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July 19, 2019

REVIEW: All the World’s an Undead Stage by Angel Martinez

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsanimals / cats / LGBTQIA romance / LGBTQIAP+ / librarian / No Paranormal Left Behind / Offbeat Crimes Series / POC / police / policemen / Vampire4 Comments

Book six in the Offbeat Crimes series ‘Old actors never die’ shouldn’t be literally true. Carrington Loveless III, skim-blood vampire and senior officer of Philly’s paranormal police department, has long suspected that someone’s targeting his squad. The increasingly bizarre and dangerous entities invading their city can’t be a coincidence. So ... more >

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January 7, 2019

Janine’s Best of 2018

JanineNeed A Rec! / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Lists#ownvoices / African American / Alpha & Omega / Asperger's / Best of 2018 / best of list / California / class-difference / Contemporary / Doctor / Eastern Europe / econometrician / escort / Fantasy / India / Italy / journalist / LGBTQIA characters / magic users / moneylender / monsters / Native Americans / Ocean changelings / Paranormal / POC / police / Psy-Changeling Series / queen / Rivers of London / The Founders Trilogy / thief / turn of the century / Urban-Fantasy / Washington DC / werewolves15 Comments

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I love end-of-year reading lists so I hope our readers share their own favorite books of 2018 in the comments. Here are the 2018 releases I enjoyed most: Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik Naomi Novik’s fantasy novel is the story of three young women’s quest for empowerment — a Jewish ... more >

June 12, 2018

REVIEW: Ain’t She a Peach by Molly Harper

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / family relationships / Georgia / law-enforcement / mortician / police / Southern Eclectic seriesComments Off on REVIEW: Ain’t She a Peach by Molly Harper

An Atlanta ex-cop comes to sleepy Lake Sackett, Georgia, seeking peace and quiet—but he hasn’t bargained on falling for Frankie, the cutest coroner he’s ever met. Frankie McCready talks to dead people. Not like a ghost whisperer or anything—but it seems rude to embalm them and not at least say ... more >

April 9, 2018

REVIEW: Peachy Flippin’ Keen by Molly Harper

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / family relationships / Georgia / mortician / non-romance / novella / police / Southern Eclectic seriesComments Off on REVIEW: Peachy Flippin’ Keen by Molly Harper

A prank war erupts in Lake Sackett, Georgia and coroner Frankie McCready has to turn to the gorgeous but surly new sheriff for help in Molly Harper’s newest Southern Eclectic novella, perfect for fans of Kristan Higgins and Amy E. Reichert. The McCready Family Funeral Home and Bait Shop has ... more >

March 20, 2018

REVIEW: The Broken Girls by Simone St. James

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1950s / 1990s / Contemporary / dual-timeline / journalist / murder mystery / police3 Comments

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Vermont, 1950. There’s a place for the girls whom no one wants–the troublemakers, the illegitimate, the too smart for their own good. It’s called Idlewild Hall. And in the small town where it’s located, there are rumors that the boarding school is haunted. Four roommates bond over their whispered fears, ... more >

February 17, 2017

REVIEW: Shelter by Rhyll Biest

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsanimals / Australia / child abuse / Contemporary / domestic violence / police / Small-Town2 Comments

Raw and risky, a new rural romance that explores the dark side of small towns, and the people who put everything on the line to protect them… Kat Daily is excited to trade her Sydney airport quarantine uniform for an RSPCA inspector’s uniform and a job in the rural town ... more >

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