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August 4, 2020

REVIEW: You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviews#ownvoices / actor/actress / alcoholism / Boricua / Contemporary / family relationships / Latina / Latino / New York City / POC / POC author / PTSD / Puerto Rican / soap opera / telenovela4 Comments

Leading Ladies do not end up on tabloid covers. After a messy public breakup, soap opera darling Jasmine Lin Rodriguez finds her face splashed across the tabloids. When she returns to her hometown of New York City to film the starring role in a bilingual romantic comedy for the number ... more >

July 8, 2016

JOINT REVIEW: Crushing on the Cowboy by Sarah M. Anderson

SiriusBook Reviews / C Reviews / C- ReviewsCarina Press / cowboys / Latino / m/m romance / m/m. coming out / novella / POC / Rodeo13 Comments

As The Heartbreak Kid, Mitch Jenner is known as the biggest womanizer of all the rodeo cowboys—but it’s just an act to keep himself safe. In fact, Mitch is so afraid of coming out that he’s opted to stay single—and a virgin. He’s fine with being alone…until he meets the ... more >

December 16, 2015

REVIEW: Paloma and the Horse Traders by Carla Kelly

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / American historical / Historical / Latino / Native Americans / POC / western4 Comments

No, seriously. Pay attention to this warning. As the eighteenth century draws to a close, the Kwahadi Comanches seem to be making their peace with the settlers of the Spanish Colony of New Mexico. No one is as relieved as Marco Mondragón and his adored wife Paloma Vega, whose ranch, ... more >

April 25, 2015

REVIEW: The Shameless Hour by Sarina Bowen

JanineB- Reviewscollege students / Contemporary / Latino / NA / New Adult / slut shaming4 Comments

Dear Ms. Bowen, Readers of The Understatement of the Year met Bella in that book. Bella is a senior at Harkness College and team manager for the school’s hockey team. Bella has also slept with several members of the hockey team. What I loved about Bella in The Understatement of ... more >

December 19, 2014

REVIEW: Marco and the Devil’s Bargain by Carla Kelly

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / American historical / Historical / Latino / Native Americans / POC / western2 Comments

The year is 1782. Marco Mondragón, brand inspector in Spanish New Mexico, and his wife Paloma Vega have settled happily into married life on the Double Cross. And yet Paloma is convinced their joy will not be complete until she has a child. She longs to give her husband a ... more >

January 13, 2014

REVIEW: The Double Cross (The Spanish Brand Series) by Carla Kelly

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / Historical / Latino / Native Americans / POC / Smashwords / western6 Comments

The year is 1780, and Marco Mondragón is a brand inspector in the royal Spanish colony of New Mexico. A widower and rancher, Marco lives on the edge of Comanchería, the domain of the fierce Comanche. Each autumn, he takes cattle and wool, and his district’s records of livestock transactions ... more >

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