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August 17, 2026

REVIEW: Family Gathering by Elizabeth Cadell

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1950s / enemies to lovers / engagement / England / English countryside / family relationships2 Comments

Natalie Rome, timid and retiring, discovers that a new life at forty is not, after all, as difficult an achievement as she had feared. With new relations and a new home, she finds security and happiness. She also finds a stepdaughter as timid as herself and a stepson of exceptional ... more >

January 14, 2026

REVIEW: My Dear Aunt Flora by Elizabeth Cadell

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1940s / English countryside / family relationships / First-Person / found family4 Comments

At Rushing Farm, the Manning household—with Aunt Flora at its head—lives in harmony. With the appearance of George Manning, however, peace is at an end. George is a successful actor, spoilt and selfish. He sees nothing at Rushing but discomfort and boredom, and his relations hope that he will carry ... 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 1, 2025

REVIEW: Valerie by Joan Smith

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviewsenemies to lovers / English countryside / First-Person / Gothic / Historical / Regency / ValkyrieComments Off on REVIEW: Valerie by Joan Smith

Because Valerie Ford is tall with lion-like eyes and hair, her aunt chooses her to come to Troy Fenners to act as model for Aunt Loo’s latest heroine, Gloria. Valerie is expected to accomplish amazing feats—and to attend séances with a distant French cousin and a handsome, though poor, scholar. ... more >

April 19, 2025

REVIEW: Impact of Evidence by Carol Carnac

JayneBook Reviews / C- Reviews1950s / Classic Murder Mystery / England / English countryside / murder mystery / Post WWII6 Comments

Near St. Brynneys in the Welsh border country, isolated by heavy snow and flooding from the thaw, a calamity has occurred. Old Dr. Robinson, a known ‘menace on the roads’, has met his end in a collision with a jeep on a hazardous junction. But when the police arrive at ... more >

June 14, 2023

REVIEW: The Briar Rose by Dinah Dean

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews16th-century / commoners / country-set / England / English countryside / Henry-VIII / Historical / political intrigue / religion / Tudor-England / unrequited-love / Woodham Book series2 Comments

She’s a healer, but a broken church and a broken heart are beyond her skill With the dissolution of the monastery that has been the center of her life imminent, Kate Cressy can’t help but resent Matthew Hartwell, the man sent to her father’s house to value every item of ... more >

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