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November 9, 2022

CONVERSATION: Holiday Romances

JanineBook Reviews / Conversations / Need A Rec!Christmas / Diwali / Easter / Halloween / Hanukkah / holiday novella / holiday romance / holiday setting / Juneteenth / Kwanzaa / Passover / Ramadan / recommendations / Rosh Hashanah / Valentine's Day / winter / Yom Kippur18 Comments

Janine: ‘Tis the season for books set during the winter holidays, and I’d love to know your thoughts on the holiday settings in romances and in other books. Generally speaking, do books set during the holidays draw you? What do you like least and/or best about them? Which holidays do ... more >

September 28, 2021

REVIEW: The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewscategory length / Christmas / divorcee / family relationships / found family / holiday romance / mystery / North-Carolina / Small Town RomanceComments Off on REVIEW: The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews

When newly-divorced Ivy Perkins buys an old farmhouse sight unseen, she is definitely looking for a change in her life. The Four Roses, as the farmhouse is called, is a labor of love–but Ivy didn’t bargain on just how much labor. The previous family left so much furniture and so ... more >

Illustrated cover featuring a fat white woman in a white tee and black leggings, with long brown pigtails smiling across a tennis net at a tall, slim, brown-haired white man in tennis whites on a tropical island
June 18, 2020

REVIEW: 40-Love by Olivia Dade

KaetrinB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / fat MC / holiday romance / tennis4 Comments

Dear Olivia Dade, First off, what a gorgeous cover! It’s pretty, fun and flirty and represents the main characters very well. Tess Dunn, who is about to turn 40, is the assistant principal at Marysburg High School and is on vacation with her BFF Belle, a fellow teacher (who now ... more >

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