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June 26, 2026

REVIEW: A Love Once Lost (The Bridwells’ Grand Tour Book #1) by Jennie Goutet

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviews18th-century / Belgium / Georgian Era / historical romance / second chance romance6 Comments

They chose separate paths, never imagining fate would offer them a second chance. Amy Bridwell reluctantly accompanies her family on a Grand Tour of the Continent–the very trip her former sweetheart proposed they take as newlyweds. Receiving no suitable marriage offer in the six years since, and with her heart ... more >

June 18, 2026

REVIEW: The Nazi Ghost Train: Evasion, Betrayal, and Escape during World War II by Greg Lewis

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsBelgium / non-fiction / resistance/oppression / War / Military / World War II6 Comments

The heart-racing true story of the heroic rescue of Allied airmen from a Nazi prison train after a devastating betrayal. In the final hours before the liberation of Brussels in 1944, the Germans loaded more than 1,400 members of the Resistance, SOE agents, and Allied airmen onto a train bound ... more >

April 14, 2021

DUELING REVIEW: The Last Kiss by Sally Malcolm

SiriusB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviews / DNF Reviews1910s / ableism / Belgium / class differences / dependency / disability / England / historical m/m romance / joint review / non agency / post WWI / traumatic-past / veterans / World War I3 Comments

A tender and triumphant story of forbidden love in the aftermath of war. When Captain Ashleigh Arthur Dalton went to war in 1914, he never expected to fall in love. Yet over three long years at the front, his dashing batman, Private West, became his reason for fighting—and his reason ... more >

July 14, 2018

REVIEW: The Lost Soldiers (aka In Love and War) by Liz Trenow

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsBelgium / England / Germany / Historical / Historical fiction / post WWI / reconciliation / veterans / widow / Womens-Fiction / World War IComments Off on REVIEW: The Lost Soldiers (aka In Love and War) by Liz Trenow

In the summer of 1919, British Ruby is mourning her beloved husband Bertie, missing since 1916. His grief-stricken parents ask one last task of her: travel to the Belgian battlefields to find Bertie’s grave, and with it the peace that will come with knowing his final resting place. Alice, an ... more >

January 3, 2018

REVIEW: A Song Unheard (Shadows Over England Book #2) by Roseanna M. White

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsBelgium / England / Historical / inspirational / inspirational romance / Musicians / thief / World War IComments Off on REVIEW: A Song Unheard (Shadows Over England Book #2) by Roseanna M. White

Willa Forsythe is both a violin prodigy and top-notch thief, which makes her the perfect choice for a crucial task at the outset of World War I–to steal a cypher from a famous violinist currently in Wales. Lukas De Wilde has enjoyed the life of fame he’s won–until now, when ... more >

March 7, 2014

REVIEW: Simple Faith by Anna Schmidt

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsBelgium / European-Historical / Historical / inspirational / military hero / War / Military / World War II21 Comments

After losing her beloved husband and daughter and surviving Hitler’s Sobibor death camp, Quaker widow Anja Steinberg dedicates her life to helping others and keeping her son safe. As a member of the resistance, she helps displaced Allied airmen get back to their units in England. The journey is rigorous ... more >

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