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August 1, 2025

REVIEW: Ellen Found by Carla Kelly

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewscats / found family / Historical / novella / turn of the 20th century / widower / working class / Wyoming2 Comments

Set in location of Old Faithful Inn, 1903-4. Working in a discouraging café, Ellen escapes an awful situation in rough and tumble Butte, Montana, and goes to work as second in command to a wary cook in the shell that will become Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone Park. She meets ... more >

June 20, 2025

REVIEW: Last Dance Before Dawn: A Mystery (The Nightingale Mysteries Book 4) by Katharine Schellman

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1920s / American historical / Historical / interracial marriage / Jazz Age / LGBTQIA characters / mystery / New York City / POC / working class3 Comments

Last Dance before Dawn is the final book in the luscious, mysterious, and queer Nightingale mystery series by Katharine Schellman, set in 1920s New York. Vivian Kelly has finally created a home and a family at the glamorous speakeasy known as The Nightingale, where no one cares who you are ... more >

January 13, 2025

REVIEW: Harvest Season (The Old Bridge Inn Series) by Annick Trent

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsf/f romance / Historical / LGBTQIA characters / The Old Bridge Inn Series / Womens-Fiction / working class4 Comments

Recommended Read

A standalone F/F historical romance Lowri has spent the past month bringing in the harvest and daydreaming about her one-night stand with Eliza, barmaid at the Blue Boar. When the two women meet again, the spark between them is as strong as ever, but they cannot immediately act upon it: ... more >

June 5, 2024

REVIEW: The Last Note of Warning: A Mystery by Katharine Schellman

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1920s / American historical / corruption / Historical / Jazz Age / LGBTQIA characters / LGBTQIAP+ / murder mystery / New York City / working classComments Off on REVIEW: The Last Note of Warning: A Mystery by Katharine Schellman

The Last Note of Warning is the third in the luscious, mysterious, and queer Nightingale mystery series by Katharine Schellman, set in 1920s New York. Prohibition is a dangerous time to be a working-class woman in New York City, but Vivian Kelly has finally found some measure of stability and ... more >

July 15, 2023

REVIEW: Véronique’s Moon by Patti Flinn

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / bullying / class differences / First-Person / France / Historical / Historical fiction / novella / POC / POC author / racism / self discovery / Servants / slavery / working class2 Comments

How does the journey end? Véronique Clair’s story continues as the Frenchwoman from Burgundy joins two other apprentices on a journey across France to the home of Madame Jeanne du Barry, former mistress to deceased King Louis XV. Motivated by her dream of sewing for the wealthiest women in France, ... more >

June 19, 2023

REVIEW: Véronique’s Journey by Patti Flinn

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / family relationships / First-Person / France / Historical / Historical fiction / novella / POC / POC author / Servants / working classComments Off on REVIEW: Véronique’s Journey by Patti Flinn

In 18th century France, the choices for a young black woman of modest means are slim. Véronique Clair loves her parents and their small home in the countryside of Burgundy but dreams of using her talent for sewing and embroidery to make her own way, without having to rely on ... more >

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