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July 3, 2025

REVIEW: A Murder of Convenience by Kathleen Buckley

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1740s / 18th-century / Closed circle mystery / Georgian / historical mystery / locked room mystery / murder mystery / murder-investigation / police proceduralComments Off on REVIEW: A Murder of Convenience by Kathleen Buckley

Ellen Cuthbert’s husband, Randolph, is now the Earl of Keswick’s heir. Their marriage is a sham, and Randolph’s mistress, Lydia, is present at the house party. When she is found murdered in a locked room, all the evidence seems to point to Ellen. And how could the murderer have escaped ... more >

June 23, 2025

REVIEW: Not Quite a Countess by Bliss Bennett

JayneBook Reviews / C- Reviews18th-century / Georgian Era / historical romance / London / novellaComments Off on REVIEW: Not Quite a Countess by Bliss Bennett

Five squabbling guardians. Three rivals for an earldom. And one dashing cavalryman threatening to overset it all… At fourteen, Arabella Audley inherited her father’s Scottish barony—but was denied his English earldom. Shuffled between five quarrelsome guardians for six long years while Parliament dithers over determining the Earl of Audley’s rightful ... more >

April 17, 2025

REVIEW: The Versailles Formula by Nancy Bilyeau

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / Agent/Spies/Undercover / Artist / chemistry / Cold War / England / First-Person / France / Historical fiction / mystery / religionComments Off on REVIEW: The Versailles Formula by Nancy Bilyeau

Genevieve Sturbridge thought she’d left danger behind in London. Now she lives a quiet life in the countryside with her husband and son. But an invitation to dine at Sir Horace Walpole’s eerie Gothic estate pulls her back into a deadly world of deception, espionage and murder. At the mysterious ... more >

February 18, 2025

REVIEW: Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1750s / 18th-century / fairy tale retelling / France / Historical Fantasy3 Comments

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Saint-Malo, Brittany, 1758. To Lucinde Leon, the youngest daughter of a wealthy French shipowner, the high walls of Saint-Malo are more hindrance than haven. While her sisters are busy trying to secure advantageous marriages, Luce spends her days secretly being taught to sail by Samuel, her best friend—and an English ... more >

January 22, 2025

REVIEW: The Indigo Heiress by Laura Frantz

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / abolitionist / American historical / arranged-marriage / Glasgow / Historical / inspirational romance / merchant class / ScotlandComments Off on REVIEW: The Indigo Heiress by Laura Frantz

Virigina plantation life is all she has ever known. But could the life she was meant to live be waiting on a distant shore? In 1774, Juliet Catesby lives with her father and sister at Royal Vale, the James River plantation founded by her Virginia family over a century before. ... more >

October 29, 2024

REVIEW: Hidden Treasures by Kathleen Buckley

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads18th-century / charity / Historical / Historical fiction / inheritance / London / rag-tagComments Off on REVIEW: Hidden Treasures by Kathleen Buckley

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Allan Everard, a baron’s illegitimate son, is dismissed from his employment at his father’s death but inherits a former coaching inn. Needing to make a new life in London, he begins by leasing the inn to a charity. Unexpectedly orphaned, Rosabel Stanbury and her younger sister are made wards of ... more >

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