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September 5, 2024

REVIEW: Tide Together (PARADISE BAY SERIES Book 7) by Melanie Summers

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsAlternate POV / Contemporary / First-Person / opposites attract / Paradise Bay Series / self discoveryComments Off on REVIEW: Tide Together (PARADISE BAY SERIES Book 7) by Melanie Summers

What happens when a stressed-out bridesmaid and a laidback pilot are stranded alone together on a sun-kissed Caribbean island? Paige Chadwick is having the worst day of her life. Her tyrant boss has made her three days late for her sister’s destination wedding trip, and now she’s stuck on the ... more >

April 12, 2024

REVIEW: I Don’t Really Need You: A very French romantic comedy by Marie Vareille

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAlternate POV / chick-lit / Contemporary / Diary / France / ParisComments Off on REVIEW: I Don’t Really Need You: A very French romantic comedy by Marie Vareille

The best selling romance by France’s answer to Sophie Kinsella finally available in English Chloe is the perfect Parisian: she’s too skinny, smokes too much, and drinks too much. She also has the bad habit of getting into toxic relationships, particularly with her ex Guillaume who is engaged to another ... more >

July 20, 2023

REVIEW: The Winter Sea – Dark Water Daughter by H. M. Long

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAge of Sail / Alternate POV / Fantasy / First-Person / Historical Fantasy / mothers and daughters / pirates / revenge / shipboard / swashbucklerComments Off on REVIEW: The Winter Sea – Dark Water Daughter by H. M. Long

A stormsinger and pirate hunter join forces against a deathless pirate lord in this swashbuckling Jacobean adventure on the high-seas. Launching the Winter Sea series, full of magic, betrayal, redemption and fearsome women, for readers of Adrienne Young, R. J. Barker and Naomi Novik. Mary Firth is a Stormsinger: a ... more >

July 11, 2023

REVIEW: The All-American by Susie Finkbeiner

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1950s / Alternate POV / Athletes / Baseball / coming-of-age / First-Person / gender equality / gender roles / Historical / Michigan / politics / sisters / Young-Adult2 Comments

Two sisters discover how much good there is in the world–even in the hardest of circumstances It is 1952, and nearly all the girls 16-year-old Bertha Harding knows dream of getting married, keeping house, and raising children in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. Bertha dreams of baseball. She reads every ... more >

June 24, 2023

REVIEW: Beach Please (PARADISE BAY SERIES Book 6) by Melanie Summers

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsAlternate POV / betrayal / businesswoman / Contemporary / family relationships / First-Person / Paradise Bay Series2 Comments

A hilarious and heartwarming story that’ll have you snort-laughing, swooning, and sighing with happiness… Lola Gordon’s dreams of a thriving surf shop were shattered when her ex vanished with all the money in their business account, leaving her on the brink of losing everything. With the bank set to auction ... more >

May 25, 2023

REVIEW: Planes, Trains, and All the Feels by Livy Hart

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsAlternate POV / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / family drama / First-Person / forced proximity / opposites attract / road trip / sisters2 Comments

As the black sheep of the family, choreographer Cassidy Bliss vowed she’d do anything to get home in time to help with her sister’s wedding and avoid family disappointment…again. She just never expected “anything” would involve sharing the last rental car with the jerk who cut her off in line ... more >

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