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December 8, 2016

REVIEW: Crazy Days of Christmas by Jill Barry

JayneBook Reviews / C- ReviewsChef / Christmas / Contemporary / cooking / England / holiday novella / novella1 Comments

Lucy Stephenson is facing a Christmas nightmare. Her bistro, ‘The Town Mouse’, is in a bad financial way when her sous chef, Emily, drops the bomb that she’s leaving her in the lurch just weeks before Christmas. Lucy is in a rut, unable to see how she can turn her ... more >

December 24, 2015

REVIEW: A Taste of Heaven by Penny Watson

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsChef / Contemporary / Contest / cooking / older couple / older heroine and hero / Scotland / Widowed Heroine1 Comments

“Create one perfect bite.” Good little widow Sophia Brown always follows the rules. When the producer of a cooking competition requests an amuse-bouche, the chefs stick with proteins. Sauces. A savory concoction. She has only one shot to impress the judges on A Taste of Heaven. But in a moment ... more >

November 26, 2015

REVIEW: Until the Dawn by Elizabeth Camden

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviewscooking / curse / inspirational / inspirational romance / turn of the 20th century2 Comments

A volunteer for the newly established Weather Bureau, Sophie van Riijn needs access to the highest spot in her village to report the most accurate readings. Fascinated by Dierenpark, an abandoned mansion high atop a windswept cliff in the Hudson River Valley, Sophie knows no better option despite a lack ... more >

July 30, 2015

REVIEW: The Piano Man Project by Kat French

JayneC ReviewsContemporary / cooking / disability / EnglandComments Off on REVIEW: The Piano Man Project by Kat French

Finding love isn’t always black and white… Me: blonde, hopelessly romantic charity store manager You: intelligent, kind-hearted, piano-playing Sex God Honey Jones has a problem – she’s never had a boyfriend who’s really done it for her… Luckily her best friends Nell and Tash are determined to help, and so ... more >

January 15, 2015

REVIEW: An Appetite for Violets by Martine Bailey

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews18th-century / class-difference / cooking / England / France / Historical / Italy / Servants4 Comments

“That’s how it is for us servants. No one pays you much heed; mostly you’re invisible as furniture. Yet you overhear a conversation here, and add a little gossip there. Then you find something, something you should not have found.” Irrepressible Biddy Leigh, under-cook at forbidding Mawton Hall, only wants ... more >

December 7, 2013

REVIEW: Sweet and Sour by Astrid Amara

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscooking / Hanukkah / Holiday / Jewish-faith / LGBTQIAP+ / Loose-Id / m/m romance10 Comments

Recommended Read

Miles thought he and Itai would make a great team, despite the infidelities haunting their past. After all, Itai is smoking hot, they’re both driven entrepreneurs, and they love each other. What else did a person need? Well, a lot more, apparently, because not only are they no longer passionate, ... more >

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