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July 23, 2025

REVIEW: Lord Frederick’s Return by Catherine Kullmann

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAnglo-Indian / biracial heroine / British Indian main character / Historical / older heroine and hero / RegencyComments Off on REVIEW: Lord Frederick’s Return by Catherine Kullmann

An older hero, an enigmatic heroine and a delightfully outspoken four-year-old. Throw scandal into the mix for a gripping and tender Regency love story August 1816. Lord Frederick Danlow returns to England after spending 18 years in India. He plans to make a home for himself and his motherless, four-year-old ... more >

February 6, 2024

REVIEW: Queens of London by Heather Webb

JayneBook Reviews / DNF Reviews1920s / Anglo-Indian / biracial heroine / criminal / domestic abuse / gangsters / Historical / Historical fiction / London / police / shop assistantComments Off on REVIEW: Queens of London by Heather Webb

Maybe women can have it all, as long as they’re willing to steal it. 1925. London. When Alice Diamond, AKA “Diamond Annie,” is elected the Queen of the Forty Elephants, she’s determined to take the all-girl gang to new heights. She’s ambitious, tough as nails, and a brilliant mastermind, with ... more >

May 11, 2023

REVIEW: Four Secrets Kept by H L Marsay

JayneBook Reviews / C ReviewsAnglo-Indian / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / family relationships / female doctor / female friendship / fish-out-of-water / police / secrets / Small-Town / soap opera / teacher / The Secrets of Hartwell / Womens-Fiction / YorkshireComments Off on REVIEW: Four Secrets Kept by H L Marsay

Welcome to Hartwell, an English village full of cobbled streets, ancient curses, and buried secrets. Although the village may have laid Lord Hanley to rest, his death creates almost as many problems as did his life. While Lady Lucy Hanley hides in her manor home recovering from her miserable marriage ... more >

April 19, 2023

REVIEW: The Frog Earl by Carola Dunn

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAnglo-Indian / biracial heroine / class differences / country-set / Historical / POC / Regency1 Comments

Escaping into the countryside to nurse his wounded pride and heart, Simon Hurst encounters the lovely but eccentric Mimi (half English, half Indian and all mischief) who promises him three favors—then only grudgingly doles them out. If he can capture that last one—that kiss—before she learns the truth about his ... more >

February 16, 2023

REVIEW: Four Hidden Treasures (The Secrets of Hartwell 1) by H L Marsay

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsAnglo-Indian / Contemporary / domestic abuse / family relationships / fat representation / female doctor / female friendship / fish-out-of-water / immigrant / Marriage-in-Trouble / POC / police / Small-Town / soap opera / teacher / The Secrets of Hartwell / Womens-Fiction / YorkshireComments Off on REVIEW: Four Hidden Treasures (The Secrets of Hartwell 1) by H L Marsay

Welcome to Hartwell, an English village full of cobbled streets, ancient curses, and buried secrets. Reeling from the last few years of uncertainty, the villagers of Hartwell are adjusting to their new normal. When two new women separately move to town, they attract local attention and quickly realise Hartwell isn’t ... more >

November 23, 2018

REVIEW: Nobody’s Sweetheart Now by Maggie Robinson

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1920s / Anglo-Indian / country house party / England / Ghost / murder mystery / non-romance / post WWI2 Comments

A delightful English cozy series begins in August 1924. Lady Adelaide Compton has recently (and satisfactorily) interred her husband, Major Rupert Charles Cressleigh Compton, hero of the Somme, in the family vault in the village churchyard. Rupert died by smashing his Hispano-Suiza on a Cotswold country road while carrying a ... more >

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