December 12, 2018

REVIEW: Christmas Secrets by the Sea by Jane Lovering

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsactor / Christmas / Contemporary / dog / England3 Comments

Christmas by the sea – that sounds romantic, right? Tansy Merriweather is down on her luck. She’s lost her business and her relationship, and instead of a glamorous London apartment, her home is now a campervan on a Dorset beach. And as if things couldn’t get any worse, a scruffy ... more >

December 4, 2018

REVIEW: Merrily Ever After by Jenny Holiday

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbaby / Marriage-in-Trouble / novella / wedding3 Comments

Dear Jenny Holiday, I really enjoyed It Takes Two earlier this year so when I was offered Merrily Ever After for review I jumped at it. I’ll be honest and say I still haven’t found time to read One and Only but I don’t think it’s necessary to have done ... more >

November 28, 2018

REVIEW: Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch

JanineB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsdiversity / London / Magic / police procedural / Recommended Read / UF / Urban-Fantasy2 Comments

Dear Mr. Aaronovitch, The last book in your urban fantasy Rivers of London series saw some big developments, including the unmasking of police constable Peter Grant’s nemesis, the wizard known as the Faceless Man. Lies Sleeping, book seven in the series, finds the hunt for the Faceless Man and his ... more >

November 16, 2018

REVIEW: Big Stick by Kelly Jamieson

JennieB+ Reviews / Book ReviewsChicago Aces Hockey Series / hockey / Series / single motherhood3 Comments

Dear Ms. Jamieson: This is book number seven in the Aces Hockey series. For some reason I didn’t start reading the series until book five; I still need to go back and read the first four (plus book 1.5, a novella). I’ve talked before in previous reviews about how it’s ... more >

November 15, 2018

REVIEW: Lady of Quality by Georgette Heyer

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsBath / enemies to lovers / England / family relationships / Historical / Regency7 Comments

The spirited and independent Miss Annis Wychwood is twenty-nine and well past the age for falling in love. But when Annis embroils herself in the affairs of a pretty runaway heiress, Miss Lucilla Carleton, she is destined to see a great deal of her fugitive’s uncivil and high-handed guardian, Mr. ... more >

November 6, 2018

REVIEW: Diamond Fire by Ilona Andrews

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsMagic / not romance / novella / Paranormal / Private-investigator / wedding3 Comments

Dear Ilona Andrews, Diamond Fire is book 3.5 in the Hidden Legacy series and it forms a bridge between the first trilogy and the next (trilogy – I think?) which will feature Catalina Baylor as the main POV character. The first three books, Burn for Me, White Hot and Wildfire ... more >