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August 18, 2025

REVIEW: Snowflakes Over Starr’s Fall by Kate Hewitt

JayneBook Reviews / DNF ReviewsContemporary / enemies to lovers / Small Town RomanceComments Off on REVIEW: Snowflakes Over Starr’s Fall by Kate Hewitt

As the stars twinkle and the snow drifts over the town… someone’s about to find the magic she didn’t even know she’d been missing… Jenna has lived in Starr’s Fall for most of her life, and has run the general store for over ten years. Secretly she might dream of ... more >

November 25, 2024

REVIEW: Gingerbread & Jingle Bells: A Sweet Holiday Romance by Caro Carson

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsBusiness woman / Christmas / friends-to-lovers / holiday novella / novella / Small Town Romance / veterinarianComments Off on REVIEW: Gingerbread & Jingle Bells: A Sweet Holiday Romance by Caro Carson

You never get a second chance at a first kiss… or do you? She’s a big-city executive with a cool head for business. He’s a small-town veterinarian with a passion for saving injured wildlife. As children, they’d been the best of friends, until the day Eve had so determinedly—and somewhat ... more >

April 26, 2024

REVIEW: Texas Reckless Cowboy (The Stars of Texas Book 2) by Rebecca Crowley

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbad-boy-romance / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / fake dating / family relationships / Jewish character / lawyer / opposites attract / Small Town Romance / Texas / The Stars of Texas / wrong side of the tracksComments Off on REVIEW: Texas Reckless Cowboy (The Stars of Texas Book 2) by Rebecca Crowley

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He’s the bad boy she needs to help her lay down the law… Assistant District Attorney Georgia Star is on the ballot in Last Stand, Texas to finally take the top job—but popularity has never been this overachiever’s forte. When her big-city outsider opponent begins wooing her constituents with lies, ... more >

January 20, 2023

REVIEW: A Fake Girlfriend for Chinese New Year by Jackie Lau

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsbiracial hero / Canada / Chinese New Year / Chinese-Canadian MCs / Contemporary / fake relationship / family relationships / friends-to-lovers / holiday novella / Holidays with the Wongs / novella / POC / POC author / sexy / Small Town RomanceComments Off on REVIEW: A Fake Girlfriend for Chinese New Year by Jackie Lau

After his family’s matchmaking extravaganza at Thanksgiving, high school teacher Zach Wong is terrified of what his parents might do for Chinese New Year. Surely they’ll try to set him up yet again, especially now that his older brothers are in relationships. Zach, however, has no interest in dating, not ... more >

May 18, 2022

REVIEW: Against a Wall by Cate C. Wells

JanineBook Reviews / C Reviews / C- Reviewsbullying / Contemporary / fake relationship / Photographer / self-reformation / Small Town Romance15 Comments

Dear Cate C. Wells, This contemporary romance came up after I did not finish the first book in this series, Hitting the Wall. Commenters on the review described this one as better and I was in the midst of a three-month free trial of KU, so I decided to give ... more >

October 22, 2021

REVIEW: All in Good Time by M.K. Chester

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1940s / divorce / North-Carolina / Post WWII / single father / Small Town Romance / teacher / teacher heroineComments Off on REVIEW: All in Good Time by M.K. Chester

She wants to fade away. He can’t possibly let her. Elizabeth arrives in small, Southern Bryeton to teach first grade in 1948, hiding a painful secret that haunts her. She doesn’t count on falling for Jake, a WWII veteran struggling to raise his young son after his wife abandons them ... more >

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