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December 6, 2022

REVIEW: Widow 1881 by Sara Dahmen

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1880s / American historical / doctor hero / First-Person / fish-out-of-water / Historical / Historical fiction / South Dakota / virgin hero / western / Widowed HeroineNo Comments

Proper Boston widow Jane Weber moves to the Dakota Territories under layers of lies to save her reputation. Stirring up controversy, Jane rooms with the last Blackfoot Sioux in town while navigating a mercurial friendship with the fiercely independent town grocer. In Flats Junction, though, everyone has an untold story. ... more >

illustrated cover of a pretty white red-haired woman in a sexy black cocktail dress in the style of bewitched with sparkles going across the cover to indicate magic, a hot bearded white man in a plaid shirt and jeans stands behind her off to one side his back to her
September 10, 2021

REVIEW: Witch Please by Ann Aguirre

KaetrinB- Reviews / Book Reviewsbisexual / cinnamon roll / Edelweiss / PNR / SFF / virgin hero / Witches4 Comments

Dear Ann Aguirre, When I saw the cover of Witch Please I had to request it – it put me in mind of “Bewitched” which I remember from my childhood when it was constantly on repeat in the evenings on TV. In some respects, there are some similarities in fact ... more >

January 17, 2020

REVIEW: The Peculiar Folly of Long Legged Meg by Jayne Fresina

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsclass differences / England / family relationships / gardening / hidden identity / Historical / servant romance / social climbing / virgin hero / working classComments Off on REVIEW: The Peculiar Folly of Long Legged Meg by Jayne Fresina

Persephone “Persey” Foyle, the Dowager Marchioness of Holbrooke, leads a happy, busy existence, tending her garden, overseeing her charitable missions, feuding with her stepson’s wife, and vetting potential suitors for her stepdaughter. As far as this lively widow is concerned, her life lacks nothing. But when a young, famously-talented designer ... more >

July 17, 2019

REVIEW: Snowdrops and Scandalbroth by Barbara Metzger

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsEngland / Historical / Regency / virgin hero4 Comments

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This is Metzger’s usual fun and mayhem with a bewildered hero, who often sticks his foot in his mouth, trying to keep up with all the madness into which the heroine plunges him. Courtney Choate, Viscount Chase is a pure man. If a woman should save herself for marriage, then ... more >

September 13, 2017

REVIEW: A Taste of Honey by Rose Lerner

JanineB Reviewsbaker / erotic / historical romance / Lively St. Lemeston series / novella / Regency England / Small-Town / virgin hero9 Comments

Dear Ms. Lerner, Back in March of 2014, I read and reviewed Sweet Disorder, the first book in the Lively St. Lemeston series of historical romances. The novel featured an unusual conflict. Phoebe Sparks, its heroine, was offered a hefty bribe to marry Robert Moon, the owner of a bakery ... more >

March 21, 2017

REVIEW: All I Am by Nicole Helm

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / dogs / opposites attract / veteran / virgin hero / war veterans5 Comments

Recovering from his time in Afghanistan, Wes Stone prefers the company of his dogs and himself. People, especially of the female variety, are…difficult. He appreciates that Cara Pruitt doesn’t treat him like an invalid, but hiring the party girl of New Benton to help out with his dog treat business ... more >

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