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May 25, 2026

REVIEW: The Trouble with a Fake Courtship by Maggie Weston

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews1840s / Early Victorian / fake relationship / Harlequin Historical / historical romance / Scandal2 Comments

Will a courtship ruse… Lead to complete ruination? Roguish gentleman Jameson Russell is given an ultimatum by his brother: marry or be cut off. So he hatches a foolproof plan—find a lady so entirely unsuitable to court that his brother will beg him to stay a bachelor! Society has shunned ... more >

April 27, 2026

REVIEW: Navy Captain’s Convenient Wife by Carla Kelly

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsHarlequin Historical / historical romance / marriage-of-convenience / Napoleonic wars / Royal-Navy / War / Military / widower6 Comments

A Regency marriage of convenience, romance in uniform story A favor for the Captain… A new life as wife and mother? Battle-worn Captain John Beattie is dealt another blow on his return from Trafalgar. His motherless young son, Allan, has been heartlessly abandoned by those hired to care for him. ... 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 >

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June 4, 2021

What Janine is Reading: A Contemporary Fantasy and a Harlequin Historical

JanineBook Reviews / C Reviews / C- Reviews / DNF Reviews / Reading Lists#ownvoices / contemporary fantasy / Ghost / gods / Harlequin Historical / historical romance / immigrant / long lost heiress / Malaysia / POC / POC author / Reading lists / Regency6 Comments

Black Water Sister by Zen Cho I enjoyed Zen Cho’s two books in her Sorcerer Royal series, with their lovable characters, whimsy, humor, and Heyer homages, so when I saw she had a fantasy novel set in modern-day Malaysia coming out, one that was initially billed as a third installment, ... more >

April 27, 2021

REVIEW: A Marriage of Equals by Elizabeth Rolls

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsbiracial heroine / Business woman / England / female sexuality / Harlequin Historical / Historical / London / non virgin heroine / POC / racism / Regency / slavery5 Comments

Risking everything… For love! Having struggled so hard to become a successful business owner, Jamaica-born Psyché Winthrop-Abeni has no interest in relinquishing her freedom or property to a husband. But when gentleman Will Barclay comes to her aid, their intense connection tempts her into a thrillingly passionate temporary affair! It’s ... more >

October 2, 2020

REVIEW: Tudor Christmas Tidings by Blythe Gifford, Jenni Fletcher, and Amanda McCabe

JayneB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews15th century / 16th-century / Anthology / arranged-marriage / Catholic / Christmas / Harlequin Historical / Henry VI / Henry-VIII / Historical / Mary Tudor / novellas / Older-Woman-/-Younger-Man / Tudor-England / Tudors / Widowed Heroine9 Comments

Make Merry at Court …with three Tudor Christmas stories! In Blythe Gifford’s Christmas at Court, Sir John Talbot and Lady Alice’s secret betrothal must wait until Henry Tudor claims the throne. Next in Secrets of the Queen’s Lady by Jenni Fletcher, the lady-in-waiting to Anne of Cleves is unexpectedly reunited ... more >

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