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August 3, 2022

REVIEW: The Second First Chance by Mona Shroff

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewschildhood friends / Contemporary / family relationships / Firefighter / friends-to-lovers / Indian American / Maryland / POC / POC author / sexual harassment / veterinarian2 Comments

Strength comes in many different forms. Riya Desai and Dhillon Vora grew up together. Sharing secrets, hiding in their tree house, they were playmates, best friends and later—as teenagers—almost something more. Until the devastating house fire that ripped them apart, claiming the life of Dhillon’s father and Riya’s big brother, ... more >

July 29, 2022

REVIEW: Booked on a Feeling by Jayci Lee

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviewsbookstore / childhood friends / Contemporary / friends-to-lovers / Korean American / lawyer / POC / POC authorComments Off on REVIEW: Booked on a Feeling by Jayci Lee

Lizzy “Overachiever” Chung, Esq. has her life mapped out neatly: * Become a lawyer. Check. * Join a prestigious law firm. Check. * Make partner. In progress. If all goes to plan, she will check off that last box in a couple years, make her parents proud, and live a ... more >

July 28, 2022

REVIEW: Compromised into a Scandalous Marriage by Lydia San Andres

JayneBook Reviews / C+ ReviewsCaribbean / childhood friends / Dominican Republic / enemies to lovers / forced-marriage / Harlequin Historical / Historical / POC / POC authorComments Off on REVIEW: Compromised into a Scandalous Marriage by Lydia San Andres

Escape to the Caribbean in this tension-filled compromised-into-marriage story! When heiress Paulina Despradel is banished from the family quinta in a storm, she seeks shelter with her dashing new neighbor, Sebastian Linares. Their attraction may be as electrifying as the lightning outside, but the night they spend together is totally ... more >

July 25, 2022

REVIEW: Ashlin and Olivia by Aster Glenn Gray

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviewschildhood friends / Contemporary / Dual Timelines / f/f / friends-to-lovers / Italy / LGBTQIAP+6 Comments

Ice queen Ashlin has one passion: art. That shared interest drew Olivia to her for an intense childhood friendship, but after that friendship’s disastrous end, Olivia never wanted to see Ashlin again. Years later, when the two women run into each other in Florence, Olivia is shocked to discover that ... more >

June 28, 2022

REVIEW: Matched by Masala by Mona Shroff

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsbest friend's brother / Cancer / Chef / childhood friends / Contemporary / friends-to-lovers / Harlequin / Indian American / Maryland / Once Upon a Wedding series / opposites attract / POC / POC author / sister's best friend1 Comments

He cooks for their customers…but he’d rather cater to her heart! One impetuous, slightly drunken kiss has turned up the heat on chef Amar Virani’s feelings for Divya Shah. He’s been in love with the sexy pastry chef—his sister’s best friend!—since they were teenagers, but a painful tragedy in his ... more >

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June 27, 2022

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JayneBook Reviews / C- Reviews / D Reviews / DNF Reviewschildhood friends / Contemporary / enemies to lovers / friends-to-lovers / Historical / London / Regency / twins5 Comments

The Season that changes everything … Henrietta Gaydon is making her debut in London society for the Season, but her popularity and apparent ease disguises the fact that she is out of her depth and that she dreads the objective of finding a husband. She longs for home, her father ... more >

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