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Illustrated cover showing a white couple - she has red hair and he is fair (though he isn't in the book), sitting on a grassy hill next to a red car (not all of the car can be seen) above a blue ocean (or maybe lake) with little green and rocky islands in and a green and rocky coastline. He has a camera and she has writing paper and a pencil
May 14, 2025

REVIEW: The Half of It by Theresa Christine

KaetrinBook Reviews / C+ ReviewsContemporary / found family / Ireland / Small-TownComments Off on REVIEW: The Half of It by Theresa Christine

Dear Theresa Christine, Juniper (June) Martin is a New York City journalist for a website something like Buzzfeed, who longs to do more than listicles. She finally gets an opportunity when, after the boss gifts everyone a DNA test kit from an ancestry firm as a “bonus” (ugh – you ... more >

February 12, 2025

REVIEW: No Comfort for the Dead by R.P. O’Donnell

JayneBook Reviews / C- Reviews1980s / Dark / Ireland / librarian / murder mystery / Small-TownComments Off on REVIEW: No Comfort for the Dead by R.P. O’Donnell

After witnessing a murder, a small-town librarian is forced to act when the local police arrest the wrong man, perfect for fans of Dervla McTiernan and Carlene O’Connor. 1988, West Cork, Ireland. Emma Daly has returned to her home in Castlefreke, a small and peaceful village where everybody knows everybody. ... more >

November 18, 2024

Review: Murder in an Irish Village (An Irish Village Mystery Book 1) by Carlene O’Connor

SiriusA Review Category / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscozy mystery / Ireland6 Comments

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In the small village of Kilbane, County Cork, Ireland, Naomi’s Bistro has always been a warm and welcoming spot to visit with neighbors, enjoy some brown bread and tea, and get the local gossip. Nowadays twenty-two-year-old Siobhán O’Sullivan runs the family bistro named for her mother, along with her five ... more >

August 20, 2024

REVIEW: Road Trip Rivalry by Mona Shroff

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / doctor hero / female doctor / frenemies to lovers / Harlequin / Ireland / POC / POC author / road trip / road-romanceComments Off on REVIEW: Road Trip Rivalry by Mona Shroff

The road to romance begins with…one wrong turn. Researcher Poorvi Gupta is desperate to reach her medical conference in Dublin on time to secure grant funding with her presentation. But when her flight is diverted due to bad weather, Poorvi agrees to share a rental car with a fellow passenger—a ... more >

Illustrated cartoon style cover showing a white couple smirking at each other in front of a pub against an emerald green country landscape, there's a border collie nearby in a play-bow and the woman is holding a tuxedo cat. The pub is on the water and there is a rowboat tied to the dock.
June 4, 2024

REVIEW: The Irish Goodbye by Amy Ewing

KaetrinBook Reviews / C ReviewsContemporary / Ireland / NetGalley7 Comments

Cordelia James was once at the top of her game—a renowned street photographer with a massive social media following, gallery showings in Chelsea, and a lucrative book deal. But after the sudden death of her father, Cordelia can barely force herself to leave her apartment. That is, until she sees ... more >

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 >

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