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May 13, 2025

REVIEW: Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil by Oliver Darkshire

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewscozy fantasy / Dark Fantasy / Magic / married couple / self discovery / The Household Gramarye series2 Comments

A hilarious and surprisingly moving cozy fantasy novel from the best-selling author of Once Upon a Tome. In a tiny farm on the edge of the miserable village of East Grasby, Isabella Nagg is trying to get on with her tiny, miserable existence. Dividing her time between tolerating her feckless ... more >

May 6, 2025

REVIEW: The Retirement Plan by Sue Hincenbergs

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsdark humor / Fiction / marriage on the rocks / married couple / mystery / older MCs / thriller4 Comments

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THEY’D KILL TO BE WIDOWS. Three best friends turn to murder to collect on their husbands’ life insurance policies… But the husbands have a plan of their own in this darklyfunny debut that will delight readers from the first laugh to the final twist. After thirty years of friendship, Pam ... more >

March 5, 2024

REVIEW: Murder Road by Simone St. James

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1990s / married couple / Michigan / murder / murder-investigation / paranormal elements / police procedural / PTSD / secrets / thriller/suspence5 Comments

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A young couple find themselves haunted by a string of gruesome murders committed along an old deserted road in this terrifying new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Cold Cases. July 1995. April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn. They’re looking for the ... more >

September 28, 2023

REVIEW: The Hexologists by Josiah Bancroft

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsFantasy / Historical / investigation / Magic / married couple / mystery / social critique / social issues2 Comments

The Hexologists, Iz and Warren Wilby, are quite accustomed to helping desperate clients with the bugbears of city life. Aided by hexes and a bag of charmed relics, the Wilbies have recovered children abducted by chimney-wraiths, removed infestations of barb-nosed incubi, and ventured into the Gray Plains of the Unmade ... more >

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