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September 14, 2020

REVIEW: We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1980s / Athletes / coming-of-age / female friendship / high-school / LGBTQIA / POC / POC author / self discovery / teens / YA / young adult fiction4 Comments

Acclaimed novelist Quan Barry delivers a tour de female force in this delightful novel. Set in the coastal town of Danvers, Massachusetts, where the accusations began that led to the 1692 witch trials, We Ride Upon Sticks follows the 1989 Danvers High School Falcons field hockey team, who will do ... more >

June 13, 2020

REVIEW: Made To Hold You: Decades: A Journey of African American Romance by Elle Wright

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1980s / African American / Decades: A Journey of African American Romance / Drugs / Marriage-in-Trouble / POC / POC author / second chance at love / teacher heroine5 Comments

Layla Johnson had a picture perfect life: a career as an educator, a beautiful daughter, a son on the way, and a loving husband. Only Layla didn’t count on the effect the burgeoning war on drugs would have on her family and her world. And on one rainy night, everything ... more >

April 6, 2020

REVIEW: Yours with Love by Mary Burchell

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1980s / dysfunctional family / England / family relationships / London / Older Man/Younger Woman / secretary10 Comments

The scheme would be of mutual benefit When Jason Kent literally crashed into Virginia’s life, he turned her whole world upside down. In return for a large sum of money, he asked her to pose as his mistress so that his wife would divorce him. Virginia agreed because it meant ... more >

February 18, 2020

REVIEW: The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1980s / college-student / dual-timeline / dysfunctional family / murder-investigation / mystery / Serial-Killer / strong heroine6 Comments

Recommended Read

Something hasn’t been right at the roadside Sun Down Motel for a very long time, and Carly Kirk is about to find out why in this chilling new novel from the USA Today bestselling and award-winning author of The Broken Girls. Upstate New York, 1982. Viv Delaney wants to move ... more >

October 11, 2019

REVIEW: Remains to be Seen by Elizabeth Cadell

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1980s / childhood friends / England / friends-to-lovers / mystery6 Comments

When Philippa Lyle, engaged, returns home from her lengthy stay in Canada, she finds that her small town has changed. The ruins of a Roman villa and bath have been discovered and the town is over-run with archaeologists, tourists, and curiosity seekers. Some of the residents are excited about the ... more >

March 20, 2019

REVIEW: Judith by Betty Neels

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews / C- Reviews1980s / enemies to lovers / England / nurse / Portugal6 Comments

Perhaps her dream of love was only a dream “Working nights in a London hospital is no life for a young girl!” Her mother hadn’t actually said it, but Judith knew she was thinking it.In a way, Judith agreed, but what else could she do? Marry Nigel? No, she didn’t ... more >

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