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March 8, 2021

REVIEW: The Left Behind Bride: Nova Scotia (Canadian Historical Brides Book 10) by Mahrie Reid

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1920s / bootlegging / Canada / Canadian Historical Brides series / Canadian history / Historical / Nova Scotia / Widowed Heroine / women's rights / Womens-Fiction7 Comments

Maggie Conrad’s husband of ten days is sent overseas in WW1 and never comes home. A second suitor is lost at sea in Nova Scotia’s August Gale. Turning thirty, and on her own, she resolves to make a life for her herself and her younger brother, Ivan. Against her wishes, ... more >

September 19, 2016

REVIEW: Dangerous Hearts by Stefanie Keith

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews20th century / American historical / bootlegging / forced-marriage / Historical / teacher heroineComments Off on REVIEW: Dangerous Hearts by Stefanie Keith

When schoolteacher Rebecca Sims ventures up on Hazel Mountain in the Shenandoah Mountains of Virginia to check on one of her young students, she is warned that this can be a very dangerous place to be for a beautiful young woman on her own. After being stranded on the mountain ... more >

September 18, 2015

REVIEW: The Rebel Daughter by Lauri Robinson

JayneB- Reviews1920s / American historical / bootlegging / friends-to-lovers / Harlequin Historical / Historical / pilotComments Off on REVIEW: The Rebel Daughter by Lauri Robinson

For every wild child… No more watching from the sidelines for Twyla Nightingale: her feet are firmly on the dance floor! She won’t let anyone sour the delicious taste of freedom—especially not Forrest Reynolds, back in town after all this time. …there’s a guy who thinks she’s the bee’s knees. ... more >

January 29, 2014

REVIEW: Bitter Spirits by Jenn Bennett

JanineC Reviews Category / C+ Reviews1920s / bootlegging / ghosts / Historical / medium / paranormal romance / San-Francisco22 Comments

Dear Ms. Bennett, Reading your first foray into the romance genre, Bitter Spirits, was an interesting experience because I wasn’t sure what to think of the book. Some aspects of it were excellent, others weak, and still others somewhat discomfiting. I started out distracted and occasionally even annoyed in the ... more >

October 13, 2013

REVIEW: The Tilted World by Tom Franklin & Beth Ann Fennelly

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1920s / American historical / bootlegging / Mississippi / Prohibition-era / second chances4 Comments

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The year is 1927. As rains swell the Mississippi, the mighty river threatens to burst its banks and engulf all in its path, including federal revenue agent Ted Ingersoll and his partner, Ham Johnson. Arriving in the tiny hamlet of Hobnob, Mississippi, to investigate the disappearance of two fellow agents ... more >

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October 17, 2011

REVIEW: Beautiful Days by Anna Godbersen

JiaB Reviews20th century / bootlegging / female friendship / Little Brown / New York City / Prohibition-era / Young-Adult5 Comments

Dear Ms. Godbersen, This review took me far longer to produce than it should have. It was no fault of the book. The blame rests entirely upon my shoulders. But once I was able to clear some time to devote to reading, I devoured the first book in this series, ... more >

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