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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 >

October 13, 2025

REVIEW: The Monday Night Heartbreak Club by Jane Lovering

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsalcoholism / First-Person / found family / LGBTQIA characters / self discovery / self-reformation / Yorkshire2 Comments

Is your love life a bit of a disaster? You’re not alone… When Fee finds herself drunk, dumped and directionless on Valentine’s Day, she stumbles across a flyer for a new club, for people united by heartbreak. Intrigued, she joins a motley group of strangers at a quiet Yorkshire wine ... more >

April 15, 2025

REVIEW: One Death at a Time by Abbi Waxman

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsactor/actress / alcoholism / Contemporary / found family / Los Angeles / murder mystery4 Comments

A cranky former actress teams up with her Gen Z sobriety sponsor to solve the murder that threatens to send her back to prison in this dazzling new mystery novel from the USA Today bestselling author of The Bookish Life of Nina Hill. When Julia Mann, a bad-tempered ex-actress and ... more >

November 15, 2023

REVIEW: Kinfolk by Sean Dietrich

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1970s / Alabama / alcoholism / bullying / country music / dysfunctional family / pregnancy / rural setting / second chances / singer / Small-Town / teenager7 Comments

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Sometimes it’s the most unlikely meetings that give us life’s greatest gifts. 1970s, Southern Alabama. Sixty-two-year-old Jeremiah Lewis Taylor, or “Nub,” has spent his whole life listening to those he’s loved telling him he’s no good—first his ex-wife, now his always-disapproving daughter. Sure, his escapades have made him, along with ... more >

January 24, 2022

REVIEW: Once a Cowboy by Justine Davis

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviewsalcoholism / Artist / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / family relationships / father and son / mothers and daughters / Photographer / plain heroine / Texas / wounded souls6 Comments

He’s a cowboy through and through… Rylan Rafferty was a cowboy long before interest in his leatherworking artistry and saddle making for the rich and famous catapulted him to national fame. He values his privacy, so when a popular Texas magazine wants to feature him, his first inclination is to ... more >

April 24, 2021

JOINT REVIEW: The Duke Undone by Joanna Lowell

LaylaB Reviews / B+ Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviews1880s / 19th century / alcoholism / Artist / Duke / England / historical romance / joint review7 Comments

Janine: About a year ago, I read and reviewed Joanna Lowell’s Dark Season. Layla read it too and we had a fun offline conversation. I rated it a C+ and Layla liked it a bit better; we both agreed that the author had potential and that we were interested in ... more >

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