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August 18, 2026

REVIEW: My Sister Is Going to Kill Me – A Whitewater Whodunnit of Murder, Secrets, and Danger on the Grand Canyon by Nina Simon

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsArizona / brothers and sisters / business / Contemporary / locked room mystery / murder mystery / opposites / secrets / self discovery / sisters5 Comments

What’s a family vacation without a little murder? Liv and Mandy Chisholm’s yearly sister trip is a sacred tradition, an attempt to bond as their lives increasingly diverge. Liv, the ever-practical older sister, packs the color-coded itineraries. Mandy, a bedazzled human tumbleweed, brings the spontaneity. This year, the sisters take ... more >

August 11, 2026

REVIEW: You’ll Love It Here: A Novel – Sharply Funny Contemporary Fiction of Found Family, Nosy Neighbors, and Starting Over by Natalie Sue

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsadult fiction / Canada / Contemporary / First-Person / found family / neighbors / self discovery6 Comments

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From the bestselling author of I Hope This Finds You Well comes a sharply funny, surprisingly tender novel about a woman stuck in place, her nosy neighbors, and the journey to find where she belongs—with all the heart of a grown-up The Breakfast Club. Mona thought her living situation was ... more >

August 7, 2026

REVIEW: A Heartbeat at My Feet by Kristin Judd

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsdog / First-Person / Ghost / Italy / marriage on the rocks / older protagonists / second chance at love / second chances / self discovery12 Comments

Fate has a sense of humor in this witty, heartfelt tale of love and second chances told in two perspectives—a woman in midlife desperate for something new, and a lost dog seeking his purpose. After years of dreams deferred, Josie Ballard’s life is about to change. She and her husband ... more >

July 31, 2026

REVIEW: Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsathlete hero / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / emotional abuse / friendship / gaslighting / Maine / self discovery / Small-Town / Widowed Heroine9 Comments

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A heartfelt debut about the unlikely relationship between a young woman who’s lost her husband and a major league pitcher who’s lost his game. In a sleepy seaside town in Maine, recently widowed Eveleth “Evvie” Drake rarely leaves her large, painfully empty house nearly a year after her husband’s death ... more >

July 30, 2026

REVIEW: The Laudanum Ladies’ Society by Elisabeth J Hobbes

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsdysfunctional family / Historical / LGBTQIA characters / London / self discovery / Victorian England / women's rights / Womens-FictionNo Comments

In a London that insists women remain quiet, dutiful, and dull, two unlikely conspirators discover a secret that awakens everything society tells them to suppress… Jenny Rosewood – single, clever and nearly thirty, heaven forbid – has long disguised herself as a man to attend nighttime lectures and chase knowledge ... more >

July 28, 2026

REVIEW: Wild Goose Chase by Sarah Adler

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAlternate POV / Baltimore / Contemporary / Contemporary romance / First-Person / opposites attract / self discovery8 Comments

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An antique dealer and his inconvenient(ly irresistible) new colleague must contend with an illicit stuffed goose and their sizzling attraction, from USA Today bestselling author Sarah Adler. Antique store owner Callahan Leitner has an illegal taxidermy goose in his living room. Why? It’s…complicated. But it may end his career unless ... more >

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