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July 23, 2025

REVIEW: Lord Frederick’s Return by Catherine Kullmann

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAnglo-Indian / biracial heroine / British Indian main character / Historical / older heroine and hero / RegencyComments Off on REVIEW: Lord Frederick’s Return by Catherine Kullmann

An older hero, an enigmatic heroine and a delightfully outspoken four-year-old. Throw scandal into the mix for a gripping and tender Regency love story August 1816. Lord Frederick Danlow returns to England after spending 18 years in India. He plans to make a home for himself and his motherless, four-year-old ... more >

December 29, 2023

REVIEW: By Sword and Fan by Kathleen Buckley

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1740s / England / family relationships / Historical / older heroine and hero / second chance at loveComments Off on REVIEW: By Sword and Fan by Kathleen Buckley

Margaret is her brothers’ dependent. With her sister-in-law expecting another child and her younger brother soon to marry, Margaret will lose her home. When her former suitor offers her work as a governess, she accepts, despite misgivings. Unable to marry his first love, Alasdair abandoned his home for a disappointing ... more >

June 12, 2023

REVIEW: Charm City Rocks by Matthew Norman

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsBaltimore / Contemporary / contemporary fiction / father and son / Musicians / older heroine and hero / omniscient voice3 Comments

Billy Perkins is happy. And why wouldn’t he be? He loves his job as an independent music teacher and his apartment in Baltimore above a record shop called Charm City Rocks. Most of all, he loves his brainy teenage son, Caleb. Margot Hammer, on the other hand, is far from ... more >

August 12, 2020

REVIEW: Sweet Summer Days (The Grays Family & Friends Book 1) by Sheryl Lister

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews#ownvoices / African American / Contemporary / disabled hero / family relationships / novella / older heroine and hero / POC / POC author / PTSD / Widowed HeroineComments Off on REVIEW: Sweet Summer Days (The Grays Family & Friends Book 1) by Sheryl Lister

Celeste Williams has finally gotten her life back on track and the last thing on her mind is dating again. Then she meets Thaddeus Whitcomb, a man as caring as he is handsome. The chemistry between them is instant and irresistible. Celeste thought no man could move her as deeply ... more >

November 11, 2019

REVIEW: The Marine by Cheryl Reavis

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsadoption / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / family relationships / Marines / military hero / North-Carolina / older heroine and hero / retired military / single father / War / Military2 Comments

Semper Fi Newly widowed Grace James knows she’s at a crossroads. Raised by her aunt, she spent her life playing the role of the perpetual ‘good girl’–never rocking the boat, always fitting in. And where did that get her? She had an unhappy marriage, and now she’s singlehandedly raising two ... more >

August 1, 2019

REVIEW: The Whistle Stop Canteen by Barb Warner Deane

JayneBook Reviews / C+ ReviewsAmerican historical / epistolary / Historical / librarian / military hero / older heroine and hero / War / Military / Womens-Fiction / World War IIComments Off on REVIEW: The Whistle Stop Canteen by Barb Warner Deane

A wartime train station encounter changes a lifetime… After losing her fiancé in WW1, Margaret Parker settled into a quiet, lonely life as the town librarian in North Platte, NE. After the US enters WW2, Margaret volunteers as the historian for the Servicemen’s Canteen organized by the women of North ... more >

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