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January 8, 2026

REVIEW: Death and Other Occupational Hazards by Veronika Dapunt

JayneBook Reviews / C- Reviewsdeath / family relationships / Fiction / London / murder mystery / social commentary2 Comments

Her job is to die for. Literally. When most people think of Death, they picture a skeleton in a black potato sack. Maybe with a scythe. Truth is, she’s just a woman doing a job, and she’s very good at it. Still, even Death needs a break. But when she ... more >

January 6, 2026

REVIEW: Fire Must Burn (A Sparks and Bainbridge Mystery Book 8) by Allison Montclair

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1940s / A Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery / Agent/Spies/Undercover / female friendship / flashbacks / Historical / London / matchmakers / mystery / Post WWII / traumatic-past4 Comments

The owners of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are back, and more determined than ever to bring love matches to the residents of Post-WWII London . . . so something as trivial as being dragged into a spy mission isn’t going to stop them! Sparks fly when an old friend ... more >

September 4, 2025

REVIEW: Fate is Remarkable by Betty Neels

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1970s / beautiful food / Big-Misunderstanding / doctor hero / London / marriage-of-convenience / nurse / travel guides2 Comments

Sarah had worked with Hugo van Elven for a long time, and she was astounded when he suddenly proposed to her. Sarah Dunn and Hugo van Elven were married for the wrong reasons. Even if it was just a marriage of convenience. They were both recovering from unhappy love affairs. ... more >

August 12, 2025

REVIEW: The Re-Write by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviewsauthor / Contemporary / enemies to lovers / First-Person / London / Nigeria / POC / POC author / second chance at love / social mediaComments Off on REVIEW: The Re-Write by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

In this lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers rom-com, two exes are faced with one deadline. Will they make it to the end? Temi and Wale meet in London. They flirt, date, meet each other’s friends. Then they break up. And Wale goes on a reality dating show. Instead of giving in to heartbreak, Temi ... more >

August 8, 2025

REVIEW: The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / Alternate POV / Business woman / First-Person / Georgian / Historical fiction / London / murder mystery / plot twists2 Comments

In 18th-century England, a widowed confectioner is drawn into a web of love, betrayal, and intrigue and a battle of wits in this masterful historical novel from the author of the “delicious puzzle-box of a novel” (The New York Times) and USA TODAY bestseller The Square of Sevens. Following the ... more >

June 23, 2025

REVIEW: Not Quite a Countess by Bliss Bennett

JayneBook Reviews / C- Reviews18th-century / Georgian Era / historical romance / London / novellaComments Off on REVIEW: Not Quite a Countess by Bliss Bennett

Five squabbling guardians. Three rivals for an earldom. And one dashing cavalryman threatening to overset it all… At fourteen, Arabella Audley inherited her father’s Scottish barony—but was denied his English earldom. Shuffled between five quarrelsome guardians for six long years while Parliament dithers over determining the Earl of Audley’s rightful ... more >

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