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April 26, 2021

REVIEW: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell

JanineBook Reviews / D Reviews / F Reviews18th-century / accountant / Dark / Japan / Literary fiction / midwife / Netherlands / POC / shipping / unrequited-love8 Comments

Trigger warning: Dear David Mitchell, Your literary novel, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet, caught my attention because of its setting, the environs of Nagasaki in 1799-1800. I heard of the book through great word-of-mouth from people whose opinions I generally trust so I was excited to read it. ... more >

February 3, 2020

REVIEW: Reflections in the Nile by J. Suzanne Frank

Joanne RenaudBook Reviews / F Reviewsancient-Egypt / appropriation / Artist / Doctor / POC / racism / Time-Travel19 Comments

After entering an ancient chamber on an archaeological dig, Cloe Kingsley is sent back in time to the year 1452 B.C. to the Egyptian court of Hatshepsut and into the body of a corrupt priestess, where she is now forced to face her new environment and the challenges it holds. ... more >

December 25, 2019

REVIEW: Can’t Buy Me Love by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews / F ReviewsContemporary / hotelier / Scotland / security / Small-TownComments Off on REVIEW: Can’t Buy Me Love by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

It turned out hell was a small town in the Scottish Highlands. Oh, sure, the locals called it Invertary, but Agnes Sinclair knew better—the town even had an old woman everyone called Satan. If that wasn’t a sign she was in hell, she didn’t know what was. All Agnes had ... more >

May 27, 2018

REVIEW: The Space Captain’s Courtesan by K.C. Klein

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews / F Reviewsclass differences / sci-fi romance / space opera / spaceship3 Comments

Mya is having a crap day. Princess Mya Centauri is stranded and alone on the shady Bates Space Station. With rumors of her father’s dethronement escalating, she needs more than her wits and entitlement to protect her—she needs a hero. So when she unexpectedly finds herself mistaken for some whore ... more >

September 21, 2015

REVIEW: The Reluctant Widow by Georgette Heyer

JayneF ReviewsAgent/Spies/Undercover / dysfunctional family / England / Historical / Regency / Widowed Heroine38 Comments

A fateful mistake… When Elinor Rochdale boards the wrong coach, she ends up not at her prospective employer’s home but at the estate of Eustace Cheviot, a dissipated and ruined young man on the verge of death. A momentous decision… His cousin, Mr Ned Carlyon, persuades Elinor to marry Eustace ... more >

August 26, 2015

REVIEW: Begun by Time by Morgan O’Neill

JayneF ReviewsEngland / Historical / Paranormal / Time-Travel / World War II9 Comments

In the final days of World War II, Catherine Hastings meets the man she wants to marry. Flight surgeon Jonathan Brandon isn’t just handsome—he’s everything Catherine could hope for in her betrothed. But her dream of a happily ever after is shattered when Jonnie disappears shortly before their wedding…leaving Catherine ... more >

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