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June 10, 2023

REVIEW: A Little Ray of Sunshine by Kristan Higgins

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsadoption / childhood friends / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / family relationships / Massachusetts / motherhood / mothers / Womens-Fiction6 Comments

A kid walks into your bookstore and… Guess what? He’s your son. The one you put up for adoption eighteen years ago. The one you never told anyone about. Surprise! And a huge surprise it is. It’s a huge surprise to his adoptive mother, Monica, who thought she had a ... more >

April 10, 2023

REVIEW: Two Nights to Forever (Orchard Hill Book 2) by Rebecca Crowley

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsadoption / businessman / businesswoman / Contemporary / family relationships / Jewish characters / Jewish-faith / Missouri / mothers and daughters / Orchard Hill series / Passover / self discoveryNo Comments

Time doesn’t heal all wounds, but love just might… Eve Klein almost has it all: a thriving career, great friends, and adoptive parents who’ve supported her in everything—including her quest to find her birth mother. She’s hired a private investigator, and while she waits for the last piece of her ... more >

July 17, 2021

Good News – Saturday Animal Edition

JayneMiscadoption / animals / cats / children / dog / Military3 Comments

Truffles the Kitty Four years ago Danielle Crull rescued a kitten in the woods. She didn’t realize she’d just found a new employee – one who is routinely named “Employee of the Month” (every month) at the children’s eye center that Crull owns. Truffles, now famous for her glamorous glasses ... more >

March 10, 2020

REVIEW: The Story of Us by Molly O’Keefe

JennieB- Reviews / Book Reviewsadoption / Contemporary romance / Private-investigator / Secret-Baby / women's shelter8 Comments

Dear Molly O’Keefe: I think I got this as a freebie somewhere, though I’m not sure where – maybe Daily Deals? Anyway, it was on my Kindle for a bit before I started it. I’ve read four Molly O’Keefe books (all part of the same series, under the M. O’Keefe ... more >

November 11, 2019

REVIEW: The Marine by Cheryl Reavis

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsadoption / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / family relationships / Marines / military hero / North-Carolina / older heroine and hero / retired military / single father / War / Military2 Comments

Semper Fi Newly widowed Grace James knows she’s at a crossroads. Raised by her aunt, she spent her life playing the role of the perpetual ‘good girl’–never rocking the boat, always fitting in. And where did that get her? She had an unhappy marriage, and now she’s singlehandedly raising two ... more >

November 8, 2017

JOINT REVIEW: Someone to Wed by Mary Balogh

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewsadoption / birthmark / Earl / family-reunion / heiress / Historical / joint review / marriage-of-convenience / Regency / reversal of fortune / Westcott12 Comments

Since we reviewed the first two books in this series together, we decided to do the same with the third. ~ Janine & Kaetrin Janine:  Someone to Wed, the third novel in Mary Balogh’s Westcott series, begins with a social call. Alexander Westcott, the new Earl of Riverdale, has come ... more >

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