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June 8, 2026

REVIEW: Not His Girlfriend (Yet) by M.T. Liu

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAlternate POV / Canada / cats / Contemporary / forced proximity / he falls first / health care / Montreal / POC / slow burn13 Comments

She called his mother at 1 AM and said sa copine. She told the nurse at 5:47 and said girlfriend. He doesn’t know about either one. Four and a half dates. Two kisses — one accidental, one deliberate. Nora Chen spends two hours before every date becoming the version of ... more >

September 17, 2024

REVIEW: The Start of the Story by Jane Lovering

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / England / folklore / forced proximity / grief / Irish / rivals to lovers / slow burn / Widowed Heroine / YorkshireComments Off on REVIEW: The Start of the Story by Jane Lovering

Rowan Thorpe can be forgiven for living with one foot in the past. Since having to say goodbye far too young to the future she had planned, moving on still feels a daunting task. So, when historian Connor O’Keefe strides purposefully into her office and life, looking far too handsome ... more >

April 30, 2024

REVIEW: Happy Medium by Sarah Adler

JayneBook Reviews / C- Reviews / D Reviewscon-artist / Contemporary / enemies to lovers / forced proximity / Ghost / grumpy / sunshine / Maryland / opposites attract / Paranormal / Rural Romance / slow burn4 Comments

A clever con woman must convince a skeptical, sexy farmer of his property’s resident real-life ghost if she’s to save them all from a fate worse than death, in this delightful new novel from the author of Mrs. Nash’s Ashes. Fake spirit medium Gretchen Acorn is happy to help when ... more >

March 27, 2024

REVIEW: Matzah Ball Blues (Holidays, Heart and Chutzpah Book 2) by Jennifer Wilck

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews / C ReviewsContemporary / family relationships / Harlequin / Jewish characters / Jewish-faith / Passover / second chance at love / slow burn2 Comments

Why is this night different from all other nights? For starters, Jared Leiman is home for the holidays. Because though he and Caroline Weiss were high school sweethearts, their postcollege lives took them in different directions. Jared became a big-time entertainment lawyer in LA, while Caroline became a fitness instructor ... more >

October 26, 2021

REVIEW: Archangel’s Light by Nalini Singh

JanineA Reviews / A- Reviews / Recommended Readsangels / bisexual hero / childhood friends / China / disappearance / dual-timeline / estrangement / friends-to-lovers / friendship / Guild Hunter series / LGBTQIAP+ / m/m / mystery / Paranormal / POC / POC author / Recommended Reads / slow burn / traumatic-past84 Comments

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Dear Nalini Singh, Illium—playful, loyal, kind, and powerful—has been a charismatic presence in the Guild Hunter series since the first book, Angels’ Blood. Aodhan hasn’t been quite as prominent a character but his light-refracting beauty, artistry, and remoteness give him an almost haunting quality. Their fast friendship was always intriguing ... more >

September 8, 2021

REVIEW: A Bright Young Thing by Brianne Moore

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1930s / aristocrats / Business woman / England / First-Person / high society / Historical / self discovery / slow burn / Womens-Fiction7 Comments

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In early 1930s England, a young firebrand finds herself on a fraught and dangerous road to independence. In 1931 England, Astra Davies defies all the conventions. Clever, witty, and determined, Astra smokes, drinks, plays a mean piano, and gallivants around London with her beloved Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. But Astra ... more >

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