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December 30, 2021

Jayne’s Best of 2021 List

JayneBook Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Lists1930s / Alien Hero / Art / Asian characters / Australia / Best of 2021 / best of list / Buddhism / cats / children's book / Contemporary / found family / Historical / Historical fiction / m/m romance / older couple / Older-Woman-/-Younger-Man / picture books / POC / POC author / prison / self discovery / sewing / sports romance / Widowed Heroine / Womens-Fiction / World War II16 Comments

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From space aliens in the form of a cat or a unicorn, to Aussie prisoners, to a Chinese princess, to a 1920s down on her financial luck heroine, to hero determined to save his childhood love or another ready to deck some halls with Christmas cheer, my reading was all ... more >

December 16, 2021

REVIEW: Second Chance Under the Stars by Tara Pammi

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / Diwali / friends-to-lovers / Harlequin / Holiday / Indian American / older couple / POC / POC author / short fiction / TexasComments Off on REVIEW: Second Chance Under the Stars by Tara Pammi

Devi Kolleru is about to say goodbye to her oldest friend, Kiran, but something has changed and now it feels impossible. Could this Diwali be the right time for these friends to become lovers under the stars? Dear Ms. Pammi, I’m catching up on some holiday fiction I didn’t realize ... more >

December 10, 2021

REVIEW: The Geek Who Saved Christmas by Annabeth Albert

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscat / Christmas / dog / family relationships / found family / grumpy / sunshine / Holiday / LGBTQIAP+ / m/m / m/m romance / older couple / opposites attract / Philadelphia / standalones9 Comments

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His grumpy neighbor needs some holiday sunshine… Gideon Holiday is the perfect neighbor. Need a cup of sugar? Spare folding chair? Extra batteries? He’s always ready to help. And he’s waited years for his hot, grumpy, silver fox neighbor, Paul, to need him. For anything. But this December, Gideon would ... more >

February 21, 2020

REVIEW: Lord Heliodor’s Retirement by Amy Rae Durreson

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAgent/Spies/Undercover / LGBTQIAP+ / older couple / Paranormal lite / paranormal m/m romance / PTSD / reunited-lovers / short-story3 Comments

Lord Adem Heliodor might have survived the Screaming, a magical attack which slaughtered his friends and colleagues in front of him, but his struggle to recover his nerves sees him forced into early retirement. Returning to his childhood home in the countryside, he isn’t expecting to find missing information about ... more >

May 21, 2019

REVIEW: Mr. Finchley Goes to Paris by Victor Canning

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1930s / England / Historical / London / older couple / Paris1 Comments

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Book 2 of the classic trilogy of humorous adventures An ebullient Mr Finchley is about to propose marriage to a lady he had rescued from mishap, when he is sent to Paris by his firm. There he manages to upset a boat, adopt a stray orphan and get himself kidnapped. ... more >

June 17, 2018

Sunday News Bit and Happy Father’s Day

JayneMiscIreland / makeup / news / older couple4 Comments

Husband takes makeup lessons – This story has been out for a while but it’s so touching that I had to mention it once I finally saw it. A husband’s simple gesture of love for his wife is inspiring people around the world. Mona Manahan, 82, has trouble doing her ... more >

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