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January 19, 2026

REVIEW: The Sea Child by Linda Wilgus

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsCornwall / folklore / Historical / historical romance / paranormal elements / Regency / Smugglers / smuggling / Widowed HeroineComments Off on REVIEW: The Sea Child by Linda Wilgus

In this enthralling, adventurous debut novel, a band of seafaring smugglers lands on the Cornish coast, where a young widow with a mysterious past becomes entangled in their schemes—and with their charismatic captain. England, early 1800s: Destitute and forced to leave her home in London, Isabel, a young widow of ... more >

Photo-realistic cover featuring a pastoral scene and a good looking white couple sitting very close together on a lawned area with paths and trees/a forest behind them in the background. They are wearing Regency garb mostly in white and cream colours. He has black top boots on, and a black top hat is near his outstretched arm on the right. Her knees are drawn up and her hands a clasped around them. She is looking toward him but down, modestly, not meeting his eye and he is smiling at her. They are both fair-haired.
January 5, 2026

REVIEW: Remember That Day by Mary Balogh

KaetrinB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Readshistorical romance / NetGalley1 Comments

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Dear Mary Balogh, For those who have read the Westcott series, it’s been a long wait for Winifred to get her HEA. Remember That Day is something of a crossover book, featuring the Westcotts and the Wares (of Ravenswood) and the cast is enormous. So much so, the author has ... more >

November 4, 2025

REVIEW: Against a Crescent Storm: The Balkan Legends, Book 3 by A. L. Sowards

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews14th century / Balkans / European-Historical / Historical / Historical fiction / historical romance / inspirational / Serbia / War / MilitaryComments Off on REVIEW: Against a Crescent Storm: The Balkan Legends, Book 3 by A. L. Sowards

The Serbs defied the world’s most powerful ruler, and now Danilo and Maja must fight to save their people and their newly forged love before the sultan exacts his revenge. The Balkans, 1389 Three years ago, Danilo’s people won their freedom from the hated Ottoman Empire, but with enemies on ... more >

September 24, 2025

REVIEW: A Westminster Wedding by Kathleen Buckley

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads18th-century / dysfunctional family / English countryside / family relationships / Historical fiction / historical romance2 Comments

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The Barding earldom may be doomed. A shocking suggestion may provide another potential heir. Miles Halliwell, Barding’s man of business, owes everything to the earl. Does loyalty to his employer require him to deal with a known criminal and incite forgery? Unfortunately for Miles’s peace of mind, it may. To ... 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 >

February 10, 2025

REVIEW: The Rolling Thunder by Embassie Susberry

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1950 / African American / American historical / enemies to lovers / Historical / historical romance / Louisiana / murder mystery / POC / POC authorComments Off on REVIEW: The Rolling Thunder by Embassie Susberry

Taking a break from her life as a lawyer in Chicago, Theodosia “Theo” Brantley decides to spend the summer of 1955 in Carlin, Louisiana visiting her southern relatives—and to see if she can possibly make a go of a new career as a photographer. But when her grandmother asks her ... more >

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