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October 15, 2020

REVIEW: Odd Bird by Lee Farnsworth

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsbirds / Contemporary / England / First-Person / Scientist / socially awkward6 Comments

Simon Selwood is an academic expert on the monogamous sexual behaviour of birds – but hopeless at finding human love. Then he meets Kim, and at last something is more important to him than ornithology. Kim doesn’t give a hoot about birds. And at first she isn’t very interested in ... more >

August 16, 2019

REVIEW: King & Queen of the Bouncy Castle (King & Queen series Book 1) by Diane Michaels

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAlternate POV / Contemporary / First-Person / friends become lovers / King and Queen series / novella / second chance / shy hero / socially awkward3 Comments

To jump inside a bouncy castle is to risk falling… …in love. Living in a tiny house built for one, Caitlin only has room in her life for Mr. Right Now. Even though the bad boys she dates keep letting her down, they’re a whole lot more fun than… Dan ... more >

June 7, 2016

REVIEW: Daring In a Blue Dress by Katie MacAlister

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsconfident heroine / Contemporary / England / First-Person / mystery / shy hero / socially awkward7 Comments

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Stranded in England without money or a ticket home, Mercy Starling takes a job working for a medieval reenactment company. After all, who wouldn’t want to pretend to live in the past, wield swords and long bows, and dress up in armor? And the best part of her summer job ... more >

Because of the List Amy knupp
November 29, 2011

REVIEW: Because of the List by Amy Knupp

JaneC- Reviewsfriends-to-lovers / Harlequin / Harlequin SuperRomance / socially awkward / tortured hero5 Comments

Dear Ms. Knupp: In looking in my past reviews, I don’t see that I’ve read you before but I believe I have and just not reviewed the book(s) that I’ve read.  Because of the List starts out with a old but favorite premise.  Hero is best friends with heroine’s older brother. ... more >

An Unlikely Countess by Jo Beverley
March 8, 2011

REVIEW: An Unlikely Countess by Jo Beverley

JayneB+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsEngland / Historical Romances / Jo-Beverley / socially awkward / Yorkshire19 Comments

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Dear Mrs. Beverley, When I hear the name “Malloren,” I go to point like a champion gun dog. I’m there, poised and ready to read. But, after my disappointment that your last book didn’t work better for me, I opened this one mentally chanting, “please, please, please.” My prayers paid ... more >

April 28, 2009

REVIEW: The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley

JanetB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book ReviewsHistorical Romances / illness / Jennifer-Ashley / socially awkward46 Comments

Dear Ms. Ashley: As a satisfied reader of your Regency pirate series, I was definitely on board to try your new late Victorian book about a hero who suffers from Asperger’s.   The barbaric aspects of a growing medical tradition and the increasing urbanization and complexity of British society are a ... more >

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