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October 28, 2021

REVIEW: A Casterglass Christmas by Kate Hewitt

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviewsclass differences / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / England / family relationships / marriage on the rocks / self discovery / Womens-FictionComments Off on REVIEW: A Casterglass Christmas by Kate Hewitt

To save Casterglass, all the Penryn children will need to return home, rebuild their lives among the ruins, and find love that has proved elusive… The Penryn family have always been eccentric—living in a dilapidated castle in the wilds of Cumbria with an orchid-mad father and a classicist mother who ... more >

February 18, 2021

Bridgerton: A Discussion, Part IV

LaylaBook Reviewsaristocrats / Bridgerton / Duke / England / high society / joint review / Long Regency / marriage on the rocks / mistorical / procreation / Rape / sex education / television series / tv adaptation / virgin69 Comments

This week we discuss Bridgerton in five posts. You can find the first three here: Part I is centered on the show’s worldbuilding and production values, on its treatment of race, and on Lady Whistledown. Part II focuses on the show’s matriarchs–the queen, Lady Violet, Lady Danbury, and Lady Featherington. ... more >

January 18, 2021

REVIEW: Imperial Purple by Gillian Bradshaw

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews5th Century / Byzantine Empire / Constantinople / European-Historical / fisherman / Historical / marriage on the rocks / Mediterranean setting / Middle East / political intrigue / slavery / weaver / working class8 Comments

Set in early Christian times, the tale of the weaver Demetrias portrays her entrapment in a treasonous plot against the Byzantine emperor and her fight to protect her family and self as the battle for Constantinople rages. TR – In the past, the heroine was raped (not described). The heroine ... more >

December 23, 2017

REVIEW: The Winter Wife: A Christmas Novella by Anna Campbell

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsChristmas / England / holiday novella / marriage on the rocks / novella / Regency / second chance at love7 Comments

Will a chance meeting on Christmas Eve… Alicia Sinclair, Countess of Kinvarra, cannot believe that fate has been so cruel as to strand her on the snowy Yorkshire moors with her estranged husband as her only hope of rescue. During their rare encounters, the arrogant earl and his countess act ... more >

September 8, 2016

REVIEW: Sunshine on a Rainy Day by Bryony Fraser

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / England / estranged marriage / family relationships / Interracial / London / marriage on the rocks2 Comments

It’s Zoe and Jack’s first wedding anniversary party. They’ve got an announcement! They’re getting divorced. Marriage isn’t for everyone – something that Zoe and Jack discovered only after they’d walked down the aisle. Bad timing, huh? So now they’re stuck together in their once harmonious marital home, neither one of ... more >

February 17, 2015

REVIEW: Summer Storm by Joan Wolf

WillafulB Reviewsactor / college / Contemporary romance / marriage on the rocks / Reunited Couple10 Comments

Dear Joan Wolf: When I started browsing through this book and saw that the heroine’s husband asks her to get an abortion, I had to immediately check the end to see whether he could actually be the hero. In most of the romances I read, if abortion comes up at ... more >

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