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April 3, 2017

REVIEW: Little Teashop of Horrors by Jane Lovering

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readschild abuse / Contemporary / England / falconry / Ugly Duckling / Yorkshire9 Comments

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Secrets, lies, carrot cake – and an owl called Skrillex! Amy Knowles has always been the plain sidekick to her pretty best friend Jules. And whilst the tearoom they both work in on the Monkpark Hall estate in Yorkshire is not exactly awash with eligible bachelors, it’s obvious where the ... more >

February 17, 2017

REVIEW: Shelter by Rhyll Biest

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsanimals / Australia / child abuse / Contemporary / domestic violence / police / RSPCA / Small-Town2 Comments

Raw and risky, a new rural romance that explores the dark side of small towns, and the people who put everything on the line to protect them… Kat Daily is excited to trade her Sydney airport quarantine uniform for an RSPCA inspector’s uniform and a job in the rural town ... more >

August 13, 2015

REVIEW: Beautiful Bad Man by Ellen O’Connell

JayneA Reviews / Recommended Reads19th century / American historical / child abuse / guns / Historical / marriage-of-convenience / Sutton Family / western / Widowed Heroine11 Comments

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NOTE: The hero relates his abuse as a child and his nieces are rescued from implied abuse. In 1866 on the empty Kansas prairie, two children shared a few desperate moments that changed their lives. For years afterward, each nursed a secret dream – that the other had grown into ... more >

October 23, 2013

REVIEW: Come as You Are by Theresa Weir

JayneB- Reviewschild abuse / college students / Contemporary / New Adult / novella8 Comments

“Molly Young has a secret. To keep it she holds the world at a distance. Behind her lies a trail of dumped boyfriends who came too close to discovering what no one can know. When her estranged father dies of an unexpected heart attack he leaves an even deeper secret, ... more >

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August 4, 2011

REVIEW: One Good Reason by Sarah Mayberry

JaneB Reviewsalcoholism / child abuse / enemies to lovers / redemption / Sarah Mayberry12 Comments

Dear Ms. Mayberry: I confess.  This book made me teary at the end.   I think it was because I became so attached to Gabby Wade and felt like she really deserved a happy ending. Gabby Wade fell in love with her boss, Ty Adamson.   They actually dated for ... more >

October 30, 2009

Four Ways NOT to Write BDSM Romance

SarahFBook Reviews / D Reviews / Ebooks / F ReviewsBDSM / child abuse / Dreamspinner Press / Lila-Dubois / Liquid-Silver / m/m romance / maledom / Samhain-publishing / torture108 Comments

As there are many ways to get romance wrong, there are exponentially more ways to get BDSM romance wrong. BDSM is tricky. If you’re writing it because it’s hot, but you’ve got no experience with it, you’re almost bound to get it wrong. Almost, but not always, I hasten to ... more >

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