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February 4, 2021

REVIEW: V is for Valentine by Jeannie Watt

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / enemies to lovers / family relationships / Idaho / Small Town Romance1 Comments

Three weeks to win her heart… Investment banker Felicity Evans returns home to Holly, Idaho, to answer her injured father’s SOS. He needs her to help him meet his construction deadline on a historic property by Valentine’s Day. Felicity swings a mean hammer, but her life is in Seattle and ... more >

January 26, 2021

REVIEW: The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsAsian-American / Contemporary / diversity / enemies to lovers / First-Person / Jewish heroine / journalism / POC / radio / Seattle4 Comments

Shay Goldstein has been a producer at her Seattle public radio station for nearly a decade, and she can’t imagine working anywhere else. But lately it’s been a constant clash between her and her newest colleague, Dominic Yun, who’s fresh off a journalism master’s program and convinced he knows everything ... more >

December 28, 2020

REVIEW: Once Upon a Winter Wedding by Jeannie Watt

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readschildhood friends / Contemporary / enemies to lovers / Idaho / sister's best friend / wedding / wedding planningNo Comments

Recommended Read

Can opposites attract and plan the perfect winter wedding? Free-wheeling Stevie Evans is thrilled when her best friend announces she’s getting married and promises to help, never imagining she’d play wedding planner with her bestie’s uptight brother, Brant. She and Brant clashed several years ago and she’s avoided him ever ... more >

December 4, 2020

REVIEW: Criminal Past by Gregory Ashe

JanineC- Reviews#ownvoices / action / Contemporary / detective / enemies to lovers / LGBTQ / Missouri / mystery / police procedural / romantic-elements / Small-Town4 Comments

Readers please note: The following review contains spoilers both for this book and for some of the other books in Gregory Ashe’s Hazard and Somerset gay mysteries. If you want to avoid spoilers, do not read further in this post and check out my review of book one, Pretty Pretty ... more >

November 11, 2020

REVIEW: Reasonable Doubt by Gregory Ashe

JanineB Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviews#ownvoices / Contemporary / detective / enemies to lovers / friends-to-lovers / friendship / LGBTQ / m/m romantic elements / Missouri / mystery / police procedural / Small-Town9 Comments

Please note: If you think this series might be of interest to you may want to avoid this review—it’s full of spoilers for books one through four. Start with my review of Pretty Pretty Boys, book one in the series, instead. Trigger warnings: Content warning: Dear Gregory Ashe, Your gay ... more >

October 30, 2020

REVIEW: Guilt by Association by Gregory Ashe

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviews#ownvoices / Contemporary / detective / enemies to lovers / friends-to-lovers / friendship / LGBTQ / m/m romantic elements / Missouri / mystery / police procedural / Small-Town5 Comments

Please note: If you think this series might be of interest to you may wish to avoid this review—it’s full of spoilers for books one through three. Start with my review of Pretty Pretty Boys, book one in the series, instead. Trigger warnings: Dear Gregory Ashe, I got hooked on ... more >

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