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February 24, 2023

What Janine is Reading, December 2022: Two Contemporary Romances

JanineB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / Contemporary romance / enemies to lovers / free spirit / Friends with benefits / grief / Reading lists / unplanned-pregnancy / unrequited-love7 Comments

The Devil Gets His Due by Elizabeth O’Roark This is the fourth book in O’Roark’s Devils series. Graham and Keeley are stuck planning the wedding reception for Ben (Graham’s brother) and Gemma (Keeley’s best friend) from The Devil You Know together. Keeley, who narrates this section (the book is written ... more >

February 21, 2023

REVIEW: The Best Man’s Problem by Sera Taíno

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsbisexual hero / Contemporary / enemies to lovers / family relationships / gay hero / Haitian-American / LGBTQIA characters / LGBTQIA romance / LGBTQIAP+ / New York City / opposites attract / POC / POC author / Puerto Rican / siblings / wedding2 Comments

He can’t forget the kiss he shared with the best man. But is he the best man for him? His sister’s wedding isn’t the ideal place for Rafael Navarro to reconnect with the man he kissed in a moment of reckless abandon. But it’s impossible to avoid best man Étienne ... more >

December 27, 2022

REVIEW: That Sweet Enemy by Dinah Dean (aka Marjorie May)

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsdisability / disabled hero / enemies to lovers / English heroine / forced-marriage / French hero / Historical / Napoleonic wars / Regency / revenge / Switzerland8 Comments

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A scarred hero… A courageous heroine! Homebound after the journey of a lifetime, the resumption of the Napoleonic Wars traps Mary Burns and her companions in Switzerland. They find themselves suspected of espionage by the French and must persuade Captain Armand Dufour of their innocence. Scarred, cold, and sarcastic, Captain ... more >

Illustrated cover in teal with yellow flowers, two skeleton hands make a heart with the thumb and index finger bones, inside the heart are the figures of a man and a woman leaning against a black headstone, against a pink background
December 16, 2022

REVIEW: The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy (x 2) by Megan Bannen

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsDark Fantasy / enemies to lovers / epistolary6 Comments

Hart is a marshal, tasked with patrolling the strange and magical wilds of Tanria. It’s an unforgiving job, and Hart’s got nothing but time to ponder his loneliness. Mercy never has a moment to herself. She’s been single-handedly keeping Birdsall & Son Undertakers afloat in defiance of sullen jerks like ... more >

Illustrated cover with a red background of a white M/F couple, she has longish wavy brown to blonde ombre hair and is wearing a yellow dress and has a colour sleeve of tattoos, he is in a blue jumper (sweater) and an open collared white shirt and is wearing glasses. He's styled geeky. They're embracing and looking at each other.
November 22, 2022

REVIEW: Two Wrongs Make a Right by Chloe Liese

KaetrinB Reviews / B+ Reviewsanxiety / autism / Contemporary / enemies to lovers / fake relationship / NetGalley / Shakespeare retelling2 Comments

Content notes: autism, anxiety, family conflict, gaslighting, emotional abuse Dear Chloe Liese, I have a confession to make. I haven’t read Much Ado About Nothing. I haven’t seen the movie either. Yes, I am a Philistine. Two Wrongs Make a Right is an homage to Much Ado so it’s probably ... more >

August 22, 2022

REVIEW: The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri

JanineBook Reviews / C+ Reviews#ownvoices / Army / Burning Kingdoms series / enemies to lovers / f/f / Fantasy / gods / India-based world / LGBTQIAP+ / POC / POC author / princess / religion / war10 Comments

Dear Tasha Suri, It pains me to write this review of The Oleander Sword (book two in the Burning Kingdoms series, which began with The Jasmine Throne), because while this isn’t a terrible book, The Jasmine Throne was my favorite book of 2021, as well as the most romantic and ... more >

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