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January 4, 2023

REVIEW: The Rose and the Thistle by Laura Frantz

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / Catholic / Georgian / Historical / inspirational / inspirational romance / Jacobite rebellion / Jacobites / Protestant / ScotlandNo Comments

In 1715, Lady Blythe Hedley’s father is declared an enemy of the British crown because of his Jacobite sympathies, forcing her to flee her home in northern England. Secreted to the tower of Wedderburn Castle in Scotland, Lady Blythe awaits who will ultimately be crowned king. But in a house ... more >

June 2, 2021

REVIEW: A Lady in Attendance by Rachel Fordham

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAmerican historical / convict / criminal charges / dentist / Historical / inspirational romance / law / second chance / turn of the 20th century5 Comments

Five years in a New York state reformatory have left a blemish on Hazel’s real name. So when she takes a job as Doctor Gilbert Watts’s lady in attendance in 1898, she does so under an alias. In the presence of her quiet and pious employer, Hazel finds more than ... more >

July 16, 2019

REVIEW: Ever Faithful by Karen Barnett

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1930s / American historical / dyslexia / family relationships / Historical / inspirational romance / teacher heroine / Vintage National Parks series1 Comments

Vibrant historic Yellowstone National Park comes to life in this romantic mystery about a man hiding the truth, braving the west to become something more–and the woman who must confront his deception. A man who can’t read will never amount to anything–or so Nate Webber believes. But he takes a ... more >

February 12, 2019

REVIEW: The Sky Above Us by Sarah Sundin

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsArmy / England / Historical / inspirational romance / pilot / Sunrise at Normandy series / War / Military / World War II1 Comments

Numbed by grief and harboring shameful secrets, Lt. Adler Paxton ships to England with the US 357th Fighter Group in 1943. Determined to become an ace pilot, Adler battles the German Luftwaffe in treacherous dogfights in the skies over France as the Allies struggle for control of the air before ... more >

April 26, 2018

REVIEW: Waiting for Lily Bloom by Jericha Kingston

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1930s / American historical / Farmer / Historical / inspirational romance / novella / sweet romance3 Comments

James Bloom has prayed three years for rain and five years for a wife. His dreams are demolished on Palm Sunday, 1935, when a catastrophic dust storm hits Oklahoma, and his neighbor’s niece has to ride out the storm at his house–-overnight. The next day, he’s forced to marry her, ... more >

March 2, 2018

REVIEW: Across the Blue by Carrie Turansky

JayneBook Reviews / C ReviewsEdwardian / England / Historical / inspirational romance / pilot / turn of the 20th century2 Comments

Set in Edwardian England and ideal for readers who enjoy Julie Klassen novels, this romance about an English aviation pioneer and the girl who falls in love with him is filled with adventure and faith. Isabella Grayson, the eldest daughter of a wealthy, English newspaper magnate, longs to become a ... more >

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