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Illustrated cover with blue background, in the foreground 2 men sit crouched down before a body of water. One man is white and blonde and the other man is dark with brown skin. Illustrations of plants and animals (including a fox and a hare) are up either side of the cover with the title in the middle.
March 9, 2023

REVIEW: The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by KJ Charles

KaetrinA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsHistorical / interracial relationship / Kent / NetGalley / queer / smuggling4 Comments

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Content warning: child abuse, neglect Dear KJ Charles, What a delight this book was! So cleverly and tightly plotted and so very romantic. There were only a couple of things I had questions about – but given that this is billed as “the Doomsdays book 1”, I’m hoping we’ll see ... more >

November 15, 2017

REVIEW x 2: Artemis by Andy Weir

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewscrime thriller / First-Person / murder / mystery / POC / science / Science Fiction / smuggling / space travel4 Comments

Dear Mr. Weir, Almost three years ago, I read and reviewed The Martian. While I didn’t love the book, I appreciated much about it. When I heard that you had a new book, a murder mystery set on the moon and titled Artemis, I requested an ARC so that I ... more >

March 6, 2016

REVIEW: Augusta’s Charm by Valerie Holmes

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsAction/Adventure / Australia / England / Historical / smugglingComments Off on REVIEW: Augusta’s Charm by Valerie Holmes

Augusta Harrow does not like her stepfather, Cornelius James Harrow, and the feeling is entirely mutual. Now with her beloved mother gone, he is all she has in the world. But that is about to change. Ordered to be his hostess one evening, Augusta thinks she is in for a ... more >

July 26, 2015

REVIEW: Airs Above the Ground by Mary Stewart

JayneB ReviewsAustria / First-Person / horses / mystery/suspense / romantic-suspense / smuggling / veterinarian20 Comments

While having tea with her mother’s school friend Carmel Lacy, Vanessa March learns that her husband Lewis, whom she believes to be in Stockholm on business and with whom she had a row before he left, appears in a newsreel story in Austria. Carmel, assuming Vanessa will be joining Lewis ... more >

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