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September 22, 2023

REVIEW: Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsCult / dysfunctional family / family relationships / fathers and daughters / First-Person / horror / mothers and daughters / religion / secret / secret society / self discovery / toxic relationship3 Comments

Nobody has a “normal” family, but Vesper Wright’s is truly…something else. Vesper left home at eighteen and never looked back—mostly because she was told that leaving the staunchly religious community she grew up in meant she couldn’t return. But then an envelope arrives on her doorstep. Inside is an invitation ... more >

August 29, 2023

REVIEW: Harlem After Midnight by Louise Hare

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviews1930s / American historical / dual-timeline / dysfunctional family / First-Person / Historical / Historical fiction / murder mystery / New York City / POC / POC author / singerNo Comments

A body falls from a town house window in Harlem, and it looks just like the newest singer at the Apollo…in this evocative, twisting new novel from the author of Miss Aldridge Regrets. Harlem, 1936: Lena Aldridge grew up in a cramped corner of London, hearing stories of the bright ... more >

August 8, 2023

REVIEW: Mrs. Porter Calling by A. J. Pearce

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsEngland / female friendship / First-Person / Friends / Historical / Historical fiction / journalism / journalist / London / The Emmy Lake Chronicles / War / Military / World War II2 Comments

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London, April 1943. A little over a year since she married Captain Charles Mayhew and he went away to war, Emmy Lake is now in charge of “Yours Cheerfully,” the hugely popular advice column in Woman’s Friend magazine. Cheered on by her best friend Bunty, Emmy is dedicated to helping ... more >

July 28, 2023

REVIEW: The Woman in the Castello by Kelsey James

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1960s / actress / American heroine / estranged family / filmmaking / First-Person / Gothic / Historical / Historical fiction / Italy / secrets / single motherNo Comments

Set in 1960s Italy, this stylish, atmospheric debut spins a bewitching web of ruthless ambition, family secrets, and the consequences of forbidden love, as an ambitious American actress snags the starring role in a mysterious horror movie shooting on location in a crumbling medieval castle outside Rome… Readers who enjoy ... more >

July 21, 2023

REVIEW: Fatal Legacy by Lindsey Davis

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsancient-Rome / dysfunctional family / estranged family / family relationships / First-Person / Flavia Albia series / historical mystery / inheritance laws / Private-investigator2 Comments

In first century Rome, Flavia Albia takes on an easy case that soon proves to be anything but as, at every turn, bodies —old and new — dog her path. Flavia Albia, daughter of Marcus Didius Falco, has taken over her father’s business as a private informer. She only has ... more >

July 20, 2023

REVIEW: The Winter Sea – Dark Water Daughter by H. M. Long

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAge of Sail / Alternate POV / Fantasy / First-Person / Historical Fantasy / mothers and daughters / pirates / revenge / shipboard / swashbucklerNo Comments

A stormsinger and pirate hunter join forces against a deathless pirate lord in this swashbuckling Jacobean adventure on the high-seas. Launching the Winter Sea series, full of magic, betrayal, redemption and fearsome women, for readers of Adrienne Young, R. J. Barker and Naomi Novik. Mary Firth is a Stormsinger: a ... more >

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