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December 27, 2022

REVIEW: That Sweet Enemy by Dinah Dean (aka Marjorie May)

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsdisability / disabled hero / enemies to lovers / English heroine / forced-marriage / French hero / Historical / Napoleonic wars / Regency / revenge / Switzerland8 Comments

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A scarred hero… A courageous heroine! Homebound after the journey of a lifetime, the resumption of the Napoleonic Wars traps Mary Burns and her companions in Switzerland. They find themselves suspected of espionage by the French and must persuade Captain Armand Dufour of their innocence. Scarred, cold, and sarcastic, Captain ... more >

December 22, 2022

REVIEW: Duke in All But Name (The Entitled Gentlemen Book 1) by Caroline Warfield

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsdisabled hero / dysfunctional family / forced-marriage / Historical / inheritance / poor relation / Regency / The Entitled Gentlemen series3 Comments

Secrets and lies threaten to pull them under, but a forced marriage may be their salvation. Gideon Kendrick grew up as the despised bastard son of the Duke of Glenmoor. Exiled to the mines by his father, he has not only survived but thrived and prospered. He lives apart, wanting ... more >

July 28, 2022

REVIEW: Compromised into a Scandalous Marriage by Lydia San Andres

JayneBook Reviews / C+ ReviewsCaribbean / childhood friends / Dominican Republic / enemies to lovers / forced-marriage / Harlequin Historical / Historical / POC / POC authorComments Off on REVIEW: Compromised into a Scandalous Marriage by Lydia San Andres

Escape to the Caribbean in this tension-filled compromised-into-marriage story! When heiress Paulina Despradel is banished from the family quinta in a storm, she seeks shelter with her dashing new neighbor, Sebastian Linares. Their attraction may be as electrifying as the lightning outside, but the night they spend together is totally ... more >

September 7, 2021

REVIEW: Portrait of a Scotsman by Evie Dunmore

LaylaB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsfemale friendship / forced-marriage / Historical / historical-Scotland / Late Victorian / League of Extraordinary Women Series / photography / suffragette4 Comments

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Going toe-to-toe with a brooding Scotsman is rather bold for a respectable suffragist, but when he happens to be one’s unexpected husband, what else is an unwilling bride to do? London banking heiress Hattie Greenfield wanted just three things in life: 1. Acclaim as an artist. 2. A noble cause. ... more >

August 13, 2020

REVIEW: The Landowner’s Secret (Brindabella Secrets, #1) by Sonya Heaney

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1880s / Australia / Brindabella Secrets series / class differences / class-difference / forced-marriage / HistoricalComments Off on REVIEW: The Landowner’s Secret (Brindabella Secrets, #1) by Sonya Heaney

New South Wales, 1885 When Alice Ryan wakes to find thugs surrounding her cottage, on the hunt for her no-good brother, she escapes into the surrounding bush. It is wealthy landowner Robert Farrer who finds her the next morning, dishevelled, injured, and utterly unwilling to share what she knows. With ... more >

November 14, 2018

REVIEW: Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri

JanineB Reviews / Book Reviewsbeing true to oneself / Cult / Fantasy / Fantasy Romance / forced-marriage / hidden identity / India / Magic / POC / POC author4 Comments

Dear Ms. Suri, When I was queried by your publisher about reviewing Empire of Sand, your debut and a fantasy novel set in a world inspired by Mughal India, I thought it sounded promising, and I asked for an ARC. Mehr, the heroine of our story, is one of two ... more >

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