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May 12, 2022

REVIEW: Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviewsaddict / Contemporary / Dark / Drugs / dysfunctional family / First-Person / horror elements / murder mystery / nanny / New-Jersey / Paranormal / present tense / Young-Adult6 Comments

From Jason Rekulak, Edgar-nominated author of The Impossible Fortress, comes a wildly inventive spin on the classic horror story in Hidden Pictures, a creepy and warm-hearted mystery about a woman working as a nanny for a young boy with strange and disturbing secrets. Fresh out of rehab, Mallory Quinn takes ... more >

December 18, 2020

REVIEW: Tuffy Claus by Linda Mooney

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsChristmas / Contemporary / domestic violence / Drugs / Fantasy / holiday novella / law-enforcement / novella / Sheriff7 Comments

It’s another night on the job for Deputy Sheriff Barbara Mero, giving chase to a suspect in a stolen vehicle. But when someone beats her to the perp, she’s not sure whether to step in or not. Before she can stop him, a sledgehammer-wielding bearded biker on a red Harley ... more >

June 13, 2020

REVIEW: Made To Hold You: Decades: A Journey of African American Romance by Elle Wright

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1980s / African American / Decades: A Journey of African American Romance / Drugs / Marriage-in-Trouble / POC / POC author / second chance at love / teacher heroine5 Comments

Layla Johnson had a picture perfect life: a career as an educator, a beautiful daughter, a son on the way, and a loving husband. Only Layla didn’t count on the effect the burgeoning war on drugs would have on her family and her world. And on one rainy night, everything ... more >

July 21, 2017

REVIEW: Trust by Kylie Scott

KaetrinA- Reviews / Recommended ReadsDrugs / high-school / New Adult / robbery / YA3 Comments

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Dear Kylie Scott, Trust represents your first foray into self-publishing. It fits somewhere in the YA/New Adult romance subgenre, with both protagonists in their senior year of high school. The cover suggests to readers that there is sex contained in the book – and there is – but neither does ... more >

September 29, 2014

REVIEW: The Bodies We Wear by Jeyn Roberts

JiaC- Reviewsdeath / Drugs / near-future / Penguin Random House / revenge / Science Fiction / Young-Adult1 Comments

Dear Ms. Roberts, My thriller kick continues, this time with one falling into the science fiction genre. I’ll be the first to admit that the science fiction is light in The Bodies We Wear, which is fine with me because I’m not in the mood for a rigorous read. Your ... more >

September 2, 2013

REVIEW: Caught in Amber by Cathy Pegau

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews / FeaturedCarina Press / Drugs / law-enforcement / SFR8 Comments

“Recently out of rehab, Sasha James is determined to keep her head down, complete her parole and never touch amber again. The chip in her neck controls her cravings for the highly addictive drug, but also tracks her every move. Not that she goes anywhere other than work and the ... more >

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