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March 9, 2026

REVIEW: A Love Most Daring by Joanna Barker

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsfamily relationships / forced proximity / grumpy / sunshine / Historical / historical romance / law-enforcement / murder-investigation / opposites attract / Regency / ScandalNo Comments

After years of whispered gossip and quiet exile in the countryside, Beatrice Lacey arrives in London determined to reclaim her life. But her resolve is shaken when she witnesses a horrific attack tied to a chilling high-profile murder case gripping the city. Thrust into sudden danger, Beatrice finds herself under ... more >

November 19, 2025

REVIEW: Magically Generated by Jackie Lau

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsCanada / grumpy / sunshine / holiday novella / novella / POC / POC author / poc hero / Toronto2 Comments

A jaded woman falls for her sunshine neighbor in this cozy Christmas romance. Nora Blackburn is suspicious of everything she sees and hears. Is it fake? Is someone trying to scam her? God, it’s exhausting, but she can’t let down her guard again. She’s tired of Christmas cheer as well. ... more >

December 20, 2024

REVIEW: Ice + Alligators by Angel Martinez

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsf/f romantic elements / Fae / Fantasy / grumpy / sunshine / LGBTQIA characters / Louisiana / novella / SolsticeComments Off on REVIEW: Ice + Alligators by Angel Martinez

Offend the Frost King? Get kicked from the Court. Land in the jaws of a living dinosaur? Ink, the black ice fairy, isn’t shocked that his frostiness banished her, but she’s shocked to find herself sent to a swamp. It’s hot, sticky and mucky—an ice fae’s worst nightmare. Banishment means ... more >

April 30, 2024

REVIEW: Happy Medium by Sarah Adler

JayneBook Reviews / C- Reviews / D Reviewscon-artist / Contemporary / enemies to lovers / forced proximity / Ghost / grumpy / sunshine / Maryland / opposites attract / Paranormal / Rural Romance / slow burn4 Comments

A clever con woman must convince a skeptical, sexy farmer of his property’s resident real-life ghost if she’s to save them all from a fate worse than death, in this delightful new novel from the author of Mrs. Nash’s Ashes. Fake spirit medium Gretchen Acorn is happy to help when ... more >

Illustrated cover with green background featuring a tattooed and stubbled dark-haired white guy with a backwards baseball cap wearing a yellow half-untucked golf shirt and khaki pants looking back over his shoulder at a pretty red-haired white girl in a white tee and purple skirt, holding binoculars, who is on his back piggy-back style.
April 2, 2024

REVIEW: Fangirl Down by Tessa Bailey

KaetrinA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / diabetes / golf / grumpy / sunshine / touch her and die4 Comments

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Dear Tessa Bailey, I have been so looking forward to this book! When I heard from trusted romance friends that Fangirl Down rivaled It Happened One Summer – my favourite of your books up to then – my excitement only mounted. I’m here to say Fangirl Down lived up to ... more >

February 9, 2024

REVIEW: The Lie (Washington Wolves: Next Gen) by Karla Sorensen

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbad-boy-romance / class differences / Contemporary / football / grief / grumpy / sunshine / sports romance / Washington Wolves10 Comments

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Rule number 1 for the team owner’s daughter? Don’t date the players. Especially not hotheaded tight ends with tattoos and impulse control problems. That’s why Dominic Walker is completely off my radar. Sort of. Babysitting the team troublemaker when he’s forced to volunteer for the foundation where I work means ... more >

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