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June 12, 2024

REVIEW: Margo’s Got Money Troubles: A Novel by Rufi Thorpe

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / dark humor / fathers and daughters / self discovery / single mother6 Comments

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A bold, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartwarming story about one young woman’s attempt to navigate adulthood, new motherhood, and her meager bank account in our increasingly online world … As the child of a Hooters waitress and an ex-pro wrestler, Margo Millet’s always known she’d have to make it on her ... more >

March 22, 2024

REVIEW: The Bookseller’s Wife (The Chiswell Street Chronicles, Vol 1) by Jane Davis

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / bookseller / class differences / England / fathers and daughters / Georgian / Historical / Historical fiction / London / omniscient voice / The Chiswell Street ChroniclesComments Off on REVIEW: The Bookseller’s Wife (The Chiswell Street Chronicles, Vol 1) by Jane Davis

Books have been her only solace. Now they’re about to change her life. London, 1775: The only surviving child of six, Dorcas Turton should have been heiress to a powerful family name. But after her mother’s untimely death, she is stunned by the discovery that her father’s compulsive gambling has ... more >

March 11, 2024

REVIEW: The Berlin Letters by Katherine Reay

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1960s / 1980s / Agent/Spies/Undercover / Berlin-Germany / CIA / codes / Cold War / Dual Timelines / fathers and daughters / First-Person / Germany / Historical fiction / Political / secrets / spy10 Comments

From the time she was a young girl, Luisa Voekler has loved solving puzzles and cracking codes. Brilliant and logical, she’s expected to quickly climb the career ladder at the CIA. But while her coworkers have moved on to thrilling Cold War assignments—especially in the exhilarating era of the late ... more >

March 8, 2024

REVIEW: Sunset at Embthwaite Farm (The Mowbray Sisters Book 3) by Kate Hewitt

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsadultery / Contemporary / death / dysfunctional family / family relationships / fathers and daughters / grief / mental health / mothers and daughters / older characters / The Mowbray Sisters / Yorkshire1 Comments

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When Anna Mowbray receives a curt message from one of her estranged daughters that her ex-husband–a silent and surly Yorkshire farmer –is dying, she realizes it’s time to return home. Twelve years ago when her daughters were mostly grown, Anna walked away from Embthwaite Farm with no plan except to ... more >

November 10, 2023

REVIEW: Good Taste by Caroline Scott

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1930s / author / cooking / England / fathers and daughters / Historical / self discovery / sexual harassment / Womens-Fiction / YorkshireComments Off on REVIEW: Good Taste by Caroline Scott

You can tell a lot about a person from what they like to eat… England in 1932 is in the grip of the Great Depression. Author of a much-loved but not very successful biography, Stella Douglas is a bit depressed herself. When she’s summoned to see her editor in London, ... more >

November 1, 2023

REVIEW: Rough Around the Hedges: an Uncanny Romance Novel by Lish McBride

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / emotional abuse / fathers and daughters / found family / No Paranormal Left Behind / Paranormal / Seattle / Uncanny Romance / unrequited-love / witchComments Off on REVIEW: Rough Around the Hedges: an Uncanny Romance Novel by Lish McBride

Will Murphy spends his down time doing subversive cross-stitch, crafting saucy baked goods for the romance book club he attends with his Nana, and desperately trying to hide the fact that he’s been in love with Vanessa Woodbridge for, well, ever. For years, he’s been content to wear the best ... more >

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