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April 21, 2021

REVIEW: About That Night (Matzah Ball Surprise Book 2) by Laura Brown

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews#ownvoices / deaf / deafness / diversity / father and son / Jewish characters / LGBTQIA characters / single mother / unplanned-pregnancy / workplace-romance7 Comments

Izzy Fineberg can take on any challenge—and she’s had some big ones lately. After one fateful night with the hottest Deaf man she’d ever met, Izzy found she was pregnant with his child. And she never caught his name. She’s been doing the single mom thing for nine months now, ... more >

Catherine Anderson Annie's Song
September 22, 2011

Romances and Deaf Characters

JailiEssaysdeaf57 Comments

I’m a volunteer for a literature project that aims to list every novel with a specific theme or trope in a reference database, and I’m involved with two databases: ‘Deaf Characters in English-Language Literature’ and ‘Non-Caucasian Characters in British Literature’. When I joined the ‘Deaf Characters in Literature’ (DCIL) project ... more >

July 23, 2009

REVIEW: Mouth to Mouth by Erin McCarthy

JaneB ReviewsContemporary / deaf / disability / Erin-McCarthy / humorous / law-enforcement29 Comments

Dear Ms. McCarthy: You are fast becoming one of my go to authors. This was a fun, sweet, and very sexy romance. I want more of these. Russ Evans has been trying to track down a fraudster, Trevor Dean, who is preying on women in online dating forums. He romances ... more >

July 24, 2008

REVIEW: Sweet Talk by Susan Mallery

JaneB Reviews Category / B- Reviewschildren / Contemporary / cooking / deaf / Seattle / Susan-Mallery12 Comments

Dear Ms. Mallery: July, August, and September sees the release of your Keys’ Bakery sisters series. The series begins with Claire, a piano virtuoso. Claire has been estranged from her family since, well, almost forever. When she was 3 years old, she walked up to a piano and started playing ... more >

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