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August 10, 2020

REVIEW: Take a Bow by Fiona Greene

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAustralia / Contemporary / forced proximity / second chance at love / secret / theaterComments Off on REVIEW: Take a Bow by Fiona Greene

He’s the Banksy of the international theatre scene – daring, anonymous, renowned. So when playwright ‘Draven’ bequeaths his latest play to the rural Rivervue Theatre, the stage is set for drama. Creative director Lexi Spencer stands centre stage in the fight to save the iconic Rivervue Community Theatre from redevelopment ... more >

June 3, 2020

REVIEW: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

JanineC- Reviews / D Reviewsanimals / bigotry / children / children's book / classic / Edwardian-era / England / gardening / India / racism / secret28 Comments

Dear Readers, As a child, I loved Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden. It’s considered a classic novel and is the story of children beginning to blossom as they bring a locked, abandoned garden to life. I was introduced to Burnett via a serialized reading of Little Lord Fauntleroy that ... more >

March 18, 2020

REVIEW: Dark Season by Joanna Lowell

JanineBook Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ Reviewsdisability / epilepsy / historical romance / loneliness / medium / secret / tortured hero / viscount2 Comments

Dear Joanna Lowell, Your Victorian-era historical romance, Dark Season, came to my attention via this article in Publishers Weekly. The article mentioned that you are a professor who writes literary fiction under the name Joanna Ruocco, and that you have received the prestigious Pushcart Prize. This, in addition to the ... more >

September 20, 2014

REVIEW: Looking for Trouble by Victoria Dahl

JaneB- ReviewsContemporary / secret / western9 Comments

Dear Ms. Dahl: It was twitter chatter that made me pick this book up and I was really glad I did. Sophie Heyer is the local librarian who lives a quiet life full of secret desires for the rough and ready type of men. In walks Alex Bishop whose motorcycle boots and tattoos ... more >

Not a Marrying Man by Miranda Lee
April 28, 2011

REVIEW: Not the Marrying Man by Miranda Lee & REVIEW: The Highest Stakes of All by Sara Craven

JaneC+ Reviews / D ReviewsHarlequin Presents / Miranda Lee / mistress / revenge-plot / Sara Craven / secret14 Comments

Dear Ms. Lee: I was intrigued by this book because seton mentioned how much she liked in over at the Amazon thread “How about HPs’ that you like“. Seton is correct that this is a bit fresher take on the mistress/bazillionaire trope. The one drawback is that I thought the ... more >

Primal Calling by Jillian Burns
March 4, 2011

REVIEW: Primal Calling by Jillian Burns

JaneB Reviews / Book ReviewsHarlequin-Blaze / loss / pilot / reporter / secret8 Comments

Dear Ms. Burns: This is my first encounter with your writing and it was a good one. In fact, this is a book I could have seen myself re-visiting if the heroine hadn’t annoyed me so much in the first half. Max, though, was one of the sweetest heroes I ... more >

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