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June 27, 2016

REVIEW: Cleopatra’s Heir by Gillian Bradshaw

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsancient-Egypt / ancient-Rome / class differences / Historical9 Comments

The might and power of Julius Caesar, the man who conquered the known world. The beauty of Cleopatra, the woman who conquered the conqueror. Together they could have forged an empire whose power had never been seen before. Tragically, it was not meant to be. But what of the son ... more >

June 21, 2016

REVIEW: Too Hot to Handel by Sheri Cobb South

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsclass differences / England / Historical / John Pickett mysteries series / law-enforcement / London / mystery / Regency / Widowed Heroine5 Comments

NOTE – this is the fifth full length novel in this series and spoilers for previous books are revealed in the blurb. When a rash of jewel thefts strikes London, magistrate Patrick Colquhoun resolves to deploy his Bow Street Runners to put a stop to the thefts. The Russian Princess ... more >

May 17, 2016

REVIEW: The Duke of Olympia Meets His Match by Juliana Gray

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads19th century / Agent/Spies/Undercover / class differences / Historical / novella / older heroine and hero / road-romance / shipboard / Widowed Heroine10 Comments

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Aboard the luxuriously appointed SS Majestic, the duke is on a mission to retrieve a most important portfolio of papers and thwart a known anarchist. As the ship steams across the Atlantic, the duke’s search for the notorious master of disguise forces him into close quarters with an American heiress ... more >

April 12, 2016

REVIEW: Cluny Brown by Margery Sharp

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsclass differences / England / Historical / Humor / social unrest / working class / World War II5 Comments

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An unconventional parlor maid upends the lives of an aristocratic family in New York Times–bestselling author Margery Sharp’s delightful comedy of manners set in England before the onset of World War II Cluny Brown has committed an unforgivable sin: She refuses to know her place. Last week, she took herself ... more >

March 28, 2016

REVIEW: The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads20th century / class differences / doctor hero / England / Historical / LGBTQIAP+ / teacher heroine / World War I6 Comments

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East Sussex, 1914. It is the end of England’s brief Edwardian summer, and everyone agrees that the weather has never been so beautiful. Hugh Grange, down from his medical studies, is visiting his Aunt Agatha, who lives with her husband in the small, idyllic coastal town of Rye. Agatha’s husband ... more >

March 24, 2016

REVIEW: Waiting Game by Sheri Cobb South

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsclass differences / Historical / John Pickett mysteries series / law-enforcement / London / novella / Regency2 Comments

John Pickett and Lady Fieldhurst have reached an impasse as they wait for the annulment of their accidental marriage to come before the ecclesiastical court. Meanwhile, Pickett is summoned to investigate a theft at a linen-draper’s shop. Suspecting an inside job—and with a hostile hound named Brutus impeding his progress—Pickett ... more >

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