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June 26, 2026

REVIEW: A Love Once Lost (The Bridwells’ Grand Tour Book #1) by Jennie Goutet

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviews18th-century / Belgium / Georgian Era / historical romance / second chance romance6 Comments

They chose separate paths, never imagining fate would offer them a second chance. Amy Bridwell reluctantly accompanies her family on a Grand Tour of the Continent–the very trip her former sweetheart proposed they take as newlyweds. Receiving no suitable marriage offer in the six years since, and with her heart ... more >

June 4, 2026

REVIEW: The Music of Us by Emerald Alexandrea

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsboy band / cats / Contemporary / mothers and daughters / music industry / second chance romance / Young-AdultNo Comments

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A fun and flirty contemporary YA novel between a cat café barista and a boy band pop star that hits all the right notes! The Music of Us is a laugh-out-loud friends-to-more romance perfect for fans of Kasie West, Beth Reekles, and Lynn Painter. If life came with a playlist, ... more >

April 30, 2021

REVIEW: Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q Sutanto

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / Asian Americans / Asian characters / family relationships / First-Person / macabre comedy / mothers and daughters / POC / POC author / second chance romance / sisters / wedding9 Comments

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What happens when you mix 1 (accidental) murder with 2 thousand wedding guests and then toss in a possible curse on 3 generations of an immigrant Chinese-Indonesian family? You get 4 meddling Asian aunties coming to the rescue! When Meddelin Chan ends up accidentally killing her blind date, her meddlesome ... more >

March 16, 2021

REVIEW: Home on Yorkshire Farm by Jane Lovering

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / dysfunctional family / England / family relationships / farming / First-Person / second chance romance / sisters / Yorkshire8 Comments

Needing an escape, Dora swapped city living for life as a shepherdess on her grandad’s Yorkshire farm. More than a decade later Dora is still there, now farming the fifty acres and caring for the one hundred rare sheep by herself. She never hears the call of the city, but ... more >

August 21, 2020

REVIEW: House Rules: A Second Chance Romance (Uptown Book 3 by Ruby Lang

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsAsian heroine / cats / Chef / diversity / forced proximity / New York City / POC / POC author / professor / second chance romance / self discovery / Uptown Book series2 Comments

ROOMMATE WANTED to share a gorgeous sun-filled apartment in Central Harlem. Must love cats. No ex-husbands or wives need apply. Seventeen years ago, different dreams pulled Simon Mizrahi and Lana Kuo apart. But when Lana takes a position as a chef back in Manhattan, her apartment search puts her right ... more >

February 23, 2018

REVIEW: A Bicycle Made for Two by Mary Jayne Baker

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAthlete / Contemporary / England / First-Person / second chance romance / Small Town Romance / YorkshireComments Off on REVIEW: A Bicycle Made for Two by Mary Jayne Baker

Chock-full of colourful characters, bawdy wit and a bit of love and passion for good measure. In a lost corner of the Yorkshire Dales, Lana Donati runs a medieval theme tourist trap restaurant with her brother. As a distraction to help them get over losing the father they loved dearly, ... more >

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