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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 RomanceNo Comments

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 >

September 28, 2021

REVIEW: The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewscategory length / Christmas / divorcee / family relationships / found family / holiday romance / mystery / North-Carolina / Small Town RomanceComments Off on REVIEW: The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews

When newly-divorced Ivy Perkins buys an old farmhouse sight unseen, she is definitely looking for a change in her life. The Four Roses, as the farmhouse is called, is a labor of love–but Ivy didn’t bargain on just how much labor. The previous family left so much furniture and so ... more >

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August 5, 2021

Jayne’s mid summer Reading List

JayneBook Reviews / DNF Reviews / Reading Lists17th-century / Action/Adventure / Australia / chick-in-pants / Contemporary / cooking / enemies to lovers / England / family relationships / Georgia / HBCU / Historical / interracial-romance / Persia / plague / POC / POC author / Restoration England / Small Town Romance / texting10 Comments

Sadly, here are more books I wanted to enjoy which, for various reasons, did not work for me. The Master of Measham Hall by Anna Abney 1665. It is five years since King Charles II returned from exile, the scars of the English Civil Wars are yet to heal and ... more >

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June 24, 2021

REVIEW: Jayne’s “Not All Books Will Work for Me” Reading List

JayneBook Reviews / D Reviews / DNF Reviews1830s / 1970s / American historical / Contemporary / England / fatphobia / friends-to-lovers / Historical / Jewish characters / second chance at love / Small Town Romance / Western Romance7 Comments

History of Us by Stacey Agdern Do they have a future together, or is their relationship ancient history? Anna Cohen, perpetual assistant at the Manhattan Museum of Jewish History, lands a golden chance to curate her own exhibit when her boss sends her to Rockliffe Manor, New York. She’s to ... more >

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