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April 12, 2021

REVIEW: The Anglophile by Dell Shannon (Egan O’Neill, Elizabeth Linington)

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews / D Reviews18th-century / Agent/Spies/Undercover / antihero / discrimination / fortune hunter / Georgian / Historical / Historical fiction / Ireland / marriage-of-convenience / prejudice4 Comments

Ireland, 1749. Dennis McDermott, a witty, charming and daring young man with shades of the Scarlet Pimpernel, lives two lives in eighteenth-century Dublin. Fashionable society idolises him as a handsome, rakish man of their world, never suspecting that he is the mysterious leader of the Irish underground whose nightly missions ... more >

November 18, 2020

REVIEW: Uncertain Magic by Laura Kinsale

JennieB+ Reviews / Book ReviewsFaeries / Georgian Era / historical romance / Ireland / May-December / Mindreading / paranormal elements13 Comments

This is book nine in my Laura Kinsale reread tour, which started back in 2016. It was Kinsale’s second published book, and it’s a weird one, featuring Irish fairies and mindreading and a plot that I hoped would make more sense in the end than it did the first time ... more >

September 9, 2019

REVIEW: Into Thin Eire by Sheri Cobb South

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsclass-difference / England / Historical / Ireland / John Pickett mysteries series / mystery / Regency / revenge3 Comments

Now you see her… Still haunted by memories of his last case, in which an innocent woman was accidentally killed, Bow Street Runner John Pickett welcomes the challenge of a new assignment in the West Country. Unfortunately, this time he’ll have to leave his beloved wife, Julia, behind, as he’ll ... more >

June 17, 2018

Sunday News Bit and Happy Father’s Day

JayneMiscIreland / makeup / news / older couple4 Comments

Husband takes makeup lessons – This story has been out for a while but it’s so touching that I had to mention it once I finally saw it. A husband’s simple gesture of love for his wife is inspiring people around the world. Mona Manahan, 82, has trouble doing her ... more >

October 3, 2015

REVIEW: Her Treasure Hunter Ex by Zara Keane

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / enemies to lovers / Ireland / shipwreck / treasure2 Comments

When underwater photographer Katy Ryan embarks on a secret mission to salvage priceless jewels from a First World War shipwreck, she’s pissed as hell to be be pitted against Dex Fitzgerald, her super sexy treasure hunter ex. She’d left him in the past. He’s about to blow up her future. ... more >

April 29, 2015

REVIEW: Love and Shamrocks by Zara Keane

JayneB- ReviewsContemporary / estranged family / family relationships / Ireland / policeComments Off on REVIEW: Love and Shamrocks by Zara Keane

An Irish romantic comedy featuring an ex-thief heroine, a cop on a mission, and a dash of suspense. Trouble in Dublin… Clio Havelin needs a lucky break. Desperate to protect her child, Clio accepts her estranged mother’s offer of a refuge in Ballybeg. What can go wrong in a place ... more >

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