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July 31, 2026

REVIEW: Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsathlete hero / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / emotional abuse / friendship / gaslighting / Maine / self discovery / Small-Town / Widowed Heroine9 Comments

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A heartfelt debut about the unlikely relationship between a young woman who’s lost her husband and a major league pitcher who’s lost his game. In a sleepy seaside town in Maine, recently widowed Eveleth “Evvie” Drake rarely leaves her large, painfully empty house nearly a year after her husband’s death ... more >

June 3, 2024

REVIEW: Everyone Knows but You: A Tale of Murder on the Maine Coast by Thomas E. Ricks

JayneBook Reviews / C ReviewsContemporary / FBI / FBI agent / fish-out-of-water / grief / Maine / murder-investigation / outsider8 Comments

An FBI agent finds himself in the insular world of a fishing village on the Maine coast where the rules are different—sometimes lethally so. After his wife and two children are killed in a car crash, Ryan Tapia starts a new life in Maine. But his first case there is ... more >

December 24, 2021

REVIEW: Holiday Sparks by Shannon Stacey

JayneBook Reviews / C+ ReviewsChristmas / electrician / friends-to-lovers / Holiday / holiday novella / Maine / novella / working classComments Off on REVIEW: Holiday Sparks by Shannon Stacey

House-sitting for her parents seemed like a good idea, until the microwave blew up and the lights went out. Now Chloe Burke thinks upgrading the electrical system of her childhood home while they are away would make the perfect Christmas gift. Fortunately, there’s an electrician in town who can get ... more >

December 27, 2017

REVIEW: Now That You Mention It by Kristan Higgins

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / Doctor / dysfunctional family / family relationships / Maine / Ugly Duckling / Womens-Fiction6 Comments

One step forward. Two steps back. The Tufts scholarship that put Nora Stuart on the path to becoming a Boston medical specialist was a step forward. Being hit by a car and then overhearing her boyfriend hit on another doctor when she thought she was dying? Two major steps back. ... more >

August 5, 2016

REVIEW: The Theory of Deviance by Rebecca Grace Allen

KaetrinB Reviews / Book Reviewsbipolar / bisexual / Contemporary / depression / Erotic-Romance / Maine / menage / mental illness / queerComments Off on REVIEW: The Theory of Deviance by Rebecca Grace Allen

Dear Rebecca Grace Allen, I was so excited when I read an early excerpt of The Theory of Deviance. I tweeted you to confirm that the story in fact was m/m/f menage (my favourite kind) and when you said yes and offered me a review copy, I snapped it up. ... more >

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