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August 20, 2018

REVIEW: Into the Light by Ellen O’Connell

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / abuse survivor / American historical / dysfunctional family / family feuds / family relationships / Historical / Small Town Romance / Sutton Family / Western RomanceComments Off on REVIEW: Into the Light by Ellen O’Connell

Kansas 1899. Deborah Sutton barely remembers her family’s feud with the Van Cleves. Her mother died that summer, and her father was killed. Nothing else mattered to seven-year-old Deborah eighteen years ago. Still, Deborah knows the Van Cleves tried to steal her family’s land, and she despises them for it. ... more >

May 21, 2018

REVIEW: Wrong to Need You by Alisha Rai

JanineB+ Reviews / Recommended Readsbartender / Chef / Contemporary / Erotic-Romance / family feuds / family-reunion / POC / single mother6 Comments

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Dear Ms. Rai, Last year, I read and enjoyed Hate to Want You, the first book in your Forbidden Hearts series. This review is of the second book in the same series, Wrong to Need You. Jackson Kane has been in love with Sadia Ahmed, his sister-in-law, since they were ... more >

September 4, 2017

REVIEW: Hate to Want You by Alisha Rai

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsCEO / Contemporary / Erotic-Romance / family feuds / POC / psychological insights / Reunited Couple / star-crossed lovers / Tattoo Artist2 Comments

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Dear Ms. Rai, Every year since the decade-old rift between their once close-families opened up, Nicholas Chandler and Livvy Oka-Kane have met in secret on Livvy’s birthday, each time in a different location, to spend one night together. Every year but the last, when Livvy did not text Nicholas the ... more >

October 20, 2015

JOINT DISCUSSION: The Legend of Lyon Redmond by Julie Anne Long

JanineLetters of OpinionBig-Misunderstanding / England / family feuds / historical romance / kidnapped heroine / long separation / Pennyroyal Green series / pirates / Regency / reunited-lovers / series conclusion / slavery / Spain / star-crossed lovers48 Comments

Trigger warnings: Janine:  When Julie Anne Long’s much-awaited The Legend of Lyon Redmond came out recently, Robin, Jennie and I decided to hold a SPOILERIFIC roundtable discussion of the book. Below is the back cover description: Bound by centuries of bad blood, England’s two most powerful families maintain a veneer ... more >

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