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March 4, 2016

REVIEW: Crossing the Line by Caitlyn Armistead

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / EMT / first responder / PTSD / Rape / retired military3 Comments

Sergeant Nathan Thompson is a combat medic who took an early retirement from the military after losing his leg in Afghanistan. Megan Henderson is a dedicated paramedic who has saved countless lives. When they’re forced to work together, tensions flare—Nathan thinks Megan is a condescending know it all, and Megan ... more >

March 28, 2014

REVIEW: He’s Come Undone by Theresa Weir

JayneB Reviewsactor/actress / college/university / NA / PTSD / revenge-plot / traumatic-past8 Comments

“Penniless and behind on rent, college student and once famous child actress Ellie Barlow takes on the role of a lifetime when she’s hired by a group of young women to break the heart of the campus player who cruelly dumped them. Transformed from slob slacker to jaw-dropping beauty, Ellie ... more >

March 21, 2014

REVIEW: The Only One Who Matters by Cat Grant and L.A.Witt

SiriusB Reviewsmilitary contemporary m/m romance / PTSD12 Comments

No man—and no heart—left behind. The Only One, Book 2 Months after a bullet ended his SEAL career, Senior Chief David Flint doesn’t know which is worse: struggling to adjust to life as a civilian, or watching his lover, Lieutenant Commander Josh Walker, leave for one deployment after another. Missing ... more >

March 12, 2014

REVIEW: Homecoming (Southern Honor, book 1) by Meredith Daniels

SiriusD Reviewscontemporary mm romance / Military / PTSD3 Comments

Home is where his heart is…once he recognizes what’s in his heart. Southern Honor, Book 1 Broken in body, mind and spirit after a botched mission in Kuwait, elite Special Forces operative Jack Dresden returns to Devotion, Georgia, both dreading and longing to face his past. He left town on ... more >

Espresso in the Morning by Dorie Graham
December 17, 2012

REVIEW: Espresso in the Morning by Dorie Graham

JaneC ReviewsContemporary / PTSD2 Comments

Dear Ms. Graham: I struggled writing this review because so few romance books feature characters with mental illness.  One thing our society doesn’t do very well is accept mental illness as an ordinary and acceptable illness. People can have cancer or colds, broken limbs or broken hearts.  Some heroes can ... more >

June 21, 2012

REVIEW: Something Like Normal by Trish Doller

JaneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsBloomsbury / Contemporary / New Adult / PTSD9 Comments

Dear Ms. Doller: This book was recommended to me by Racblog (http://romance-around-the-corner.blogspot.com/) who knows I’ve been reading more New Adult books. I’m using the term “New Adult” which I believe was originally coined by St. Martin’s Press. The period references that post high school, on the cusp of adulthood time ... more >

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