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October 29, 2020

REVIEW: Kindred – Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art by Rebecca Wragg Sykes

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsarcheology / History / non-fiction / paleontology / scienceNo Comments

In Kindred, Neanderthal expert Rebecca Wragg Sykes shoves aside the cliché of the shivering ragged figure in an icy wasteland, and reveals the Neanderthal you don’t know, our ancestor who lived across vast and diverse tracts of Eurasia and survived through hundreds of thousands of years of massive climate change. ... more >

March 12, 2018

REVIEW: Living in the Past by Jane Lovering

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsarcheology / Contemporary / England / time slip / Widowed Heroine / Yorkshire1 Comments

Do you ever wish you could turn back time? Grace Nicholls has a few reasons for wanting to turn back the clock … although an archaeological dig at a Bronze Age settlement on the Yorkshire moors is not what she had in mind. But encouraged by her best friend Tabitha, ... more >

August 8, 2015

REVIEW: Lady Emily’s Exotic Journey by Lillian Marek

JayneDNF Reviewsarcheology / Historical / Middle East / road-romance / Victorian4 Comments

From sensible, sheltered girl Safe in the embrace of her loving family, Lady Emily Tremaine longs to feel more intensely alive. Surely the magic and mystery of Assyria and the fabled ruins of Nineveh will bring about the transformation she seeks. To the woman his heart desires Scarred by his ... more >

December 10, 2014

REVIEW: City of Jasmine by Deanna Raybourn

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviews1920s / Action/Adventure / archeology / Historical / Middle East / pilot / spy7 Comments

Famed aviatrix Evangeline Starke never expected to see her husband, adventurer Gabriel Starke, ever again. They had been a golden couple, enjoying a whirlwind courtship amid the backdrop of a glittering social set in prewar London until his sudden death with the sinking of the Lusitania. Five years later, beginning ... more >

May 22, 2014

REVIEW: The Ruin of a Rogue by Miranda Neville

JanineB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended Readsarcheology / con-artist / heiress / historical romance / redemption / Regency England / Wild Quartet series7 Comments

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Dear Ms. Neville, Last summer, while in the midst of a reading slump, I tried to read The Ruin of a Rogue. I think I got about two and half chapters in before I gave up. Since I don’t usually care for con artist characters and hadn’t yet come to ... more >

the shadowy horses
October 4, 2012

REVIEW and GIVEAWAY: The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley

JayneB+ Reviews / Contests/Giveaways / Recommended Readsarcheology / Ghost / mystery / Paranormal / Roman-Britain / Scotland34 Comments

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“With its dark legends and passionate history, the windswept shores of Scotland are an archaeologist’s dream. Verity Grey is thrilled by the challenge of uncovering an ancient Roman campsite in a small village. But as soon as she arrives, she can sense danger in the air. Her eccentric boss is ... more >

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