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April 10, 2024

REVIEW: The Arrangement : A Sweet Muslim Friends to Lovers Sports Romance by BF Queen

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsimmigration / Islam / marriage-of-convenience / Muslim / novella / POC / POC author / poc hero / POC heroine / Ramadan Nights series / soccer / sports romanceComments Off on REVIEW: The Arrangement : A Sweet Muslim Friends to Lovers Sports Romance by BF Queen

This is currently on sale at Amazon for 0.99 “The Arrangement” by BF Queen is the latest installment in the Ramadan Night series – a heartwarming sports romance that follows Yassine, a world-famous goalkeeper who requires a green card to continue playing in the US and represent Morocco in the ... more >

January 8, 2024

REVIEW: You’ll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love by Marcia A. Zug

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsAmerican history / gender inequality / History / immigration / marriage / non-fiction / racial inequity / wealth inequality / women's rights4 Comments

An illuminating and thought-provoking examination of the uniquely American institution of marriage, from the Colonial era through the #MeToo age Americans hold marriage in such high esteem that we push people toward it, reward them for taking part in it, and fetishize its benefits to the point that we routinely ... more >

July 19, 2018

REVIEW: The Gaucho’s Lady by Genevieve Turner

JanineB Reviews / Book ReviewsArgentina / California / cowboy / heiress / historical romance / immigration / shipboard / turn of the century2 Comments

Dear Ms. Turner, I’m not a fan of cowboys, for multiple reasons. But when I saw that your new historical romance, The Gaucho’s Lady, was set in Argentina, I requested it for review despite the fact that the hero was a gaucho, South America’s answer to a cowboy, because an ... more >

March 11, 2015

REVIEW: A Fireproof Home for the Bride by Amy Scheibe

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1950s / coming-of-age / immigration / New Adult / racism / reporter / Womens-Fiction2 Comments

Emmaline Nelson and her sister Birdie grow up in the hard, cold rural Lutheran world of strict parents, strict milking times, and strict morals. Marriage is preordained, the groom practically predestined. Though it’s 1958, southern Minnesota did not see changing roles for women on the horizon. Caught in a time ... more >

February 20, 2013

REVIEW: American Pie by Margaret St. George (aka Maggie Osborne)

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / Century of American Romance/Dreams series / Harlequin / immigrants / immigration / Ireland / New York City / Poland7 Comments

Dear Ms. St. George, Years ago, after reading the DIK review for “A Century of American Romance” at AAR, I tracked down all twelve of the OOP books and read half of them. I can’t recall why I didn’t continue considering how good I thought those six were but, there ... more >

February 8, 2013

REVIEW: The Fire Horse Girl by Kay Honeyman

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1920s / Asian heroine / China / immigration / multicultural / POC / Young-Adult2 Comments

“Jade Moon is a Fire Horse — the worst sign in the Chinese zodiac for girls, said to make them stubborn, reckless, and far too headstrong. While her family despairs of marrying her off, she dreams of traveling far beyond her tiny village, living out a story as big as ... more >

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