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Purple cover with large black titles and small pale blue illustrations of mining tools and TNT in the top two thirds, the lower third is two dragons in black ink bending toward one another to form a love heart shape in between their heads, bodies and feet, pale blue flames above their noses and within the love heart which is coloured pink, stand two white silhouettes, a man on the right and a woman on the left with a danger mining in progress sign in black between them
July 2, 2024

REVIEW: The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsdragons / Fantasy Romance / friends-to-lovers / NetGalley / SFF5 Comments

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Dear Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy was a delightful revelation to me so I was super keen to read the follow up book, The Undermining of Twyla and Frank.  This book benefited from my familiarity with the world from the previous book. I struggled just a little ... more >

January 26, 2024

REVIEW: The Hobby Shop on Barnaby Street by Jillianne Hamilton

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1940s / childhood friends / friends-to-lovers / homefront / London / Photographer / self discovery / shop assistant / War / Military / World War II11 Comments

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A forbidden wartime romance begins just as German planes fill the skies over London in 1940. A playful and heartfelt read perfect for fans of Dear Mrs. Bird, The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir, and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. When Maisie Beckett steps into her brother’s struggling London ... more >

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

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 / YorkshireComments Off on REVIEW: Her Fixer Upper by Emily Kerr

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 >

sky blue background with a line drawing in white showing the NY skyline in the background and which becomes a microphone and stand in the foreground. A picture of a good-looking white guy with short dark hair and a black open collared shirt sitting in front of the mike. He's running a hand through his hair and looking down in discomfort/dismay.
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 loveComments Off on REVIEW: The Metropolitan Affair by Jocelyn Green

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 >

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