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August 13, 2024

REVIEW: The Winged Tiara by J’nell Ciesielski

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1920s / class differences / Estranged Couple / frenemies / Historical / post WWI / revenge-plot / second chance at love / self discovery / thief3 Comments

Diamonds and danger dazzle in Ciesielski’s latest enchanting romp through post-war Europe as estranged spouses and jewel thieves hunt an elusive Valkyrie tiara. November 12, 1918. It was a match made in champagne-soaked heaven, but all too soon the bubbles dried up, and Esme Fox awakens the morning after celebrating ... more >

March 1, 2022

REVIEW: Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake

JanineB- Reviewsbisexual heroine / bookstore owner / Contemporary / estranged family / f/f / lesbian heroine / LGBTQIAP+ / Photographer / revenge-plot / Small-Town / wedding / wedding photos12 Comments

Dear Ashley Herring Blake, I first spotted your debut contemporary romance on Goodreads. Early reviews there were very favorable, and even though it’s a “big city girl comes back to the small town where she grew up” story and that is one of my least favorite tropes in the genre, ... more >

August 23, 2015

REVIEW: The Roman’s Revenge by Caroline Storer

JayneC- ReviewsHistorical / revenge-plot / Rome / shipboard / shipwreck4 Comments

The daughter of his sworn enemy… For wealthy merchant Metellus, nothing is as important as his desire for revenge. Ever since his father’s death, he’s been planning to wreak vengeance on those responsible. So when he rescues the daughter of his sworn enemy, Livia Drasus from a shipwreck Metellus sees ... more >

May 26, 2014

REVIEW: La Desperada by Patricia Burroughs

JayneC Reviews19th century / American historical / Historical / revenge-plot / road-romance / westernComments Off on REVIEW: La Desperada by Patricia Burroughs

With her husband dead by suicide and his crazed brother accusing her of murder, Philadelphia-bred Elizabeth Dougherty breaks into the jail and holds a cold-blooded killer at gunpoint. “I’ll release you if you agree to my terms. Take me with you.” But when Boone Coulter grudgingly agrees, he has no ... 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 >

November 29, 2013

REVIEW: The Ballad of Emma O’Toole by Elizabeth Lane

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviews19th century / American historical / forced-marriage / Harlequin Historical / marriage-of-convenience / revenge-plot / western4 Comments

Dear Ms. Lane, I hadn’t read a western in a while so the blurb for this one caught my eye. High stakes marriage After shooting a man, the stakes for gambler Logan Devereaux have never been higher. On trial for his life, he’s offered a shocking alternate form of restitution…marriage ... more >

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