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July 5, 2019

REVIEW: The Swynden Necklace by Mira Stables

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads18th-century / Bath / class differences / Commoner Aristocracy pairing / England / Georgian / Historical / sweet romance13 Comments

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She only knew that she was his to command; that her body thrilled to his lightest touch, her heart leapt at his smile; and that he was not for her. Honor Fenton was lovely, but penniless. There seemed to be little in her future but spinster-hood. Then one day she ... more >

May 28, 2019

REVIEW: A Vicarage Homecoming by Kate Hewitt

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / England / faith / family relationships / friends-to-lovers / Holley Sisters of Thornthwaite / sweet romance / unplanned-pregnancy / veterinarian3 Comments

Can she find happiness and love in the place she once only wanted to leave? As the youngest Holley sister, Miriam has always been a bit of a rebel. After spending several years backpacking through Europe and Australia, she’s now back home… unemployed and pregnant, with no boyfriend or husband ... more >

November 5, 2018

REVIEW: Clarissa and the Poor Relations by Alicia Cameron

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsdysfunctional family / England / female friendship / Historical / Regency / sweet romanceComments Off on REVIEW: Clarissa and the Poor Relations by Alicia Cameron

In Regency England Mrs Thorne’s School for Young Ladies is about to close due to the death of young Clarissa’s mother a year ago.This leaves eighteen-year-old Clarissa Thorne and her three school mistress friends no option but to return to the bosom of their families as despised ‘poor relations’ – ... more >

April 26, 2018

REVIEW: Waiting for Lily Bloom by Jericha Kingston

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1930s / American historical / Farmer / Historical / inspirational romance / novella / sweet romance3 Comments

James Bloom has prayed three years for rain and five years for a wife. His dreams are demolished on Palm Sunday, 1935, when a catastrophic dust storm hits Oklahoma, and his neighbor’s niece has to ride out the storm at his house–-overnight. The next day, he’s forced to marry her, ... more >

July 24, 2017

REVIEW: Marry Me at Willoughby Close by Kate Hewitt

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsclass differences / Contemporary / death / dysfunctional family / England / family relationships / Older Man/Younger Woman / sweet romance / Willoughby CloseComments Off on REVIEW: Marry Me at Willoughby Close by Kate Hewitt

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Welcome to Willoughby Close… a charming cluster of cozy cottages, each with a story to tell and a happy ending to deliver… Alice James has been a drifter her whole life, working her way through several foster homes before ending up in Wychwood-on-Lea, feeling anchorless and invisible. When a chance ... more >

January 25, 2017

REVIEW: The Chocolate Cure by Roxanne Snopek

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsChocolate / Contemporary / Love at the Chocolate Shop / Montana / sweet romance2 Comments

No more chocolate! No more meddling! No more men! New Year’s resolutions are great. Announcing them in a crowded bar, with a chocolate martini in her hand? Not Maddie Cash’s finest moment. It’s time this new realtor got serious about her life and this time, she means it. But when ... more >

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