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December 2, 2019

REVIEW: Christmas Hope by Caroline Warfield

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsCanada / Christmas / France / Historical / military hero / War / Military / Widowed Heroine / World War I7 Comments

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When the Great War is over, will their love be enough? After two years at the mercy of the Canadian Expeditionary force and the German war machine, Harry ran out of metaphors for death, synonyms for brown, and images of darkness. When he encounters color among the floating islands of ... more >

November 19, 2019

REVIEW: Fortune’s Child by James Conroyd Martin

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviews6th century / Alternate POV / Constantinople / First-Person / Historical / Historical fictionNo Comments

Theodora: actress, prostitute, mistress, feminist. And Byzantine Empress of the civilized world. Stephen: handsome Syrian boy, wizard’s apprentice, palace eunuch. And Secretary to the Empress. How does this unlikely pair become such allies that one day Empress Theodora asks Stephen to write her biography? From a very young age, Theodora, ... more >

Regency woman in a purple spencer and bonnet, back view, facing a white pavillion in a garden
November 6, 2019

JOINT REVIEW: Someone to Remember by Mary Balogh

KaetrinBook Reviews / C Reviews / C+ ReviewsHistorical / joint review / long separation / novella / older MCs / second chance30 Comments

Janine: In book six of Mary Balogh’s regency-set Westcott series, Someone to Honor, Matilda, the 56-year-old maiden aunt in the Westcott family, did something scandalous in calling on Viscount Dirkson with only her niece’s stepson, Bertrand, for company. Matilda’s purpose was to inform the viscount that Gil, his illegitimate son, ... more >

November 1, 2019

REVIEW: The Rat-Catcher’s Daughter (Lilywhite Boys) by KJ Charles

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsasexual character / criminal / Historical / Late Victorian / LGBTQA / novella / thief / transgender2 Comments

Music-hall singer Miss Christiana is in serious debt, and serious trouble. She owes more than she can pay to a notorious criminal, and now he plans to make an example of her. There’s no way out. But Christiana has an admirer. Stan Kamarzyn has watched her sing for a year ... more >

October 17, 2019

REVIEW: The Spitfire Girl by Fenella Miller

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviewsclass differences / England / female pilots / Historical / pilot / War / Military / Womens-Fiction / World War IINo Comments

It’s 1939 and the threat of war hangs over the country… Flying instructor Ellie Simpson has grown up a tomboy. She’s never had an interest in the latest fashions or finding a husband, her only passion is flying her beloved Tiger Moth. But when war is declared, she is no ... more >

September 30, 2019

REVIEW: The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscats / England / Historical / medieval / midwife / orphan / YA / YA classic7 Comments

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The girl known only as Brat has no family, no home, and no future until she meets Jane the Midwife and becomes her apprentice. As she helps the sharp-tempered Jane deliver babies, Brat—who renames herself Alyce—gains knowledge, confidence, and the courage to want something from life: “A full belly, a ... more >

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