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June 2, 2016

REVIEW: The Late Blossoming of Frankie Green by Laura Kemp

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / female friendship / self discovery / Wales10 Comments

Frankie Green’s happy ever after is put on hold when her childhood sweetheart husband complains things are boring in bed. When he asks for some space, she sets out to win him back by getting herself a sex education. Little does she know that her hilarious, tender and embarrassing journey ... more >

February 5, 2016

REVIEW: The Quiet Earth by Elizabeth Harris

JayneC ReviewsContemporary / dual-timeline / England / France / historical mystery / Knights / medieval / Wales2 Comments

Warning – One character has suffered a miscarriage and works through stages of her grief while another loses a child soon after childbirth. Winter 1994, and in the Wye Valley a story hidden for almost eight centuries has just been unearthed. For Nina, an ecologist working alongside local archaeologists, the ... more >

October 7, 2015

REVIEW: Named of the Dragon by Susanna Kearsley

JayneB- Reviewsauthor / child in jeopardy / enemies to lovers / myth / Paranormal / publishing industry / reissue / Wales11 Comments

Although it goes against her workaholic nature, literary agent Lyn Ravenshaw lets herself be whisked off to Wales for the Christmas holidays by her star client, flamboyant children’s author Bridget Cooper. She suspects Bridget has ulterior motives, but the lure of South Wales with its castles and myths is irresistible. ... more >

October 9, 2014

REVIEW: Code Runner by Rosie Claverton

SunitaB+ Reviews / Recommended Readsex-con / hacker / mystery / Wales18 Comments

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  Dear Rosie Claverton: I read your debut Amy Lane mystery, and as soon as I was done I went to Netgalley and requested the next installment for review. Life intervened for a couple of weeks, but when I had a spare hour I started reading Code Runner. As I anticipated ... more >

Thunder and Roses by Mary Jo Putney
April 20, 2012

REVIEW: Thunder and Roses by Mary Jo Putney

JanineD ReviewsEarl / Regency England / wager / Wales49 Comments

Dear Ms. Putney, I was a big fan of your books in the 1990s. They came along at a time when I had not read anything like them. If the characters made mistakes or committed wrongs, your books actually examined the of the characters’ motives for doing so in some ... more >

February 16, 2011

REVIEW: When Beauty Tamed the Beast by Eloisa James

JennieA- Reviewsdoctor hero / Eloisa-James / Wales21 Comments

Dear Ms. James, I was under the impression that I had previously only read one book by you. A trip down memory lane, via my book log, proved me wrong. (BTW, my log is celebrating its 10th anniversary! Thanks for the memories, Microsoft Excel! I can barely remember what I ... more >

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