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July 31, 2026

REVIEW: Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsathlete hero / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / emotional abuse / friendship / gaslighting / Maine / self discovery / Small-Town / Widowed Heroine9 Comments

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A heartfelt debut about the unlikely relationship between a young woman who’s lost her husband and a major league pitcher who’s lost his game. In a sleepy seaside town in Maine, recently widowed Eveleth “Evvie” Drake rarely leaves her large, painfully empty house nearly a year after her husband’s death ... more >

July 30, 2026

REVIEW: The Laudanum Ladies’ Society by Elisabeth J Hobbes

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsdysfunctional family / Historical / LGBTQIA characters / London / self discovery / Victorian England / women's rights / Womens-FictionNo Comments

In a London that insists women remain quiet, dutiful, and dull, two unlikely conspirators discover a secret that awakens everything society tells them to suppress… Jenny Rosewood – single, clever and nearly thirty, heaven forbid – has long disguised herself as a man to attend nighttime lectures and chase knowledge ... more >

July 15, 2026

REVIEW: The Intrigue by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1940s / con-artist / dysfunctional family / Historical / Latina / Latino / Mexico / noir / POC / POC author / social status7 Comments

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Handsome con artist Ulises has long charmed lonely women via letters in order to steal their money, but money is hard to come by in 1940s Mexico. Ulises knows his looks won’t last forever, and he’s desperate to get his hands on a real fortune. He thinks he’s found it ... more >

July 6, 2026

REVIEW: Get Lost by Justin Halpern

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviewscrime / dark humor / dysfunctional family / fathers and daughters / Fiction / missing persons / mystery / thrillerNo Comments

For fans of Carl Hiaasen and Elmore a fast-paced thriller about a young woman who reluctantly teams up with her deadbeat dad to find her missing mom, by the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Sh*t My Dad Says When Lila Dixon gets a call that her mother ... more >

February 9, 2026

REVIEW: The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison by Meredith Jaffe

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAustralia / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / family relationships / Fiction / omniscient voice / present tense / prison / prisoners / self discovery / sewing13 Comments

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Can a wedding dress save a bunch of hardened crims? The Full Monty meets Orange is the New Black in a poignantly comic story about a men’s prison sewing circle. Derek’s daughter Debbie is getting married. He’s desperate to be there, but he’s banged up in Yarrandarrah Correctional Centre for ... more >

January 21, 2026

REVIEW: A Box Full of Darkness by Simone St. James

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1980s / adult fiction / dysfunctional family / ghosts / horror elements / mystery / Paranormal / Suspense / thriller6 Comments

Simone St. James returns with her scariest, most shocking novel yet in this pulse-pounding story about siblings who return to the house they fled 18 years before, called back by the ghost of their long-missing brother and his haunting request: Come home. Strange things happen in Fell, New York. A ... more >

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