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December 4, 2025

REVIEW: An Independent Woman by Sophia Holloway

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsdysfunctional family / Regency / Soldier / Widowed Heroine7 Comments

The newly widowed Lady Louisa Dembleby is immensely thankful to be released from an awful marriage and vows that she will never marry again. A quiet life of contented freedom with her cherished daughter lies ahead, but her resolution falters when she meets Major Benfield Barkby, recovering from serious wounds ... more >

October 23, 2025

REVIEW: Over Yonder by Sean Dietrich

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsAlabama / Conspiracy / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / found family / redemption / road trip / Southern / TennesseeComments Off on REVIEW: Over Yonder by Sean Dietrich

It’s never too late to find purpose. Woody Barker steps out of prison planning to live out his years on his houseboat docked on the Alabama Gulf Coast. As a defrocked priest with a heart condition and an ex-wife who still runs his life, he needs peace and a path ... more >

September 24, 2025

REVIEW: A Westminster Wedding by Kathleen Buckley

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads18th-century / dysfunctional family / English countryside / family relationships / Historical fiction / historical romance2 Comments

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The Barding earldom may be doomed. A shocking suggestion may provide another potential heir. Miles Halliwell, Barding’s man of business, owes everything to the earl. Does loyalty to his employer require him to deal with a known criminal and incite forgery? Unfortunately for Miles’s peace of mind, it may. To ... more >

September 22, 2025

REVIEW: Nosy Neighbors by Freya Sampson

JayneBook Reviews / C ReviewsContemporary / dysfunctional family / family relationships / grief / mystery / neighborsComments Off on REVIEW: Nosy Neighbors by Freya Sampson

Nothing brings neighbors together like someone else’s secrets… At Shelley House, the walls have ears, and they’re attached to a ragtag duo of busybodies ready to pry, snoop, and generally annoy their neighbors into solving a crime. Seventy-seven-year-old Dorothy Darling has lived in Shelley House longer than any of the ... more >

March 27, 2025

REVIEW: The Song of the Blue Bottle Tree by India Hayford

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1960s / dysfunctional family / family relationships / PTSD / revenge / Southern Gothic / strong women / war veterans2 Comments

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Genevieve Charbonneau talks to ghosts and has a special relationship with rattlesnakes. In her travels, she’s wandered throughout the South, escaping a mental hospital in Alabama, working for a Louisiana circus, and dancing at a hoochy-kootch in Texas. Now for the first time in a decade, she’s allowed her winding ... more >

January 29, 2025

REVIEW: Night of a Thousand Darlas by Brooke Abrams

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewsactors / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / family relationships / mothers and daughters / romantic-elements / Womens-FictionComments Off on REVIEW: Night of a Thousand Darlas by Brooke Abrams

Liza Day’s mother isn’t dead, but leave it to Darla Day to throw herself a funeral anyway. It’s the kind of attention grab Liza left behind to build a quiet life for herself and her rebellious teenage daughter, Avery. But between her students discovering her old daytime TV show—putting her ... more >

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