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November 22, 2023

REVIEW: A True Account by Katherine Howe

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / 1930s / Boston / chick-in-pants / dual-timeline / First-Person / Historical / lesbian / maidservant / pirates / professor / shipboard / Violence / Womens-Fiction2 Comments

In Boston, as the Golden Age of Piracy comes to a bloody close, Hannah Masury – bound out to service at a waterfront inn since childhood – is ready to take her life into her own hands. When a man is hanged for piracy in the town square and whispers ... more >

May 27, 2022

REVIEW: The Mating Call of the Teleporting Warbler by Aster Glenn Gray

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscats / contemporary f/f romance / epistolary novel / f/f / Fantasy / LGBTQIA characters / professor / Scientist / short-story / slice of life4 Comments

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An f/f epistolary short story. When Rosemary’s research on the elusive teleporting warbler takes her out of cell service, established middle-aged couple Eleanor and Rosemary keep in touch by sending letters via their winged pet cat Ursula. Previously published in Her Magical Pet: Benefit F/F Story Collection. Dear Aster Glenn ... more >

August 21, 2020

REVIEW: House Rules: A Second Chance Romance (Uptown Book 3 by Ruby Lang

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsAsian heroine / cats / Chef / diversity / forced proximity / New York City / POC / POC author / professor / second chance romance / self discovery / Uptown Book series2 Comments

ROOMMATE WANTED to share a gorgeous sun-filled apartment in Central Harlem. Must love cats. No ex-husbands or wives need apply. Seventeen years ago, different dreams pulled Simon Mizrahi and Lana Kuo apart. But when Lana takes a position as a chef back in Manhattan, her apartment search puts her right ... more >

August 12, 2017

REVIEW: The Corner Shop by Elizabeth Cadell

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1960s / art thief / boss/secretary / England / Historical / opposites attract / Paris / professor13 Comments

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Lucille Abbey runs her London secretarial agency with utmost efficiency. When, therefore, a certain Professor Hallam rejects three girls sent by her to apply for the post of his secretary and they each pronounce him “impossible”, Lucille herself sets out to interview the Professor at his home in Hampshire. He ... more >

October 21, 2013

REVIEW: Love by the Numbers by Karin Kallmaker

JayneB ReviewsAcademic-Issues / authors / Bella Books / f/f romance / LGBTQIAP+ / professor / road-romance13 Comments

“As a behavioral scientist, Professor Nicole Hathaway’s work strips away the foolish mystique that surrounds the human mating dance. When her academic tome is treated as a viral “love manual” her ecstatic publisher books her to appear all over the U.S. and Europe. Worse yet, her quiet, managed life has ... more >

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