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February 18, 2022

REVIEW: Jayne’s “Didn’t Work for Me” recent reads

JayneBook Reviews / DNF ReviewsAthlete / Business woman / dogs / football / former military / Motorcycles / non-fiction / policeman / science / second chance at love12 Comments

I ask for review copies that I think I’ll enjoy but unfortunately, that’s not always the case. Here are some that I ended up not finishing for various reasons. If home is where the heart is, Dogwood County may have just what Delaney Monroe needs Newly retired from the Marine ... more >

February 2, 2022

REVIEW: The New Girl by Jesse Q Sutanto

JayneBook Reviews / C+ ReviewsAsian Americans / Athlete / bullying / class differences / First-Person / high-school / murder / POC / POC author / racism / Violence / Young-Adult3 Comments

She’s a liar. A cheater. A murderer. And it’s only her first semester. From the author of The Obsession and Dial A For Aunties comes a story of a deadly game of cat and mouse set in the halls of a school that is hiding more than secrets in its ... more >

Lolly pink cover with a cartoon type drawing of a Black woman with long dark hair in a yellow top in a circle in the top right and a Brown man in a black tee in a circle in the lower left - both are looking at their cell phones
August 6, 2019

REVIEW: The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAthlete / Contemporary / dating / multiracial romance / POC / POC author6 Comments

Recommended Read

Dear Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe is the first in your new Modern Love series.  The heroine, Rhiannon Hunter, is the sister of the hero in your earlier book, Hurts to Love You (which is on my TBR) but there isn’t really more of a link between the two series ... more >

February 23, 2018

REVIEW: A Bicycle Made for Two by Mary Jayne Baker

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAthlete / Contemporary / England / First-Person / second chance romance / Small Town Romance / YorkshireComments Off on REVIEW: A Bicycle Made for Two by Mary Jayne Baker

Chock-full of colourful characters, bawdy wit and a bit of love and passion for good measure. In a lost corner of the Yorkshire Dales, Lana Donati runs a medieval theme tourist trap restaurant with her brother. As a distraction to help them get over losing the father they loved dearly, ... more >

July 28, 2017

REVIEW: Fit for You by Cynthia Tennent

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAthlete / Contemporary / First-Person / fitness / MichiganComments Off on REVIEW: Fit for You by Cynthia Tennent

Small towns have the biggest hearts. In the split-second it takes to injure her knee, Lily Shue’s life goes from rising star to small town reject. Forced to give up her role as a trainer on a hit reality fitness show, she takes a job in tiny Truhart, Michigan. By ... more >

May 18, 2016

REVIEW: Undecided by Julianna Keyes

KaetrinB Reviews / B+ 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 >

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