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November 6, 2025

REVIEW: The Nameless Land: The Witch Roads, Book II by Kate Elliott

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsclass differences / Dark Fantasy / family relationships / Fantasy / journey / LGBTQIA characters / political intrigue / road trip / The Witch Roads series2 Comments

Surprising betrayals, surprising alliances, and surprising discoveries of heritage abound in this energetic sequel to The Witch Roads. When the royal party finds themselves in a land they never believed they could access, it will take all of Prince Gevulin’s (admittedly impressive) diplomatic skills to forge a coalition with an ... more >

October 15, 2025

REVIEW: Kill the Beast by Serra Swift

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsadult fiction / family relationships / Fantasy / Fiction / found family / friendship / redemption / revenge4 Comments

The Witcher meets Howl’s Moving Castle in this debut original faerie tale of revenge, redemption, and friendship—for fans of T. Kingfisher, Naomi Novik, and cozy fantasy with a dash of gritty adventure. The night Lyssa Cadogan’s brother was murdered by a faerie-made monster known as the Beast, she made him ... 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

Recommended Read

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 >

September 15, 2025

REVIEW: All’s Fayre in Love and War by Sheri Cobb South

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsclass differences / family relationships / governess / Historical / Regency / Widowed Heroine / widower4 Comments

Determined not to be a burden to her family, twenty-seven-year-old widow Caroline Fayre Cummings takes a position of governess to the Earl of Westermain’s motherless children in order to provide for her six-year-old son. She soon discovers, however, that something is terribly wrong in the earl’s Park Lane establishment. Lord ... more >

August 20, 2025

REVIEW: The Lost Baker of Vienna by Sharon Kurtzman

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsDual Timelines / family relationships / Fiction / Historical / Historical fiction / Holocaust / Post WWII / ViennaComments Off on REVIEW: The Lost Baker of Vienna by Sharon Kurtzman

An historical novel inspired by the experiences of the author’s own family after the Holocaust, a sweeping saga about survival, loss, love, and the reverberating effects of war In 2018, Zoe Rosenzweig is reeling after the loss of her beloved grandfather, a Holocaust survivor. She becomes obsessed with finding out ... more >

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