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September 15, 2025

REVIEW: All’s Fayre in Love and War by Sheri Cobb South

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsclass differences / family relationships / governess / Historical / Regency / Widowed Heroine / widower4 Comments

Determined not to be a burden to her family, twenty-seven-year-old widow Caroline Fayre Cummings takes a position of governess to the Earl of Westermain’s motherless children in order to provide for her six-year-old son. She soon discovers, however, that something is terribly wrong in the earl’s Park Lane establishment. Lord ... more >

September 5, 2025

REVIEW: Snowed by the Wallflower by Caroline Warfield

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewscountry house party / novella / RegencyComments Off on REVIEW: Snowed by the Wallflower by Caroline Warfield

Belinda Westcott doesn’t want to injure the Earl of Ridgemont. She merely wants to humiliate him. After all, one good prank deserves a payback. How could she anticipate that it would go so terribly wrong, or that he would turn out to be nothing like she expected? Skilled in both ... more >

September 1, 2025

REVIEW: Valerie by Joan Smith

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviewsenemies to lovers / English countryside / First-Person / Gothic / Historical / Regency / ValkyrieComments Off on REVIEW: Valerie by Joan Smith

Because Valerie Ford is tall with lion-like eyes and hair, her aunt chooses her to come to Troy Fenners to act as model for Aunt Loo’s latest heroine, Gloria. Valerie is expected to accomplish amazing feats—and to attend séances with a distant French cousin and a handsome, though poor, scholar. ... more >

August 13, 2025

REVIEW: Miscalculations by Elizabeth Mansfield

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewsfinance / Historical / opposites attract / Regency3 Comments

A spendthrift viscount must contend with a financial advisor—a surprisingly beautiful and charming one—in this Regency romance. Jane Douglas had a sharp wit, a brilliant mind, and an extraordinary knack for numbers. As financial advisor to Lady Martha Kettering, she was able to provide for herself, her sister, and her ... more >

July 23, 2025

REVIEW: Lord Frederick’s Return by Catherine Kullmann

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAnglo-Indian / biracial heroine / British Indian main character / Historical / older heroine and hero / RegencyComments Off on REVIEW: Lord Frederick’s Return by Catherine Kullmann

An older hero, an enigmatic heroine and a delightfully outspoken four-year-old. Throw scandal into the mix for a gripping and tender Regency love story August 1816. Lord Frederick Danlow returns to England after spending 18 years in India. He plans to make a home for himself and his motherless, four-year-old ... more >

February 14, 2025

REVIEW: Valentines: A Trio of Regency Love Stories for Sweethearts’ Day by Barbara Metzger

JayneB Reviews / B- Reviews / Book ReviewsHistorical / novella / Regency / Valentine's Day5 Comments

A trio of Regency love stories for Sweethearts’ Day! BALD LIES Audrina is desperate to ensure that Lord Blanford not only notices her beautiful cousin but marries her as well. However, Max’s head is beset by larger worries than matrimony–though he is curiously diverted by the antics of the flame-haired ... more >

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