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July 4, 2020

REVIEW: Rebels at Heart by Kate McMurray

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / American Revolution / HFN / historical m/m romance / LGBTQ / New York City / POC / short-storyNo Comments

New York City, 1776 Charles Foxworth is among New York City’s most fashionable men, though he is only pretending to be a dashing British aristocrat. Still, he is content with his role and has little interest in the war. His companion, Isaac Ward, has more invested in the coming conflict; ... more >

April 24, 2017

REVIEW: The Patriot and the Loyalist by Angela K. Couch

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsAgent/Spies/Undercover / American historical / American Revolution / Historical / South Carolina / War / Military4 Comments

Completing his three years in the Continental Army, Daniel Reid still has no desire to return home—not after losing the woman he loves to a British Captain—so he volunteers to ride south through enemy lines and deliver a message to Colonel Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox. With his temper needing ... more >

February 4, 2017

REVIEW: The Scarlet Coat by Angela K. Couch

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAmerican historical / American Revolution / enemies to lovers / Historical / inspirational / inspirational romance / New-York / opposites / War / Military2 Comments

Surrounded by the musket fire of the American Revolution, Rachel Garnet prays for her family to be safe. When the British invade the Mohawk Valley and her father and brother don’t return from the battle, she goes in pursuit of them. She finds her brother alive but her father has ... more >

March 18, 2016

REVIEW: The Wayward One by Danelle Harmon

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAmerican Navy / American Revolution / British Navy / class differences / family relationships / Georgian / Historical / shipboard / War / Military5 Comments

Recommended Read

Irish Captain Ruaidri O’ Devir has no love for the English. Taken from his family and pressed into the Royal Navy at a young age, he is now a commander for the fledgling American Continental Navy, hand-picked by John Adams himself to steal a potent new explosive from the British. ... more >

March 5, 2015

REVIEW: Mistress Firebrand by Donna Thorland

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAgent/Spies/Undercover / American historical / American Revolution / theater / War / Military12 Comments

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British Occupied Manhattan, 1777. With her witty comedies, American actress Jennifer Leighton has been packing the John Street Theater, but she longs to escape the provincial circuit for the glamour of the London stage. When the playwright General John Burgoyne visits the city, fresh from a recent success on the ... more >

February 19, 2014

REVIEW: My Name is Resolute by Nancy E Turner

JayneC- ReviewsAmerican historical / American Revolution / First-Person / Historical / pirates / saga4 Comments

The year is 1729, and Resolute Talbot and her siblings are captured by pirates, taken from their family in Jamaica, and brought to the New World. Resolute and her sister are sold into slavery in colonial New England and taught the trade of spinning and weaving. When Resolute finds herself ... more >

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