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July 31, 2026

REVIEW: Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsathlete hero / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / emotional abuse / friendship / gaslighting / Maine / self discovery / Small-Town / Widowed Heroine9 Comments

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A heartfelt debut about the unlikely relationship between a young woman who’s lost her husband and a major league pitcher who’s lost his game. In a sleepy seaside town in Maine, recently widowed Eveleth “Evvie” Drake rarely leaves her large, painfully empty house nearly a year after her husband’s death ... more >

November 12, 2021

REVIEW: Season of Us by Pamela Sanderson

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsathlete hero / dog / family relationships / Older-Woman-/-Younger-Man / POC author / pro athlete / soccer / Sports / traumatic-past / Widowed Heroine13 Comments

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Sunny. Sexy. Sweet. Shelly Paige has never been one to take risks. Even less so since the loss of her husband. She’s content to stay in the town she grew up in, surrounded by the safety of family. A lost dog leads her to a handsome young athlete and the ... more >

May 18, 2016

REVIEW: Undecided by Julianna Keyes

KaetrinB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book ReviewsAthlete / athlete hero / college / Contemporary / New Adult10 Comments

Dear Julianna Keyes, When you sent me a review request for Undecided, I hesitated. The cover suggested “love triangle” to me. (Apparently I’m not the only one.) You kindly reassured me that there is no love triangle and so here we are. (There are two guys in the story and ... more >

April 22, 2015

REVIEW: What a Bachelor Needs by Kelly Hunter

JayneB+ Reviews / Recommended Readsathlete hero / Contemporary / novella / single mother / spousal abuse6 Comments

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Your date with ski champ Jett Casey is an either/or deal. He’ll take you off-piste for the ultimate Montana ski adventure or he’ll put his handyman skills at your disposal for a week. Single mom Mardie Griffin has a run-down old house in need of fixing and a memory of ... more >

September 8, 2014

REVIEW: The Hook Up by Kristen Callihan

JaneB Reviews / Recommended Readsathlete hero / Contemporary romance / New Adult / Recommended Reads / Sports6 Comments

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Dear Ms. Callihan: Elyssa Patrick told me I’d love this book and she was right. There’s Drew, the loveable quarterback of an unnamed school who has two National Championships and a Heismann under his belt. I tried very hard not to envision Johnny Football during the reading of this because that ... more >

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