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November 25, 2025

REVIEW: Christmas at Whitefriars: A Novella by Elizabeth Camden

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviews1910s / anxiety / England / holiday novella / socially awkwardComments Off on REVIEW: Christmas at Whitefriars: A Novella by Elizabeth Camden

Mary Beckwith lives in a magnificent English castle during the twilight years of the gilded age. With the help of an American millionaire, she has succeeded in renovating her beloved Whitefriars castle into a splendid estate just in time for Christmas. From across the ocean, millionaire Everett Wooten has spent ... more >

February 27, 2025

REVIEW: Dance with the Fae by Elisabeth J Hobbes

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviews1910s / bisexual hero / Fae / Fantasy/Fairytale / Historical Fantasy / LGBTQIA characters / non binary / post WWIComments Off on REVIEW: Dance with the Fae by Elisabeth J Hobbes

1919 May Day Kit Arton-Price should be celebrating. It’s his engagement party and, unlike many young men of his generation, he survived The Great War. Whilst his fiancée, Adelaide, is dancing with one of their guests, the enigmatic Mr Wilde, the scars on Kit’s face bear the heavy toll of ... more >

February 26, 2025

REVIEW: The Lost Passenger by Frances Quinn

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1910s / class differences / First-Person / hidden identity / Historical / Historical fiction / New York City1 Comments

Sometimes it takes a disaster to change your life. Marrying above your social class can come with unexpected consequences, as Elinor Coombes discovers when she is swept into a fairy-tale marriage with the son of English aristocrats. But she realizes too late that it was the appeal of her father’s ... more >

May 7, 2024

REVIEW: The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1910s / class differences / England / Historical / Historical fiction / post WWI / social change / strong women6 Comments

It is the summer of 1919 and Constance Haverhill is without prospects. Now that all the men have returned from the front, she has been asked to give up her cottage and her job at the estate she helped run during the war. While she looks for a position as ... more >

April 5, 2024

REVIEW: In Deed and in Truth by Embassie Susberry

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1910s / African American / American historical / Arkansas / Chicago / dysfunctional family / enemies to lovers / family relationships / Historical / inspirational / passing / POC / POC author / racism / reporterComments Off on REVIEW: In Deed and in Truth by Embassie Susberry

Lillian Rose Atkins is tired. She’s tired of picking cotton, serving as a maid in a hotel, and taking care of her younger cousins. So when she receives an invitation from the mother she hasn’t seen in ten years to move to Chicago and take part in Chicago society, Lily ... more >

February 14, 2024

REVIEW: While the City Sleeps (The Women of Midtown): (Gilded Age Christian Historical Romance Fiction Set in New York City) by Elizabeth Camden

JayneB Reviews Category / Book Reviews1910s / American historical / dentist / hidden identity / Historical / inspirational romance / mafia / New York City / policeman / secrets / The Women of Midtown series5 Comments

Amid the hushed city, two hearts must navigate danger and deception, bound by a love that outshines the stars. Katherine Schneider’s life as a dentist in 1913 New York is upended when a patient reveals details of a deadly plot while under the influence of laughing gas. As she is ... more >

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