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January 21, 2017

REVIEW: The Broken Wing (Warrender Saga Book 2) by Mary Burchell

JayneBook Reviews1960s / Boss-Secretary / cinderella / classical music / Disabled Heroine / England / Historical / Opera Singer / performance / performers / Warrender Saga8 Comments

Is Tessa always to be overshadowed? Tessa Morley has spent her entire life in the shadow of her beautiful and bewitching twin sister Tania. Unlike Tania, whose vivacious beauty and outgoing personality have ensured that she is forever in the limelight, Tessa lacks her sister’s confidence and has always been ... more >

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January 6, 2017

Jayne’s Best of 2016

JayneBook Reviews / Need A Rec! / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsAmerican historical / American Indians / cartoons / cats / cinderella / Contemporary / dogs / Firefighter / Historical / Historical fiction / Late Victorian / middle grade / novella / older heroine and hero7 Comments

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Here I go down to the end (again) reading 2016 releases like mad for my Best of List. Looking back at my reading list I had a pretty good year. I have lots of B grades and many B+ but this year I had enough A grades that I decided ... more >

September 28, 2016

REVIEW: Perfectly Charming by Liz Talley

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscinderella / Contemporary / divorcee / second chance / Small-Town6 Comments

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Morning Glory native Jess Culpepper is desperate to get out of town after divorcing the only man she’s ever dated. She takes a temporary nursing job in Florida and, thanks to the bequest of her late friend, Lacy, has the funds to rent a condo right on the beach. She’s ... more >

September 23, 2016

Friday News: Is Voynich a hoax?, global threats to creative expression, it takes a village to make a book, and Cinderella for business moguls

JanetPublishing Newsbook publishing / censorship / cinderella / hoaxes / Turkey / Voynich Manuscript4 Comments

Researcher finds evidence that the ‘world’s most mysterious book’ is an elaborate hoax – A researcher from UK’s Keele University is claiming that the as-yet untranslated Voynich Manuscript may be a hoax, based in part on its similarity to word patterns in “natural language texts.” However, another scholar from the University ... more >

April 1, 2016

REVIEW: The Bride Behind the Curtain: Regency Makeover Part 1 by Darcie Wilde

JayneB Reviews Category / B- Reviewscinderella / English Historical / makeover / Regency England / serial1 Comments

Even wallflowers find a way to bloom… They were dismissed as hopeless—girls too plain, too shy, too gauche to stand any chance in the ruthless competition of the London season. But Helene Fitzgerald, Madelene Valmeyer, and Adele Edmundson have no intention of remaining wallflowers. Aided by the notorious novelist, Deborah ... more >

March 7, 2016

REVIEW: No Place Like Home by Jennifer Kacey

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsadoption / cinderella / Contemporary / FBI / novella / Ugly Duckling8 Comments

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The easiest—and hardest—decision she’ll ever make starts with a kiss. Coming Home, Book 1 In high school, Bianca Charleston was a nobody. An overweight wallflower, so invisible that Cole, the boy she had a crush on, never even knew she existed. Things have changed, and she’s finally ready to show ... more >

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