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May 25, 2023

REVIEW: Planes, Trains, and All the Feels by Livy Hart

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsAlternate POV / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / family drama / First-Person / forced proximity / opposites attract / road trip / sisters2 Comments

As the black sheep of the family, choreographer Cassidy Bliss vowed she’d do anything to get home in time to help with her sister’s wedding and avoid family disappointment…again. She just never expected “anything” would involve sharing the last rental car with the jerk who cut her off in line ... more >

May 17, 2023

REVIEW: The Accidental Bride by Jane Walsh

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsclass differences / dysfunctional family / f/f romance / family relationships / Historical / lesbian romance / LGBTQIA romance / LGBTQIAP+ / London / opposites attract / Regency / road tripNo Comments

Miss Grace Linfield has resigned herself to life as a lady’s companion as the only path to respectable security. At least it allows her to visit the beautiful seaside town of Inverley with her charge, Lady Edith. Passions flare when botanist Miss Thea Martin whirls into town —and into Grace’s ... more >

May 11, 2023

REVIEW: Four Secrets Kept by H L Marsay

JayneBook Reviews / C ReviewsAnglo-Indian / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / family relationships / female doctor / female friendship / fish-out-of-water / police / secrets / Small-Town / soap opera / teacher / The Secrets of Hartwell / Womens-Fiction / YorkshireNo Comments

Welcome to Hartwell, an English village full of cobbled streets, ancient curses, and buried secrets. Although the village may have laid Lord Hanley to rest, his death creates almost as many problems as did his life. While Lady Lucy Hanley hides in her manor home recovering from her miserable marriage ... more >

April 13, 2023

REVIEW: Reinventing Hillwilla by Melanie Forde

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / dysfunctional family / family relationships / Hillwilla series / West Virginia / Womens-Fiction10 Comments

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Life on a llama farm, set in remote “Seneca County,” West Virginia, transitions from contented to chaotic in this final novel in the Hillwilla trilogy — all under the watchful eye of canine guardian Ralph. Five years after we first met northern urban transplant Beatrice Desmond, she is finally adapting ... more >

March 28, 2023

REVIEW: A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / dysfunctional family / Ghost / horror / mothers and daughters / North-Carolina4 Comments

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A haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones explores the dark, twisted roots lurking just beneath the veneer of a perfect home and family. “Mom seems off.” Her brother’s words echo in Sam Montgomery’s ear as she turns onto the quiet North Carolina ... more >

March 23, 2023

REVIEW: The Iron Princess by Barbara Hambly

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsDark Fantasy / dysfunctional family / Fantasy / mages / Magic / monsters / rag-tag / redemption / sorcererNo Comments

Something is amiss with the world’s magic. Spells don’t work the way they used to—when they work at all. Only the powers of the Crystal Mages remain as they were, powers founded on the use of the mystical element adamis, the harvesting of which has enslaved the peoples of the ... more >

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