March 19, 2019

REVIEW: The Wolf at Bay (Big Bad Wolf #2) by Charlie Adhara

SiriusB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsmystery / paranormal m/m romance / Suspense / werewolves4 Comments

Going home digs up bad memories, so it’s something Bureau of Special Investigations agent Cooper Dayton tries to avoid. When he’s guilted into a visit, Cooper brings along Oliver Park, his hot new werewolf partner, in the hopes the trip will help clarify their status as a couple…or not. When ... more >

March 18, 2019

REVIEW: The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads18th-century / England / Georgian / Historical / marriage-of-convenience / Older Man/Younger Woman12 Comments

Horatia Winwood is simply helping her family When the Earl of Rule proposes marriage to her sister Lizzie, Horatia offers herself instead. Her sister is already in love with someone else, and Horatia is willing to sacrifice herself for her family’s happiness. Everyone knows she’s no beauty, but she’ll do ... more >

March 14, 2019

REVIEW: Lupin Leaps In: A Breaking Cat News Adventure by Georgia Dunn

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscartoons / cats / comic / Humor / news / reporter2 Comments

Picking up where they last left off in Breaking Cat News, are Elvis, Puck, and Lupin reporting on the breaking news that matters to cats. Cynical, no-nonsense Elvis and shy, sweet, sensitive Puck are the reporter kitties in the field, while the adventurous jokester Lupin serves as anchor cat. Together, ... more >

March 11, 2019

REVIEW: Here Be Dragons by David P. Macpherson

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsdragons / epic fantasy / Fantasy / fantasy adventure / humorous / older / road trip / spoof4 Comments

A mid-life crisis, a castle gardener, an unfaithful steed, a dastardly hero, a merciless king, and a dragon that needs saving. With heroes this bad who needs villains… When Orus graduated from the Cromalot School for Heroes he was ready for a life of glory and adventure. But after being ... more >

March 8, 2019

REVIEW: The Beau and the Bluestocking by Alice Chetwynd Ley

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsBluestocking / enemies to lovers / England / Georgian / Historical / Rake Hero6 Comments

1782, London Alethea Newnham is a young woman with decided literary tastes, to the extent that she is called a Bluestocking by the gossips of Town. Educated in the country by her scholarly father and raised as an equal with her brothers, Alethea finds it difficult to play romantic games ... more >

March 7, 2019

REVIEW: Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell

JennieA- Reviews / Recommended Reads19th Century British literature / classic literature / fallen woman8 Comments

I was first turned onto Gaskell’s work not in print but by the miniseries version of North and South, which I love. I also watched and adored the PBS adaption of Cranford, a very different kind of story. I eventually read both books and liked them each quite well. Still, ... more >