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June 26, 2026

REVIEW: A Love Once Lost (The Bridwells’ Grand Tour Book #1) by Jennie Goutet

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviews18th-century / Belgium / Georgian Era / historical romance / second chance romance6 Comments

They chose separate paths, never imagining fate would offer them a second chance. Amy Bridwell reluctantly accompanies her family on a Grand Tour of the Continent–the very trip her former sweetheart proposed they take as newlyweds. Receiving no suitable marriage offer in the six years since, and with her heart ... more >

June 23, 2025

REVIEW: Not Quite a Countess by Bliss Bennett

JayneBook Reviews / C- Reviews18th-century / Georgian Era / historical romance / London / novellaComments Off on REVIEW: Not Quite a Countess by Bliss Bennett

Five squabbling guardians. Three rivals for an earldom. And one dashing cavalryman threatening to overset it all… At fourteen, Arabella Audley inherited her father’s Scottish barony—but was denied his English earldom. Shuffled between five quarrelsome guardians for six long years while Parliament dithers over determining the Earl of Audley’s rightful ... more >

May 10, 2023

REVIEW: Style & Society: Dressing the Georgians by Anna Reynolds

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsfashion / fashion and beauty standards / Georgian / Georgian Era / non-fiction / Regency9 Comments

Recommended Read

Uncovers Georgian Britain through the sumptuous fashionable dress of the era. Explore the history of Georgian clothing through the unique holdings of the Royal Collection, including masterpieces by such artists as Thomas Gainsborough and William Hogarth, along with drawings, miniatures, fashion periodicals, swords, jewelry, and carefully preserved garments and accessories ... more >

August 4, 2022

Review: The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian

SiriusB Reviews / B Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book ReviewsEngland / Georgian Era / Historical / thief3 Comments

Cat Sebastian returns to Georgian London with a stunning tale of a reluctant criminal and the thief who cannot help but love her. Marian Hayes, the Duchess of Clare, just shot her husband. Of course, the evil, murderous man deserved what was coming to him, but now she must flee ... more >

July 19, 2022

REVIEW: What Souls Are Made Of: A Wuthering Heights Remix by Tasha Suri

JennieB+ Reviews / Book Reviewsabuse / anger / British Indian main character / classic literature / cultural heritage / diversity / England / forbidden-love / Georgian Era / identity / othering / POC / POC author / Retelling / Wuthering Heights / Yorkshire18 Comments

Jennie: When Janine brought this book to my attention and suggested we review it together, I was both intrigued and trepidatious. There exists a theory that readers are either Jane Eyre fans or Wuthering Heights fans, and that never the twain shall meet. Of course there are readers who love ... more >

November 18, 2020

REVIEW: Uncertain Magic by Laura Kinsale

JennieB+ Reviews / Book ReviewsFaeries / Georgian Era / historical romance / Ireland / May-December / Mindreading / paranormal elements13 Comments

This is book nine in my Laura Kinsale reread tour, which started back in 2016. It was Kinsale’s second published book, and it’s a weird one, featuring Irish fairies and mindreading and a plot that I hoped would make more sense in the end than it did the first time ... more >

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