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July 20, 2015

REVIEW: The Runaway Daughter by Lauri Robinson

JayneB Reviews1920s / Chicago / Harlequin Undone / Historical4 Comments

From stowaway… After years of playing the local gin joint to pay off his father’s debts, talented musician Brock Ness has landed a radio gig in Chicago. Now he’s on the up-and-up, his next stop is securing the dame of his dreams, Ginger Nightingale… …to Chicago celebrity! If Brock is ... more >

July 30, 2014

REVIEW: The Awakening of Poppy Edwards by Marguerite Kaye

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1920s / ebook only / Harlequin Undone / Historical / movie-star / post WWI / short-story / silent movie7 Comments

Los Angeles, 1924 Broadway producer Lewis Cartsdyke has come to Hollywood with a business proposition for starlet Poppy Edwards. But as he’s watching her sing in a downtown club, dressed in a man’s suit that skims her lush curves, a much more wicked proposal comes to mind. Poppy has fame, ... more >

June 17, 2013

REVIEW: A Dance with Indecency by Linda Skye

JayneBook Reviews / C- Reviews / Featured1920s / American historical / Harlequin Undone / second chances / Ugly Duckling3 Comments

New York City, 1920s Bootleggers are breathing down hotelier Harry McMahon’s neck. So when a beautiful, young, and very wealthy widow from Paris turns up at the Cotton Club, Henry sees it as the perfect opportunity to combine business and pleasure. First he will take her body, then her heart, ... more >

September 24, 2012

DUAL REVIEW: An Illicit Temptation by Jeannie Lin

JayneB Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviewsarranged-marriage / Harlequin Undone / Historical-China / novella / POC / POC author / road-romance / Tang Dynasty1 Comments

Dear Ms. Lin, I’ve read several of your other books and enjoyed them—I liked your novella “Capturing the Silken Thief” (reviewed here). I also liked “An Illicit Temptation” but didn’t love it—it felt incomplete to me. I bet, however, if I’d read the companion novel, My Fair Concubine (reviewed here), I ... more >

May 6, 2012

REVIEW: The Lady’s Scandalous Night by Jeannie Lin

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsChina / Harlequin Undone / Historical-China / POC / POC author / Tang Dynasty6 Comments

“Tang Dynasty China, 759 A.D. Yao Ru Jiang, known as River, has woven many romantic dreams of honorable swordsman Wei Chen from her brother’s stories. Their meeting should have been a happy event; instead, Chen arrives to tell River he is duty bound to kill her brother for rebelling against ... more >

March 20, 2012

REVIEW: Capturing the Silken Thief by Jeannie Lin

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsHarlequin Undone / Historical-China / POC / POC author / scholar / Tang Dynasty18 Comments

“Tang Dynasty China, 823 A.D. Musician Jia needs a valuable book of poems by a famous courtesan to buy her freedom…and she believes Luo Cheng has taken it. Her attempt to steal the book from him fails, but the tall and powerful scholar unexpectedly offers to help her quest! But ... more >

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