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July 28, 2026

REVIEW: Wild Goose Chase by Sarah Adler

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAlternate POV / Baltimore / Contemporary / Contemporary romance / First-Person / opposites attract / self discovery8 Comments

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An antique dealer and his inconvenient(ly irresistible) new colleague must contend with an illicit stuffed goose and their sizzling attraction, from USA Today bestselling author Sarah Adler. Antique store owner Callahan Leitner has an illegal taxidermy goose in his living room. Why? It’s…complicated. But it may end his career unless ... more >

June 8, 2026

REVIEW: Not His Girlfriend (Yet) by M.T. Liu

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAlternate POV / Canada / cats / Contemporary / forced proximity / he falls first / health care / Montreal / POC / slow burn13 Comments

She called his mother at 1 AM and said sa copine. She told the nurse at 5:47 and said girlfriend. He doesn’t know about either one. Four and a half dates. Two kisses — one accidental, one deliberate. Nora Chen spends two hours before every date becoming the version of ... more >

June 2, 2026

REVIEW: Marion by Leah Rowan

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsadaptation / Alternate POV / Contemporary / crime thriller / dual-timeline / horror / murder / sisters / Womens-Fiction4 Comments

A twist on Hitchcock’s Psycho—where the leading lady doesn’t die, but instead turns the knife on Norm, kicking off a crime spree that turns the silver screen victim into a heroine for our times. Marion is in deep. She’s stolen money from the Manhattan ad agency where she works in ... more >

February 10, 2026

REVIEW: Red Star Rebels by Amie Kaufman

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAlternate POV / class differences / family relationships / First-Person / Mars / Sci-fi / social privilege / space travel / Young-Adult8 Comments

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8 HOURS TO STOP AN EXPLOSION…8 HOURS TO FALL IN LOVE. From the New York Times bestselling co-author of Illuminae and Aurora Rising comes a high-stakes, high-chemistry, sci-fi romp about a stowaway girl and the richest boy in the galaxy, racing the clock to outwit a gang of mercenaries. It’s ... more >

August 15, 2025

REVIEW: Love Fast by Louise Bay

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAlternate POV / Colorado / Contemporary / First-Person / runaway bride / self discovery / self made man7 Comments

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One runaway bride. One grumpy billionaire. One small town that changes everything. Rosey I never thought I’d be a runaway bride. But when it came down to it, I just couldn’t marry the wrong man. So, I ran. And somehow, I ended up in Star Falls, Colorado—stranded, no luggage, no ... more >

August 8, 2025

REVIEW: The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / Alternate POV / Business woman / First-Person / Georgian / Historical fiction / London / murder mystery / plot twists2 Comments

In 18th-century England, a widowed confectioner is drawn into a web of love, betrayal, and intrigue and a battle of wits in this masterful historical novel from the author of the “delicious puzzle-box of a novel” (The New York Times) and USA TODAY bestseller The Square of Sevens. Following the ... more >

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