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February 6, 2025

REVIEW: The Radio Hour by Victoria Purman

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviews1950s / Australia / Historical / older woman / radio / Womens-FictionComments Off on REVIEW: The Radio Hour by Victoria Purman

Martha Berry is on the brink of fifty years old, unmarried, and one of an army of polite, invisible women who go to work each day at the country’s national broadcaster and get things done without fuss, fanfare, or reward. When the network prepares to launch a new radio serial ... more >

Illustrated cover with a pale blue background and pink titles. In the left background is a bride in a big white ballgown wedding dress surrounded on each side by bridesmaids in mid blue dresses. In the right foreground is a woman with short black hair wearing sunglasses and a one-shoulder hot pink tight dress, with one hand in her hip.
January 30, 2025

REVIEW: The Bad Bridesmaid by Rachael Johns

KaetrinB- Reviews / Book ReviewsAustralia / Contemporary / NetGalley / Norfolk Island3 Comments

Dear Rachael Johns, Last year’s The Other Bridget made my best of list and it was also the book where I first met Winifred (“Fred”) Darling, Bridget’s bestie at the Fremantle library. Fred’s character kind of jumps of the page. She’s unique and funny and no-nonsense. Unlike Bridget who was ... more >

August 23, 2024

Trope Actually, the 2024 Romance Writers of Australia conference

KaetrinConventions / MiscAustralia / RWAus24 / South Australia13 Comments

The Annual Romance Writers Australia** conference was held in my home town of Adelaide over the weekend of 17 and 18 August. So I had to go. It’s the rules. (**Romance Writers of Australia uses the acronym RWA over here. Of course, RWA in the US means something different, so ... more >

December 14, 2023

REVIEW: Cinderella and the Outback Billionaire by Kelly Hunter

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAustralia / Australian Outback / Billionaire Hero / Contemporary / Harlequin Presents5 Comments

A connection so strong… it’s impossible to hide from! When his helicopter crashes in the Outback, a captivating stranger keeps Reid Blake alive. Under the cover of darkness, a desperate intimacy is kindled…so when Reid is rescued and she disappears, he won’t rest until he finds her! Ari Cohen hasn’t ... more >

September 27, 2023

REVIEW: Her Off-Limits Single Dad by Marion Lennox

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C- Reviewsangsty / Australia / Contemporary / doctor hero / dogs / Harlequin / Harlequin Medical Romance / paramedic / Rural RomanceComments Off on REVIEW: Her Off-Limits Single Dad by Marion Lennox

She puts everything on the line for her patients, but is this paramedic willing to risk her heart for a gorgeous doctor and his adorable son? Dive into the first story in the Paramedics and Pups duet from Harlequin Medical Romance author Marion Lennox. Colleagues, housemates… Soulmates? After a disastrous ... more >

August 18, 2023

REVIEW: The Road to Gondwana: In Search of the Lost Supercontinent by Bill Morris

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAfrica / Antarctica / Australia / fossils / geology / History / India / New Zealand / non-fiction / paleontology / science / South America2 Comments

This is the story of a journey. Actually, it’s a story of many journeys, of paths woven through the fabric of Earth’s history, and of human history, all of which lead to one semi-mythical, and yet completely real place — the lost supercontinent Gondwana. An immersive and fascinating journey into ... more >

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