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July 21, 2026

REVIEW: Deadly Does It (A Mason & Mann Mystery Book 2) by Abbi Waxman

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsactor/actress / addiction / alcoholism / Contemporary / found family / Los Angeles / murder mysteryNo Comments

When Natasha Mason’s AA sponsor is in deadly danger, she turns to the cranky yet brilliant Julia Mann for help, in this exciting new mystery novel from the USA Today bestselling author of One Death at a Time. Mason, a Gen Z adrenaline junkie, and Mann, an ex-con, ex-actress, and ... more >

April 13, 2026

REVIEW: The Roach King of Raleigh: A Young Adult Novel about Friendship, Survival, and Finding Hope When Life Falls Apart by Shannon Stocker

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsaddiction / bugs / bullying / cats / family relationships / friendship / high-school / Lizards / mother and son / neurodiversity / North-Carolina / poverty / Young-Adult3 Comments

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From Schneider Family Award-winning author Shannon Stocker comes The Roach King of Raleigh, an unflinching YA novel about a high school sophomore who’s determined to rise above his circumstances—even if it means starting a secret roach breeding business. Even if it means letting people in. Quill Jenkins used to have ... more >

December 29, 2025

REVIEW: Mrs. Walford by Brenda Tyedmers

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / addiction / Artist / epistolary / female friendship / found family / Gilded Age / Historical fiction / New York City / Nova Scotia / Womens-Fiction2 Comments

A thirty-year-old mother of two and wife of a prominent Brooklyn ship broker registers at the Queen Hotel in Halifax, Nova Scotia, using a false name. Two weeks later she is buried in the local cemetery. Or is she? Without family or friends, health or hope, Sadie Walford arrives already ... more >

Illustrated cover with a mountain background with some snow but also some green and blue sunny skies. In the foreground and slightly to the right, is a good looking older white couple embracing. He has a black v-neck tee on and has gray short but slightly shaggy hair and is wearing aviator sunglasses on his head. She has dark long hair with bangs and shaved bits above her ears. She is built and is wearing a white long sleeved tee. He is facing the front and she is side on in his arms and they are smiling at each other.
December 3, 2025

REVIEW: Lips Like Sugar by Jess K Hardy

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsaddiction / bisexual / Contemporary / Gen X / older protagonists / queer / recovery / Rock-Star / seasoned romance7 Comments

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Dear Jess K Hardy, Mira Harlow runs “Glazed and Confused”, the local bakery in Red Falls, the town closest to Bluebird Basin. She’s a single mother, with a 14-year-old son, Ian and a mother who is in the early stages of what what will probably become dementia. Cole Sanderson is ... more >

November 26, 2025

REVIEW: Come As You Are by Jess K Hardy

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsaddiction / Contemporary / Gen X / older protagonists / queer / recovery / Rock-Star / seasoned romance4 Comments

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Dear Jess K Hardy, Ashley Cooke is a 46-year-old divorcee who runs Bluebird Basin ski resort in Montana, with her mother, Maude Alice. Her father passed away three years earlier and it’s been struggle street since then to keep the resort open. She’s under pressure from her skeevy cheating ex-husband, ... more >

July 31, 2023

Review: Washed Up Former Child Star Ryan Lee by Lisa Henry and J.A.Rock

SiriusB Reviews / Book Reviewsaddiction / gay fiction with romantic elements4 Comments

Ryan Lee is a hot mess. In another lifetime, Ryan had it all. He was a child star in one of the biggest sitcoms on the planet. Now he’s an adult, unemployed, and a poster child for bad decisions. Okay, so he hasn’t robbed a convenience store yet, but only ... more >

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