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April 30, 2022

REVIEW: The Ex-Wife: A Muslim Romance by Lyndell Williams

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsanxiety / Contemporary / depression / discrimination / divorcee / family relationships / Firefighter / Holiday / holiday novella / interracial marriage / Islam / mental health / Muslim / novella / POC / POC author / Ramadan / Ramadan Nights series9 Comments

She wasn’t looking for love, but it found her. Zaynab flees a dysfunctional marriage, saving herself from an emotional breakdown. After two years of therapy overseas, she returns to reconnect with the son she left behind. She is not interested in remarrying, but then a sexy firefighter pulls her from ... more >

April 21, 2022

REVIEW: A New Mantra by Sapna Srinivasan

JayneBook Reviews / C ReviewsContemporary / divorcee / family relationships / immigrant / Indian American / POC / POC author / Running / Seattle / self discovery / The Sood Family Series / Womens-Fiction2 Comments

She’s always done what was expected of her. Until… When 30-year-old Seattle-based Indian housewife Mira Sood is blindsided by her husband’s extramarital affair, her three-year arranged marriage is shattered. Humiliated, heartbroken, near-broke, and facing the united dissension of her orthodox family, Mira is desperate to rebuild her life. She moves ... more >

September 28, 2021

REVIEW: The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewscategory length / Christmas / divorcee / family relationships / found family / holiday romance / mystery / North-Carolina / Small Town RomanceComments Off on REVIEW: The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews

When newly-divorced Ivy Perkins buys an old farmhouse sight unseen, she is definitely looking for a change in her life. The Four Roses, as the farmhouse is called, is a labor of love–but Ivy didn’t bargain on just how much labor. The previous family left so much furniture and so ... more >

March 17, 2021

REVIEW: Talk of the Town by Joan Smith

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbanter / Conventions / divorcee / enemies to lovers / Historical / London / Regency / strong heroine13 Comments

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Daphne Ingleside’s visit to her Aunt Effie in London was meant to add a little spark to her placid country life. And it did—once the two women decided to write Effie’s memoirs. For Effie, a faded divorcée, had been the beauty of London in her day, and many of the ... more >

September 4, 2020

REVIEW: The Country Escape by Jane Lovering

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsbeta hero / Contemporary / divorcee / England / First-Person / mothers and daughters / Seasons by the Sea seriesComments Off on REVIEW: The Country Escape by Jane Lovering

Welcome to the idyllic country retreat of Christmas Steepleton, and let Jane Lovering whisk you away with the most heart-warming, romantic and comforting read of the year. Leaving London and her ex-husband Luc behind, Katie and her 14-year-old daughter Poppy move into their very own, very ramshackle cottage near the ... more >

August 28, 2019

REVIEW: Her Cowboy Boss by Jeannie Watt

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / cowboy / divorcee / friends-to-lovers / Montana / ranch / single motherComments Off on REVIEW: Her Cowboy Boss by Jeannie Watt

Can he work his way into her heart? Former golden girl McKenna Benjamin is now a single mom with a toddler struggling to eek out a living on her small Montana ranch, which was recently damaged by wildfire. She may be down, but no way is she out. And she’s ... more >

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