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August 3, 2023

REVIEW: The Baron and the Lady Chemist by Alissa Baxter

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsbusinessman / chemistry / class differences / English Historical / female friendship / Historical / London / PTSD / Regency / Regency England2 Comments

Their chemistry creates a chain reaction . . . but will love be the final result? Dorothea Grantham has always been fascinated by chemistry and spends most days conducting experiments in her laboratory at Grantham Place, staining silk with gold, silver, and other metals using chemical processes. Thea embroiders the ... more >

July 15, 2023

REVIEW: Véronique’s Moon by Patti Flinn

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / bullying / class differences / First-Person / France / Historical / Historical fiction / novella / POC / POC author / racism / self discovery / Servants / slavery / working class2 Comments

How does the journey end? Véronique Clair’s story continues as the Frenchwoman from Burgundy joins two other apprentices on a journey across France to the home of Madame Jeanne du Barry, former mistress to deceased King Louis XV. Motivated by her dream of sewing for the wealthiest women in France, ... more >

June 2, 2023

REVIEW: Duke in Name Only (The Entitled Gentlemen Book 2) by Caroline Warfield

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1810s / 19th century / American historical / class differences / family relationships / Frontier / Historical / strong heroine / The Entitled Gentlemen series3 Comments

Misfortune is an excellent teacher. When Phillip Tavernash, Ninth Duke of Glenmoor, discovers his title is held fraudulently, he embarks on a journey to North America determined to succeed on his own. It doesn’t go well. He has no idea what a fish out of water he will be. Nan ... more >

May 17, 2023

REVIEW: The Accidental Bride by Jane Walsh

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsclass differences / dysfunctional family / f/f romance / family relationships / Historical / lesbian romance / LGBTQIA romance / LGBTQIAP+ / London / opposites attract / Regency / road tripComments Off on REVIEW: The Accidental Bride by Jane Walsh

Miss Grace Linfield has resigned herself to life as a lady’s companion as the only path to respectable security. At least it allows her to visit the beautiful seaside town of Inverley with her charge, Lady Edith. Passions flare when botanist Miss Thea Martin whirls into town —and into Grace’s ... more >

May 8, 2023

REVIEW: The Country Cousins (Woodham Book 2) by Dinah Dean

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAgent/Spies/Undercover / brothers and sisters / class differences / country-set / dogs / English countryside / Historical / Napoleonic wars / Regency / trad regency / Woodham Book series4 Comments

She dislikes handsome and arrogant Mr Hartwell, but is he an enemy? Miss Caroline Barnes is shocked to discover she has a secret family she’s never met! Aristocratic Mr Hartwell tells her of her cousin’s lonely plight, and Caroline reluctantly agrees to visit Julia at the gothic sounding Canons Grange. ... more >

May 4, 2023

REVIEW: The Midnight News by Jo Baker

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsclass differences / Historical / Historical fiction / London / mental illness / mystery / War / Military / World War II2 Comments

It is 1940 and twenty-year-old Charlotte Richmond watches from her attic window as enemy planes fly over London. Still grieving her beloved brother, who never returned from France, she is trying to keep herself out of trouble: holding down a typist job at the Ministry of Information, sharing gin and ... more >

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