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September 3, 2020

REVIEW: A Nanny Called Alice by Barbara Hannay

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAmerican heroine / Australia / Australian / Contemporary / nanny / orphans / Outback Brides Return to Wirralong series5 Comments

She’s thousands of miles from home and intent on proving her independence… When Alice Trembath is mugged in the stark Australian outback, she has two choices: return to the US with an “I told you so” from her conservative parents and join the family business, or take a job as ... more >

November 9, 2016

REVIEW: Sustained by Emma Chase

JayneA- Reviews / Recommended Readsantihero / Contemporary / First-Person / lawyer / law related / orphans / Washington DC8 Comments

Recommended Read

A knight in tarnished armor is still a knight. When you’re a defense attorney in Washington, DC, you see firsthand how hard life can be, and that sometimes the only way to survive is to be harder. I, Jake Becker, have a reputation for being cold, callous, and intimidating—and that ... more >

November 7, 2016

JOINT REVIEW: Someone to Love by Mary Balogh

JanineB Reviews / B+ ReviewsDuke / family-reunion / Historical / joint review / long lost heiress / martial arts / orphans / Regency / reversal of fortune13 Comments

Back in August, after Someone to Love came up on Twitter, Kaetrin and I decided to review it together. -Janine Janine: Someone to Love, Mary Balogh’s latest historical romance, launches a new and intriguing series. The novel begins with a meeting between Mr. Brumford, solicitor to the late Earl of ... more >

May 10, 2015

REVIEW: Noelle in His Heart by C.E. Kilgore

JayneB ReviewsAlien Hero / aliens / holiday novella / novella / orphans / SF romance / SFR4 Comments

Note: This is available separately or in the “Nebula Nights” collection. Noelle has made the same wish for the past six years to the angel on top of Father Nathan’s Christmas Tree. All she wants for Christmas is someone with warm arms to hold her and who can understand that ... more >

December 18, 2014

Thursday News: Amazon’s pricing, Hollywood’s (lack of) diversity, Latin America’s publishing and America’s orphan fantasy

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / digital books / diversity / films / gender / History / Latin America / orphans / pricing / publishing / Race / Self-publishing22 Comments

Escape from Stalag $7: Why Amazon’s Pricing Box Is Bad for Indies – Rich Chapman’s essay on Amazon’s pricing strategies and what he refers to as the AAAG’s (Aggregated Amazon Ankle Grabbers) is both amusing (the questions he asks of the AAAG’s at their own blogs) and interesting (the reasons ... more >

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