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December 27, 2022

REVIEW: That Sweet Enemy by Dinah Dean (aka Marjorie May)

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsdisability / disabled hero / enemies to lovers / English heroine / forced-marriage / French hero / Historical / Napoleonic wars / Regency / revenge / Switzerland7 Comments

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A scarred hero… A courageous heroine! Homebound after the journey of a lifetime, the resumption of the Napoleonic Wars traps Mary Burns and her companions in Switzerland. They find themselves suspected of espionage by the French and must persuade Captain Armand Dufour of their innocence. Scarred, cold, and sarcastic, Captain ... more >

November 17, 2022

REVIEW: The Enigma Affair by Charlie Lovett

JayneBook Reviews / C- ReviewsArmy / Assasin Hero / Contemporary / Nazis / revenge2 Comments

In this propulsive historical thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Escaping Dreamland, a librarian and a professional assassin team up to solve a seventy-five-year-old Nazi mystery and stop a nefarious opponent from wreaking havoc on the world. When small-town librarian Patton Harcourt comes under fire one morning ... more >

July 5, 2022

REVIEW: The Green Gallant by Jane Hunt (aka Dinah Dean)

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / Frenchwoman / Historical / Historical fiction / military hero / Napoleonic wars / Paris / Regency / revenge / Russia / Russian / Russian Series / War / Military2 Comments

Brilliant soldier Major Vladimir Karachev, of the Imperial Russian Army, is fighting for his life. Stuck serving under an incompentent Colonel and defending his homeland against the mighty and seemingly unstoppable French under Emperor Bonaparte, Vladimir must use all his wits to survive. When the Allied forces chase the enemy ... more >

March 3, 2022

REVIEW: The Bait by C.W. Gortner and M.J. Rose

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1950s / Alternate POV / Business woman / class differences / First-Person / Historical / Historical fiction / investigation / police procedural / present tense / revenge / thief / To Catch a Leopard Series / VeniceComments Off on REVIEW: The Bait by C.W. Gortner and M.J. Rose

Revenge is a diamond best served cold. A year after THE STEAL, Ania Thorne is determined to take back what the Leopard stole from her. Together with her lover and partner, Jerome, she stages a spectacular heist during the Venetian Carnival, to lure out the treacherous mastermind they unmasked. She’s ... more >

January 21, 2022

Layla’s Best of 2021

LaylaBook Reviews / Reading Lists / Top Ten Listsalternate England / Best of 2021 / businessman / Earl / f/f / family / Fantasy / heroine in disguise / historical romance / land steward / marriage-of-convenience / nun / paranormal romance / reframing / revenant / revenge / scholar / Scotland / secret society / self discovery / sportsman / suffragette / Thistle Grove Series / traumatic-past / Urban-Fantasy / werewolves / witch / YA fantasy9 Comments

Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light This was probably my favorite book of the year. I don’t read m/m romance much, but this book had me hooked. Full of angst and tension, containing a swoon worthy romance and with a very compelling magical world, it was hard to put down. The ... 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 >

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