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December 1, 2022

REVIEW: Home for Hanukkah by Rebecca Crowley

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsBusiness woman / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / Hanukkah / Jewish characters / Jewish-faith / Missouri / Orchard Hill seriesNo Comments

He’s looking for one last miracle… Zach Strauss may be down, but he’s not out. His Bay Area biotech start-up has crashed, leaving him broke, but it’s only temporary until he can raise more money—or so he tells himself. Failure isn’t an option, and Zach’s always been able to sell ... more >

September 23, 2022

REVIEW: Lord Roworth’s Reward (Rothschild Trilogy #2) by Carola Dunn

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsclass differences / Historical / Jewish characters / Regency / trad regency / War / Military / Waterloo2 Comments

Sharing Brussels lodgings with a penniless officer and his admirable sister Fanny, the impoverished Felix, Lord Roworth, liaises between Rothschild and Wellington while courting Lady Sophia, a well-dowered beauty. Fanny laughs at his toplofty ways, yet when she desperately needs his help, Felix finds the Goddess’s image fading as he ... more >

September 19, 2022

REVIEW: Coming Home to You by Rebecca Crowley

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / Holiday / Jewish characters / Jewish-faith / midwife / Missouri / Orchard Hill series / redemption / Rosh Hashanah / second chance at love / Yom Kippur2 Comments

Midwife Mabel Antonoff is used to catching babies at short notice—just not in a busy hardware store, and definitely not alongside her high school ex. She could’ve happily gone another decade without seeing Sam Strauss, but she needs a pair of hands, and his are steady. As the ambulance leaves ... more >

September 13, 2022

REVIEW: The Village Twins (The Village Life) by Izzy Abrahmson

JayneBook Reviews / C ReviewsEastern Europe / family relationships / Historical / Jewish characters / Jewish-faith / twinsComments Off on REVIEW: The Village Twins (The Village Life) by Izzy Abrahmson

Life in The Village is rarely quiet or uneventful, but after The Village Twins are born, everything gets even crazier. Abraham and Adam Schlemiel are trouble from day one. The twins are so identical that their parents, teachers and eventually their wives can’t tell them apart. Adam loves to create ... more >

September 12, 2022

REVIEW: Fearless by Shira Glassman

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviewscontemporary f/f romance / f/f romance / Jewish characters / lesbian romance / mothers and daughters / Musicians / older MCs / short-story / single mother / sweet romanceComments Off on REVIEW: Fearless by Shira Glassman

A newly out-of-the-closet band mom falls for an orchestra teacher while snowed in at All-State. Lana Novak hasn’t played violin in over twenty years, her musical life these days confined to being a devoted band mom to her clarinet whiz daughter Robin. She didn’t think she could get back into ... more >

August 5, 2022

REVIEW: Rebecca of Salerno by Esther Erman

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewsbook adaptation / Crusade / discrimination / female doctor / First-Person / gender inequality / Historical / Italy / Jewish characters / Jewish-faith / medieval / murder mystery / Rape / rape survivor / Suicide / violence against women7 Comments

This book continues the story of Rebecca from Walter Scott’s 1820 novel Ivanhoe. The Ivanhoe backstory: Jewish women in medieval England do not fall in love with Christian knights like Ivanhoe. Neither do they heal knights from battle wounds. But Rebecca does both—and nearly pays with her life. Rescued by ... more >

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