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December 15, 2025

REVIEW: One Smart Witch (The Hollowbeck Paranormal Cozy Mysteries Book 2) by Amelia Ash and Kim M. Watt

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewscats / Contemporary / cozy mystery / Hollowbeck Paranormal Cozy Mysteries / murder mystery / Paranormal / Small-Town / witchcraftComments Off on REVIEW: One Smart Witch (The Hollowbeck Paranormal Cozy Mysteries Book 2) by Amelia Ash and Kim M. Watt

A talking cat accused of murder. A magical carnival with sinister secrets. And a sleuth who’s running out of time. When a traveling carnival arrives in Hollowbeck, it promises magic and mayhem. It’s also an opportunity for Morgan to find someone who can transform her brother, Ruiner, back into a ... more >

November 10, 2025

REVIEW: Witch Slap (The Hollowbeck Paranormal Cozy Mysteries Book 1) by Amelia Ash and Kim M. Watt

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / cozy mystery / Hollowbeck Paranormal Cozy Mysteries / murder mystery / Paranormal / Small-Town / witchcraftComments Off on REVIEW: Witch Slap (The Hollowbeck Paranormal Cozy Mysteries Book 1) by Amelia Ash and Kim M. Watt

Never let your brother date a witch, lest they get turned into a talking cat. Morgan Winters wants an ordinary life: A job at a bookstore, an apartment she can barely afford, and a healthy amount of existential dread. Her brother (AKA “The Ruiner”) ruins that when he shows up ... more >

October 21, 2025

REVIEW: Slayers of Old by Jim C. Hines

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsadult fiction / Dark Fantasy / found family / horror / Humor / older MCs / Paranormal / Satire / Urban-Fantasy2 Comments

Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Golden Girls in this humorous contemporary standalone fantasy about a group of former Chosen Ones coming out of retirement to save the world one last time Three former Chosen Ones have joined together to spend their retirement in peace and quiet, running Second Life Books ... more >

August 27, 2025

REVIEW: The Inheritance (Breach Wars Book 1) by Ilona Andrews

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsDark Fantasy / dog / Magic / Paranormal / Science Fiction / strong heroine / Urban-Fantasy22 Comments

We are at war. The interdimensional invasion brought us unimaginable suffering, but it also awoke talents slumbering deep within us, a means to repel and destroy our enemy. Every day new gates open, leading to breaches filled with monsters and valuable resources. If you are a Talent, your country needs ... more >

August 14, 2024

REVIEW: Through the Mist by Lindsay Jayne Ashford

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1940s / Artists / Cornwall / England / Gothic / Historical / Historical fiction / Paranormal / supernaturalComments Off on REVIEW: Through the Mist by Lindsay Jayne Ashford

Two women disturb the dark history of a deceptively quiet postwar Cornwall village in a haunting novel by the bestselling author of A Feather on the Water and The Woman on the Orient Express. It’s winter 1947 when newlyweds Ellen and Tony Wylde move into an abandoned Cornish farmhouse overlooking ... more >

April 30, 2024

REVIEW: Happy Medium by Sarah Adler

JayneBook Reviews / C- Reviews / D Reviewscon-artist / Contemporary / enemies to lovers / forced proximity / Ghost / grumpy / sunshine / Maryland / opposites attract / Paranormal / Rural Romance / slow burn4 Comments

A clever con woman must convince a skeptical, sexy farmer of his property’s resident real-life ghost if she’s to save them all from a fate worse than death, in this delightful new novel from the author of Mrs. Nash’s Ashes. Fake spirit medium Gretchen Acorn is happy to help when ... more >

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