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February 8, 2023

REVIEW: Wedded Bliss by Barbara Metzger

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviewsfather and son / found family / Historical / marriage-of-convenience / mother and son / Regency / Widowed Heroine / widower2 Comments

Robert Rothmore, Earl of Rockford, thinks Alissa Henning is simply delightful-exactly the kind of woman who’d make the perfect mother for his sons. But Alissa swore she’d spend the rest of her life scraping pennies together rather than wed the insufferable earl and become a glorified governess. Still, she couldn’t ... more >

August 14, 2020

REVIEW: Just a Heartbeat Away by Cara Bastone

JanineBook Reviews / C ReviewsBrooklyn / carpenter / Contemporary / May-December / Older Man/Younger Woman / orphan / school / school counselor / widower5 Comments

Dear Cara Bastone, I heard about your debut contemporary romance, Just a Heartbeat Away, when it was recommended somewhere on social media. The main conflict (May-December) and the background of the hero (he’s a widower) sounded good so I checked it out of the library. Sebastian Dorner, an architect and ... more >

January 3, 2020

REVIEW: Waiting for a Miracle by Jennifer Wilck

JayneBook Reviews / C ReviewsHanukkah / holiday novella / Jewish characters / Jewish-faith / New York City / novella / teacher heroine / widowerComments Off on REVIEW: Waiting for a Miracle by Jennifer Wilck

Benjamin Cohen, widowed father of six-year-old Jessie, is doing his best to hold it together through order and routine. The last thing he needs is his matchmaker mother to set him up with her next door neighbor, no matter how attractive she is. Rachel Schaecter’s dream of becoming a foster ... more >

March 19, 2018

REVIEW: His Convenient Marchioness by Elizabeth Rolls

JanineB Reviews / Book Reviewschildren / historical romance / Marquess / marriage-of-convenience / Older Man/Younger Woman / Scandal / trad regency / widow / widower14 Comments

Dear Ms. Rolls, Not long ago, I saw that Kelly (Instalove) had read and recommended your new Harlequin Historical, His Convenient Marchioness. I wasn’t familiar with your writing but Kelly mentioned that she enjoyed the book and that it had a fifty-year-old hero, and between those two factors, I decided ... more >

December 21, 2017

REVIEW: Lady Charlotte’s Christmas Vigil by Caroline Warfield

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / Christmas / Commoner Aristocracy pairing / doctor hero / holiday novella / Italy / novella / Regency / Venice / widower3 Comments

Venice 1818 Lady Charlotte clings to one dream—to see the splendor of Rome before settling for life as the spinster sister of an earl. But now her feckless brother forces her to wait again, stranded in Venice when he falls ill, halfway to the place of her dreams. She finds ... more >

November 28, 2017

REVIEW: Slap Shot by Kelly Jamieson

JennieB- ReviewsChicago Aces / Contemporary romance / Friends with benefits / hockey / Series / widower2 Comments

Dear Kelly Jamieson: As a fan of several other college-set hockey NA series I’m not sure why I’ve never tried yours. Though Slap Shot isn’t college-set, I believe the Aces series is related to the Bayard College series, at least tangentially. Max Hall and Kendra Armstrong meet at a wedding; ... more >

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