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January 20, 2026

REVIEW: Beyond the Clouds (The Women of Midtown): by Elizabeth Camden

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewschildhood friends / enemies to lovers / Historical / inspirational romance / New York City / opposites attract / pilot / The Women of Midtown series / World War IComments Off on REVIEW: Beyond the Clouds (The Women of Midtown): by Elizabeth Camden

They lost each other once before; now the clouds of war may give them a second chance. As teenagers, Delia Byrne and Finn Delaney fell in love while flying kites and dreaming of a future together–until betrayal tore them apart. Now, as America enters World War I, Delia works for ... more >

December 30, 2025

REVIEW: The Dating Game by Mona Shroff

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsBaltimore / brother's best friend / childhood friends / Contemporary / dog / fake dating / family relationships / friends-to-lovers / Indian American / POC / POC authorComments Off on REVIEW: The Dating Game by Mona Shroff

A fake romance will solve all their problems …And stir up a bunch of new ones! Veterinary student Saira Rawal definitely believes in love. It’s just…not for her. Not when getting through her days without panic attacks is struggle enough. But at least she has Tyler Hart—her brother’s best friend, ... more >

April 11, 2024

REVIEW: Keeping Pace by Laurie Morrison

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewschildhood friends / Contemporary / family relationships / First-Person / friendship / middle grade / Running / self discovery / self doubtComments Off on REVIEW: Keeping Pace by Laurie Morrison

Laurie Morrison’s Keeping Pace is a poignant middle-grade novel about friends-turned-rivals training for a half-marathon—and rethinking what it means to win and what they mean to each other. Grace has been working for years to beat her former friend Jonah Perkins’s GPA so she can be named top scholar of ... more >

January 26, 2024

REVIEW: The Hobby Shop on Barnaby Street by Jillianne Hamilton

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1940s / childhood friends / friends-to-lovers / homefront / London / Photographer / self discovery / shop assistant / War / Military / World War II11 Comments

Recommended Read

A forbidden wartime romance begins just as German planes fill the skies over London in 1940. A playful and heartfelt read perfect for fans of Dear Mrs. Bird, The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir, and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. When Maisie Beckett steps into her brother’s struggling London ... more >

September 25, 2023

REVIEW: Return to Embthwaite Farm (The Mowbray Sisters Book 1) by Kate Hewitt

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewschildhood friends / Contemporary / family relationships / fathers and daughters / friends-to-lovers / self discovery / sisters / The Mowbray Sisters / YorkshireComments Off on REVIEW: Return to Embthwaite Farm (The Mowbray Sisters Book 1) by Kate Hewitt

Welcome to Embthwaite Farm, a charming English home in North Yorkshire, belonging to the fractured Mowbray family… When Rachel Mowbray left behind her family farm in North Yorkshire at eighteen, she never planned on returning. But when her ex-childhood sweetheart calls and insists she return due to her father’s declining ... more >

June 10, 2023

REVIEW: A Little Ray of Sunshine by Kristan Higgins

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsadoption / childhood friends / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / family relationships / Massachusetts / motherhood / mothers / Womens-Fiction6 Comments

A kid walks into your bookstore and… Guess what? He’s your son. The one you put up for adoption eighteen years ago. The one you never told anyone about. Surprise! And a huge surprise it is. It’s a huge surprise to his adoptive mother, Monica, who thought she had a ... more >

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