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July 15, 2026

REVIEW: The Intrigue by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1940s / con-artist / dysfunctional family / Historical / Latina / Latino / Mexico / noir / POC / POC author / social status7 Comments

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Handsome con artist Ulises has long charmed lonely women via letters in order to steal their money, but money is hard to come by in 1940s Mexico. Ulises knows his looks won’t last forever, and he’s desperate to get his hands on a real fortune. He thinks he’s found it ... more >

April 30, 2024

REVIEW: Happy Medium by Sarah Adler

JayneBook Reviews / C- Reviews / D Reviewscon-artist / Contemporary / enemies to lovers / forced proximity / Ghost / grumpy / sunshine / Maryland / opposites attract / Paranormal / Rural Romance / slow burn4 Comments

A clever con woman must convince a skeptical, sexy farmer of his property’s resident real-life ghost if she’s to save them all from a fate worse than death, in this delightful new novel from the author of Mrs. Nash’s Ashes. Fake spirit medium Gretchen Acorn is happy to help when ... more >

October 2, 2023

REVIEW: The Salvation Gambit by Emily Skrutskie

JayneBook Reviews / DNF ReviewsArtificial Intelligence / con-artist / First-Person / hacker / lesbian heroine / LGBTQIA characters / Sci-fi / space opera / spaceshipComments Off on REVIEW: The Salvation Gambit by Emily Skrutskie

A hotheaded hacker must outwit the AI at the heart of a rogue warship–turned–penal colony if she and her crew of con women want to escape with their lives in this electrifying sci-fi thriller from the acclaimed author of Bonds of Brass. Murdock has always believed in Hark, the woman ... more >

February 19, 2021

REVIEW: Crooked Heart: A Novel by Lissa Evans

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscon-artist / dysfunctional family / found family / Historical / Historical fiction / London / World War II5 Comments

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Paper Moon meets the Blitz in this original black comedy, set in World War II England, chronicling an unlikely alliance between a small time con artist and a young orphan evacuee. When Noel Bostock—aged ten, no family—is evacuated from London to escape the Nazi bombardment, he lands in a suburb ... more >

October 23, 2020

REVIEW: The Ruin of Evangeline Jones by Julia Bennet

JanineBook Reviews / DNF Reviews1880s / class-difference / Con / con-artist / Duke / England / historical romance / Late Victorian / London / medium / mentorship / spiritualism4 Comments

Dear Julia Bennet, Your book, set in 1888 London, sounded like something I would enjoy so I took a chance and bought it. The story starts with a séance. The titular heroine is a “medium” while the hero, Alex (a duke), has a passion for unmasking con artists. He is ... more >

April 27, 2018

REVIEW: House of Cads by Elizabeth Kingston

JanineB Reviews / B+ ReviewsArtist / con-artist / Frenchwoman / historical romance / older woman/younger man / Regency England3 Comments

Dear Ms. Kingston, Two years ago, I reviewed your Regency era historical romance, A Fallen Lady. Although the novel wasn’t perfect, it was memorable and emotional. Recently, I heard there was a sequel in the wings, and I wasted no time in requesting an a review copy. House of Cads ... more >

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