and features Zoe Randall, the cousin of the female lead in the first book, One Summer Weekend. I haven’t read the first book and it’s not necessary to do so (thought I think I’d enjoy ... more >

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