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September 25, 2023

REVIEW: Return to Embthwaite Farm (The Mowbray Sisters Book 1) by Kate Hewitt

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewschildhood friends / Contemporary / family relationships / fathers and daughters / friends-to-lovers / self discovery / sisters / The Mowbray Sisters / YorkshireNo Comments

Welcome to Embthwaite Farm, a charming English home in North Yorkshire, belonging to the fractured Mowbray family… When Rachel Mowbray left behind her family farm in North Yorkshire at eighteen, she never planned on returning. But when her ex-childhood sweetheart calls and insists she return due to her father’s declining ... more >

May 19, 2023

REVIEW: Her Fixer Upper by Emily Kerr

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewschildhood friends / Contemporary / England / First-Person / friends-to-lovers / prickly heroine / renovation / teacher heroine / YorkshireNo Comments

Unable to afford their own homes, two friends decide to buy a renovation house together as a project. What could possibly go wrong…? Freya dreams of owning her own home. Charlie is struggling to get a mortgage. When the two old friends bump into each other on a night out, ... more >

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May 16, 2023

REVIEW: Funny Guy by Emma Barry

KaetrinB- Reviews / Book ReviewsComedy / Contemporary / friends-to-lovers / NetGalley10 Comments

Dear Emma Barry, I loved Chick Magnet, released earlier this year and was excited to read Funny Guy, although I knew from your social media posts that it is a very different book. Different is fine – but unfortunately Funny Guy didn’t work quite as well for me as I’d ... more >

March 15, 2023

REVIEW: The Metropolitan Affair by Jocelyn Green

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviews1920s / dysfunctional family / forgery / friends-to-lovers / New York City / PhD / policeman / second chance at loveNo Comments

For years her explorer father promised Dr. Lauren Westlake she’d accompany him on one of his Egyptian expeditions. But as the empty promises mounted, Lauren determined to earn her own way. Now the assistant curator of Egyptology for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lauren receives two unexpected invitations. The first ... more >

January 20, 2023

REVIEW: A Fake Girlfriend for Chinese New Year by Jackie Lau

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsbiracial hero / Canada / Chinese New Year / Chinese-Canadian MCs / Contemporary / fake relationship / family relationships / friends-to-lovers / holiday novella / Holidays with the Wongs / novella / POC / POC author / sexy / Small Town RomanceNo Comments

After his family’s matchmaking extravaganza at Thanksgiving, high school teacher Zach Wong is terrified of what his parents might do for Chinese New Year. Surely they’ll try to set him up yet again, especially now that his older brothers are in relationships. Zach, however, has no interest in dating, not ... more >

January 16, 2023

REVIEW: Nice Earls Do by Susanna Craig

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviewsfamily relationships / friends-to-lovers / Historical / novella / older hero/heroine / Regency / second chance at love / Widowed HeroineNo Comments

To readers of her popular magazine Mrs. Goode’s Guide to Miss Conduct, “Mrs. Goode” is an expert in all domestic matters. Household management, home décor, entertainment . . . there is nothing about which she lacks an opinion. Who better to assist the Earl of Bennett, newly appointed guardian to ... more >

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