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September 4, 2020

REVIEW: The Country Escape by Jane Lovering

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsbeta hero / Contemporary / divorcee / England / First-Person / mothers and daughters / Seasons by the Sea seriesNo Comments

Welcome to the idyllic country retreat of Christmas Steepleton, and let Jane Lovering whisk you away with the most heart-warming, romantic and comforting read of the year. Leaving London and her ex-husband Luc behind, Katie and her 14-year-old daughter Poppy move into their very own, very ramshackle cottage near the ... more >

December 6, 2019

REVIEW: Freckles by Amy Lane

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsbeta hero / Category / Christmas / Contemporary / dog / lawyer / LGBTQ romance / m/m romance / ThanksgivingNo Comments

Small dogs can make big changes… if you open your heart. Carter Embree always hoped someone might rescue him from his productive, tragically boring, and (slightly) ethically compromised life. But when an urchin at a grocery store shoves a bundle of fluff into his hands, Carter goes from rescuee to ... more >

December 8, 2014

REVIEW: While It Was Snowing by Elyssa Patrick

JayneB- Reviewsbeta hero / Christmas / friends-to-lovers / gender roles / holiday novella / novella / virgin hero22 Comments

Felicity Evans and Harry Walsh have been best friends forever, but lately, Felicity has noticed the looks Harry has been giving her. And she’s going to do something about it. Sex solves everything, or so she hopes. But she never knew Harry was a virgin—until now. Being snowbound in a ... more >

As You Are by Sarah Eden
December 3, 2014

REVIEW: As You Are by Sarah M Eden

JayneC- Reviewsbeta hero / closed bedroom door / family / Historical / Regency5 Comments

A horse breeder by trade, Corbin Jonquil is more at home in the stables than in the ballroom of his sprawling estate. Corbin is the quietest of the Jonquil brothers and has always faded into the background, contentedly unnoticed. When a mysterious young widow, Mrs. Clara Bentford, moves into the ... more >

November 14, 2014

REVIEW: Guarding Her Heart by Jules Court

JayneB Reviewsbeta hero / Contemporary / Military / working class5 Comments

Six months ago, Tiffany Donnelly, failed musician turned diner waitress, was left just shy of the altar when her groom ran off with a bridesmaid. Now, verbally sparring with sexy Coast Guard rescue swimmer Travis Green is one of her few pleasures. In his dark eyes, there’s no pity for ... more >

September 9, 2014

Alpha, Beta, and Reading Against Type

JanetLetters of OpinionAlpha hero / Anne Bishop / archetypes / beta hero / Dark Fantasy / genre critique / Romance17 Comments

One of the things I enjoyed most about the essays of Michelle Sagara and Elizabeth Vail on the alpha and beta heroes in Romance was the range of comments and interpretations of both heroic types. How could the same type produce so many different, and often conflicting, ideas of what ... more >

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