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Illustrated cover in purple showing a brown-haired white couple from the back, sitting side by side at a large work table/desk. He is reading the paper and looking back over his shoulder toward her. She is on a laptop and is looking over her shoulder toward him.
February 7, 2023

REVIEW: Just My Type by Falon Ballard

KaetrinB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / Edelweiss / journalists / rivals to lovers / second chance / work relationshipNo Comments

Dear Falon Ballard, I loved your debut book released last year, Lease on Love. I didn’t review it but it stuck with me and I was very keen to read your follow up, Just My Type. While it wasn’t quite as successful for me as the previous book I did ... more >

illustrated cover in blue, a night beach scene: rear view of upper back and dark hair of a young white woman with a large brown shoulder bag on her shoulder facing a campfire/bonfire with a white guy witih dark hair on the other side of the fire watching her, he has one hand up behind his neck and the other in his pocket.
October 4, 2022

REVIEW: Bad Girl Reputation by Elle Kennedy

KaetrinBook Reviews / C+ ReviewsAvalon Bay / Contemporary / NetGalley / second chance5 Comments

CWs: mildly spoilerish so click at your own risk Dear Elle Kennedy, Bad Girl Reputation is the second book in your Avalon Bay series and the follow up to last year’s Good Girl Complex. Readers first met Evan Hartley in Good Girl Complex when his twin brother, Cooper, got his ... more >

Picture of a dark-haired white woman wearing a red riding habit (I think!) looking back over her shoulder at a man on a white horse wearing a top hat, with a stately house behind him
July 15, 2022

JOINT REVIEW: Remember Love by Mary Balogh

KaetrinB Reviews / C- ReviewsHistorical / joint review / NetGalley / Regency / second chance22 Comments

Janine and I have reviewed the last few Mary Balogh books together so we decided to continue that tradition with the newest release.  ~ Kaetrin Content warning: Fatphobia. Kaetrin: Remember Love is clearly the beginning of a new series for Balogh – the first chapters introduce a huge cast of ... more >

Illustrated cover featuring a drive-in screen (containing the book's title in red font) and a fair-haired white guy leaning against a blue car and a dark-haired white guy leaning against the red car parked next to it.
May 21, 2022

REVIEW: Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky

KaetrinB- Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / Edelweiss / forced proximity / Movies / queer / second chanceComments Off on REVIEW: Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky

Dear (never-been-quite-over-you) Crush,It’s been a few years since we were together, but I can’t stop thinking about the time we almost… Wren Roland has never been kissed, but he wants that movie-perfect ending more than anything. Feeling nostalgic on the eve of his birthday, he sends emails to all the ... more >

January 26, 2022

REVIEW: The Shoe Diaries by Darby Baham

JayneBook Reviews / C+ ReviewsContemporary / female friendship / First-Person / Harlequin / journalist / POC / POC author / second chance / Washington DC / Womens-FictionComments Off on REVIEW: The Shoe Diaries by Darby Baham

It’s never too late to put your best foot forward From the outside, Reagan “Rae” Doucet has it all: a coveted career in Washington, DC, a tight circle of friends and a shoe closet to die for. When one of her crew falls ill, however, Rae is done playing it ... more >

June 2, 2021

REVIEW: A Lady in Attendance by Rachel Fordham

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAmerican historical / convict / criminal charges / dentist / Historical / inspirational romance / law / second chance / turn of the 20th century5 Comments

Five years in a New York state reformatory have left a blemish on Hazel’s real name. So when she takes a job as Doctor Gilbert Watts’s lady in attendance in 1898, she does so under an alias. In the presence of her quiet and pious employer, Hazel finds more than ... more >

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