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March 10, 2026

REVIEW: Nobody’s Baby (Dorothy Gentleman Book 2) by Olivia Waite

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsdetective / LGBTQIA characters / novella / parenting / Sci-fi / Secret-Baby / shipboard2 Comments

Becky Chambers meets Miss Marple in the second entry of this cozy sci-fi mystery series, helmed by a formidable no-nonsense auntie of a detective. Welcome to the HMS Fairweather, Her Majesty’s most luxurious interstellar passenger liner! Room and board are included, new bodies are graciously provided upon request, and should ... more >

March 18, 2025

REVIEW: Murder by Memory (Dorothy Gentleman Book 1) by Olivia Waite

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsdetective / LGBTQIA characters / murder mystery / novella / Sci-fi / shipboard3 Comments

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Becky Chambers meets Miss Marple in this sci-fi ode to the cozy mystery, helmed by a formidable no-nonsense auntie of a detective A mind is a terrible thing to erase… Welcome to the HMS Fairweather, Her Majesty’s most luxurious interstellar passenger liner! Room and board are included, new bodies are ... more >

August 22, 2024

REVIEW: Follow the Stars Home by Diane C. McPhail

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviews19th century / American history / First-Person / Historical fiction / History / journey / novelization / road trip / shipboard2 Comments

A captivating reimagining of the intrepid woman who – 8 months pregnant and with a toddler in tow – braved violent earthquakes and treacherous waters on the first steamboat voyage to conquer the Mississippi River and redefine America. It’s a journey that most deem an insane impossibility. Yet on October ... more >

November 22, 2023

REVIEW: A True Account by Katherine Howe

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / 1930s / Boston / chick-in-pants / dual-timeline / First-Person / Historical / lesbian / maidservant / pirates / professor / shipboard / Violence / Womens-Fiction2 Comments

In Boston, as the Golden Age of Piracy comes to a bloody close, Hannah Masury – bound out to service at a waterfront inn since childhood – is ready to take her life into her own hands. When a man is hanged for piracy in the town square and whispers ... more >

July 20, 2023

REVIEW: The Winter Sea – Dark Water Daughter by H. M. Long

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAge of Sail / Alternate POV / Fantasy / First-Person / Historical Fantasy / mothers and daughters / pirates / revenge / shipboard / swashbucklerComments Off on REVIEW: The Winter Sea – Dark Water Daughter by H. M. Long

A stormsinger and pirate hunter join forces against a deathless pirate lord in this swashbuckling Jacobean adventure on the high-seas. Launching the Winter Sea series, full of magic, betrayal, redemption and fearsome women, for readers of Adrienne Young, R. J. Barker and Naomi Novik. Mary Firth is a Stormsinger: a ... more >

January 25, 2023

REVIEW: Daughter of the Sunset Isles by Dinah Dean

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews11th century / Anglo-Saxon / arranged-marriage / Denmark / dysfunctional family / England / Historical / Historical fiction / medieval / Norman Conquest / Russia / shipboard / strong heroine / travel / Womens-FictionComments Off on REVIEW: Daughter of the Sunset Isles by Dinah Dean

An epic journey of enlightenment, love, and discovering divine purpose, from Medieval England through to Denmark and Russia. England, 1066 Gytha is the devout but determined daughter of the rightful king of England, until her world is turned upside down by the death of her father, King Harold. Fleeing from ... more >

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