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April 20, 2023

REVIEW: The Baker’s Daughter by D.E. Stevenson

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1930s / class differences / Historical / Historical fiction / Scotland / slice of village life / Small-Town2 Comments

Review This is – as one ought to say when one is in an art gallery – interesting. But despite the fact that there is a happy ending to the romance, it’s not all that romantic. No, it’s more a character study of a small Scottish village and some of ... more >

January 4, 2023

REVIEW: The Rose and the Thistle by Laura Frantz

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / Catholic / Georgian / Historical / inspirational / inspirational romance / Jacobite rebellion / Jacobites / Protestant / ScotlandComments Off on REVIEW: The Rose and the Thistle by Laura Frantz

Dear Ms. Frantz,  Last year when I read “A Heart Adrift,” I wrote this in my review and I’m going to repeat it here as it applies to this book, too. “As I’ve tagged this with “inspirational,” I’ll go ahead and tell readers that yes there is a lot of faith in ... more >

June 15, 2022

REVIEW: The Fossil Door by Celia Lake

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1920s / alternate England / class differences / Fantasy / Historical / interracial relationship / Magic / Mysterious Powers series / POC / post WWI / ScotlandComments Off on REVIEW: The Fossil Door by Celia Lake

Enjoy this kind and gentle historical fantasy romance set in the magical community of Great Britain after the Great War. Rathna has a gift for doorways. When a portal in the Scottish Highlands stops working, she is one of the only Portal Keepers able to travel to investigate. On the ... more >

May 31, 2022

REVIEW: A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviews19th century / biracial heroine / Business woman / Dominican Republic / Historical / Late Victorian / LGBTQIA characters / marriage-of-convenience / Paris / POC / POC author / racism / ScotlandComments Off on REVIEW: A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera

Paris, 1889 The Exposition Universelle is underway, drawing merchants from every corner of the globe…including Luz Alana Heith-Benzan, heiress to the Caña Brava rum empire. Luz Alana set sail from Santo Domingo armed with three hundred casks of rum, her two best friends and one simple rule: under no circumstances ... more >

January 27, 2022

REVIEW: Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

JennieB Reviews / Book Reviewsfantasy/scifi / Historical fiction / historical mystery / Scotland / young adult fiction4 Comments

I’ve read two previous books by Dana Schwartz, Choose Your Own Disaster and The White Man’s Guide to White Male Writers of the Western Canon. Both were non-fiction(ish?) – the first a memoir with a “Choose Your Own Adventure” conceit and the second a satirical look at famous authors from ... 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 >

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