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December 6, 2022

REVIEW: Widow 1881 by Sara Dahmen

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1880s / American historical / doctor hero / First-Person / fish-out-of-water / Historical / Historical fiction / South Dakota / virgin hero / western / Widowed HeroineComments Off on REVIEW: Widow 1881 by Sara Dahmen

Proper Boston widow Jane Weber moves to the Dakota Territories under layers of lies to save her reputation. Stirring up controversy, Jane rooms with the last Blackfoot Sioux in town while navigating a mercurial friendship with the fiercely independent town grocer. In Flats Junction, though, everyone has an untold story. ... more >

January 31, 2022

DUELING REVIEW: The Runaway Duchess by Joanna Lowell

LaylaA Reviews / Book Reviews / DNF Reviews1880s / botany / Cornwall / duchess / fish-out-of-water / heroine in disguise / historical romance / joint review / redemption / Road Trip Romance / runaway bride / snobbery7 Comments

Janine: Layla and I reviewed Joanna Lowell’s last two historicals and when I saw that this one was coming out, I asked her if she would like to review it together as well. She agreed. The Runaway Duchess is the story of Lavinia Yardley, who was engaged to Anthony, Duke ... more >

August 25, 2021

JOINT REVIEW: Devil in Disguise by Lisa Kleypas

JennieB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews1880s / Across the Tracks Romance / businesswoman / class differences / fish-out-of-water / historical romance / joint review / Late Victorian / long-lost heir / Scotsman / The Wallflowers meet the Ravenels19 Comments

Note: Since we had fun reviewing Chasing Cassandra together, Janine and I decided to do a joint review of Devil in Disguise. Jennie: Before Janine got me into reading the two most recent Lisa Kleypas historical series (the Ravenels and then the Hathaways—Kleypas had a couple of contemporary series in ... more >

August 2, 2021

REVIEW: Scandal in Babylon by Barbara Hambly

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1920s / 20th century / fish-out-of-water / Historical / historical mystery / Hollywood / Hollywood Golden Age / Los Angeles / murder mystery / silent movie8 Comments

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“You shall never have a penny of my money. Leave me alone or I will shoot you dead!” 1924. After six months in Hollywood, young British widow Emma Blackstone has come to love her new employer, glamourous movie-star Kitty Flint – even if her late husband’s sister is one of ... more >

July 30, 2020

REVIEW: The Runaway Montana Bride by Joan Kilby

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsContemporary / fish-out-of-water / Montana / opposites attract / runaway bride / self discovery2 Comments

She promised she’d go anywhere… When lifestyle “it” girl Lilou Langdon dumps her wealthy, snobby fiancé days before their highly-promoted society wedding, she can’t get out of Manhattan fast enough. Desperate to escape, she begs her magazine editor for the first assignment out of town. With her designer luggage and ... more >

June 9, 2020

REVIEW: 500 Miles from You by Jenny Colgan

JayneBook Reviews / C ReviewsContemporary / epistolary / Fiction / fish-out-of-water / London / long distance relationship / nurse / PTSD / Scotland7 Comments

Lissa, is a nurse in a gritty, hectic London neighborhood. Always terribly competent and good at keeping it all together, she’s been suffering quietly with PTSD after helping to save the victim of a shocking crime. Her supervisor quietly arranges for Lissa to spend a few months doing a much ... more >

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