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January 14, 2022

Janine’s Best of 2021

JanineBook Reviews / Top Ten Lists#ownvoices / angels / Best of 2021 / best of list / bonded-mates / class differences / enemies to lovers / f/f / Fantasy / Fantasy Romance / forbidden-love / friends-to-lovers / historical romance / horror elements / India-based world / Indian characters / LGBTQIAP+ / m/f / m/m / magical school / military hero / missing persons / noir mystery / Opera Singer / paranormal romance / POC / POC author / redemption / reframing / teens / Urban-Fantasy / village / werewolves / widow / YA23 Comments

It’s a cliché to comment on how quickly a year has passed and in the Covid era the months sometimes pass slowly. 2021 wasn’t an easy year so I’m glad I found some great books to make it feel a little lighter. There weren’t an entire ten but I’ve had ... more >

June 30, 2021

REVIEW: The Return of the Sorceress by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsbetrayal / Dark Fantasy / familiar / friendship / Magic / novella / POC / POC author / redemption / revenge / sorcerer2 Comments

From the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic comes a magical novella of revenge and redemption. Yalxi, the deposed Supreme Mistress of the Guild of Sorcerers, is on a desperate mission. Her lover and confidant seized her throne and stole the precious diamond heart, the jewel that is the engine of ... more >

By the Hour Roni Loren
September 21, 2017

Review: By the Hour by Roni Loren

Sahara HoshiBook Reviews / C ReviewsBDSM / Erotic-Romance / male escort / older woman/younger man / redemption3 Comments

Dear Ms. Loren, I picked up By the Hour because I enjoyed your first Pleasure Principle book, Off the Clock. I was surprised that Elle McCray, the purported villainess and rival of the heroine, Marin, in Off the Clock was going to be the main heroine, but I rolled with ... more >

September 1, 2014

REVIEW: Winning Ruby Heart by Jennifer Lohmann

JayneB- ReviewsAthlete / Contemporary / Harlequin SuperRomance / redemption / reporter / ScandalComments Off on REVIEW: Winning Ruby Heart by Jennifer Lohmann

It’s a race to their beginning… Exposing world-class athlete Ruby Heart’s cheating scandal five years ago made reporter Micah Blackwell’s career. Falling in love with her now could end it. Yet watching her determination to return to the top, he can’t resist the woman she has become. Working with Ruby ... more >

July 10, 2014

REVIEW: Alias Hook by Lisa Jensen

JayneB Reviewschildren's literature / Fantasy / literature / pirates / redemption8 Comments

“Every child knows how the story ends. The wicked pirate captain is flung overboard, caught in the jaws of the monster crocodile who drags him down to a watery grave. But it was not yet my time to die. It’s my fate to be trapped here forever, in a nightmare ... more >

May 22, 2014

REVIEW: The Ruin of a Rogue by Miranda Neville

JanineB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended Readsarcheology / con-artist / heiress / historical romance / redemption / Regency England / Wild Quartet series7 Comments

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Dear Ms. Neville, Last summer, while in the midst of a reading slump, I tried to read The Ruin of a Rogue. I think I got about two and half chapters in before I gave up. Since I don’t usually care for con artist characters and hadn’t yet come to ... more >

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