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December 8, 2016

REVIEW: Crazy Days of Christmas by Jill Barry

JayneBook Reviews / C- ReviewsChef / Christmas / Contemporary / cooking / England / holiday novella / novella1 Comments

Lucy Stephenson is facing a Christmas nightmare. Her bistro, ‘The Town Mouse’, is in a bad financial way when her sous chef, Emily, drops the bomb that she’s leaving her in the lurch just weeks before Christmas. Lucy is in a rut, unable to see how she can turn her ... more >

December 2, 2016

REVIEW: Christmas in the Park by Laura Lockington

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsChef / Christmas / Contemporary / England / holiday novella / novellaComments Off on REVIEW: Christmas in the Park by Laura Lockington

30-something Sarah has finally decided to start her own business. After years of 5 a.m starts, running around a busy television studio, she has decided to hand in her resignation, and begin her dream of running her own cake making business. Swapping her stylish clothes for tracksuits and an apron ... more >

December 24, 2015

REVIEW: A Taste of Heaven by Penny Watson

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsChef / Contemporary / Contest / cooking / older couple / older heroine and hero / Scotland / Widowed Heroine1 Comments

“Create one perfect bite.” Good little widow Sophia Brown always follows the rules. When the producer of a cooking competition requests an amuse-bouche, the chefs stick with proteins. Sauces. A savory concoction. She has only one shot to impress the judges on A Taste of Heaven. But in a moment ... more >

April 6, 2015

REVIEW: Bachelor at Her Bidding by Kate Hardy

JayneB- ReviewsChef / female doctor / novella3 Comments

Your date with Parisian-trained chef Ryan Henderson promises you’ll get the best meal of your life cooked especially for you. His Red Velvet cheesecake is to die for – but we know he has even better desserts up his sleeve… How to win a girl in ten cakes… When Dr. ... more >

September 16, 2014

REVIEW: Afternoon Delight by Anne Calhoun

JanineB Reviews / B- ReviewsChef / Contemporary romance / New York City / paramedic / sexy10 Comments

Dear Ms. Calhoun, I’ve read and enjoyed a few of your novellas in the past, so when an ARC of your new 164 page offering, Afternoon Delight, was made available to DA’s reviewers, I requested it. Afternoon Delight is set in New York City and features a hero whom readers ... more >

October 1, 2013

REVIEW: Stir Me Up by Sabrina Elkins

JaneB+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsChef / Contemporary / New Adult / Recommended Reads / Young-Adult14 Comments

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Dear Ms. Elkins: Your editor emailed me and asked me to take a look at this book. I think it sat in my inbox for at least a week and she contacted me again. She loves this book and wanted it to get read. Now I love this book and ... more >

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