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January 19, 2021

REVIEW: Remember Me at Willoughby Close (Return to Willoughby Close Book 4) by Kate Hewitt

JayneBook Reviews / C ReviewsContemporary / England / family relationships / grief / Older-Woman-/-Younger-Man / single mother / teacher / Widowed Heroine / Willoughby Close2 Comments

Laura Neale is grieving. A year after her beloved husband’s death, she’s still left with far too many questions and is struggling with feelings of guilt, anger and grief. Hoping to rebuild her and her children’s lives, she moves to Wychwood-on-Lea with her two troubled kids—an eleven-year-old son with too ... more >

December 21, 2020

REVIEW: Jingle Tales: Three Short Stories for the Holidays by Linda Mooney

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsChristmas / Contemporary / Holiday / Paranormal lite / Post apocalytpic / short stories / single mother / volunteer2 Comments

PENNIES – With donations running low for the shelter, Monica tries to find another means to raise enough money to at least buy the children Christmas gifts, when an old man named George helps her discover the value of a penny. ELF NUTS – The story was meant to help ... more >

November 27, 2020

REVIEW: Archangel’s Sun by Nalini Singh

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsAfrica / archangel / Artist / black hero / disease / Guild Hunter series / older woman/younger man / PNR / POC / POC author / single mother / traumatic-past / zombies22 Comments

Dear Nalini Singh, In Archangel’s War, the last book in your Guild Hunter series, Illium’s father, the archangel Aegaeon, awoke from Sleeping. His return caused a seismic shift in Illium’s mother, Sharine, otherwise known as the Hummingbird. After centuries spent in emotional pain and in and out of a fog, ... more >

June 16, 2020

REVIEW: I Was Told It Would Get Easier by Abbi Waxman

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviewscollege / Contemporary / family relationships / Fiction / lawyer / mothers and daughters / single mother / teens / Womens-FictionNo Comments

Jessica and Emily Burnstein have very different ideas of how this college tour should go. For Emily, it’s a preview of freedom, exploring the possibility of her new and more exciting future. Not that she’s sure she even wants to go to college, but let’s ignore that for now. And ... more >

January 30, 2020

JOINT REVIEW: Once a Fallen Lady by Eve Pendle

JanineBook Reviews / C Reviews / C- Reviews1870s / country-set / England / historical romance / illegitimate-child / joint review / ruin / single mother / teacher2 Comments

Because it sounded interesting to both of us, Jayne and I decided to review Eve Pendle’s new long novella / short novel, Once a Fallen Lady, together. — Janine Trigger warning: Content warning: Janine: Although I had some caveats about it, I enjoyed Eve Pendle’s novel, Falling for a Rake. ... more >

August 28, 2019

REVIEW: Her Cowboy Boss by Jeannie Watt

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / cowboy / divorcee / friends-to-lovers / Montana / ranch / single motherNo Comments

Can he work his way into her heart? Former golden girl McKenna Benjamin is now a single mom with a toddler struggling to eek out a living on her small Montana ranch, which was recently damaged by wildfire. She may be down, but no way is she out. And she’s ... more >

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