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December 19, 2022

REVIEW: The Winter Garden by Nicola Cornick

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviews1600s / Contemporary / Dual Timelines / England / grief / Historical / musician / religion / treasure / Womens-Fiction2 Comments

Sweeping across generations from the 1600s to the present day and inspired by the true story of the leader of the infamous Gunpowder Plot, Nicola Cornick’s latest historical mystery combines past and present story lines that fans of Philippa Gregory and Susanna Kearsley will devour. 1605: Anne Catesby fears for ... more >

October 3, 2015

REVIEW: Her Treasure Hunter Ex by Zara Keane

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / enemies to lovers / Ireland / shipwreck / treasure2 Comments

When underwater photographer Katy Ryan embarks on a secret mission to salvage priceless jewels from a First World War shipwreck, she’s pissed as hell to be be pitted against Dex Fitzgerald, her super sexy treasure hunter ex. She’d left him in the past. He’s about to blow up her future. ... more >

January 15, 2014

REVIEW: The Splendour Falls by Susanna Kearsley

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / France / mystery / SourceBooks / treasure9 Comments

Emily Braden couldn’t resist the invitation to join her charming but unreliable cousin, Harry, on a visit to the town of Chinon—where, according to legend, Queen Isabelle hid her treasured jewels during a siege in the 13th century. But when Harry vanishes and Emily begins to search for him, she ... more >

Not Wicked Enough by Carolyn Jewel
February 6, 2012

REVIEW: Not Wicked Enough by Carolyn Jewel

JanineB- ReviewsDuke / friends-to-lovers / heiress / Historical Romances / Regency England / treasure31 Comments

Dear Ms. Jewel, I loved your 2009 book, Scandal, and very much enjoyed Indiscreet, which came out later the same year. So when I learned that you were publishing a new historical called Not Wicked Enough I got excited, and asked Jane if she could send me the ARC. Having ... more >

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January 14, 2010

REVIEW: The Bride and the Buccaneer by Darlene Marshall

JayneB+ ReviewsDarlene-Marshall / Florida / pirate / treasure16 Comments

Dear Mrs. Marshall, I’ve been waiting a long time for your next book but hot damn if you haven’t come through like a champ. We’ve got pirates, um – I mean privateers, pirate treasure, hot sexing, early Florida, lots of insects and a great match up of hero and heroine. ... more >

February 25, 2009

REVIEW: Temptation and Surrender by Stephanie Laurens

JaneBook Reviews / C Reviews / C Reviews Categorycountry-living / country-set / Regency England / Stephanie-Laurens / treasure14 Comments

Dear Ms. Laurens: What can I say? I can’t quit you. (Note to self, this is becoming the most overused phrase in the english language, a close second behind “maverick” and “change” so please try to eradicate it from your vocabulary). Temptation and Seduction is like 50th in your Cynsters ... more >

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