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December 12, 2022

REVIEW: The Devil You Know by Elizabeth O’Roark

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscommitment issues / Contemporary / institutional sexism / lawyers / sexual harassment / workplace-romance7 Comments

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Dear Elizabeth O’Roark, Last week I reviewed the first two books in your series of contemporary romances, The Devils, in one of my “What Janine is Reading” posts. Book three is my favorite, however, so I wanted to write a full-length review for it. Here is that review. Gemma and ... more >

April 21, 2021

REVIEW: About That Night (Matzah Ball Surprise Book 2) by Laura Brown

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews#ownvoices / deaf / deafness / diversity / father and son / Jewish characters / LGBTQIA characters / single mother / unplanned-pregnancy / workplace-romance7 Comments

Izzy Fineberg can take on any challenge—and she’s had some big ones lately. After one fateful night with the hottest Deaf man she’d ever met, Izzy found she was pregnant with his child. And she never caught his name. She’s been doing the single mom thing for nine months now, ... more >

December 25, 2020

REVIEW: The Kwanzaa Brunch: A Holiday Novella (The Holiday Shorts) by DL White

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAfrican American / Atlanta / Contemporary / holiday novella / Kwanzaa / novella / POC / POC author / The Holiday Shorts series / workplace-romanceComments Off on REVIEW: The Kwanzaa Brunch: A Holiday Novella (The Holiday Shorts) by DL White

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A fated brunch and an unlikely Cupid… Sienna Charles is tired of the same old, same old. Same old job, same old city, same old friends. Same old men. Just when she’s relegated herself to living Groundhog’s Day, romance edition, Booker Lasalle swaggers into her life, courtesy an open position ... more >

June 8, 2020

REVIEW: Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviews#metoo / boss/secretary / Chinese American heroine / Contemporary / f/f / friends-to-lovers / interracial relationship / Jewish heroine / Los Angeles / May-December / television show / workplace-romanceComments Off on REVIEW: Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner

Trigger warning: Dear Meryl Wilsner, The setting of you debut novel, a contemporary romance titled Something to Talk About, was one of the first things that brought the book to my attention. Entertainment industry settings interest me, but I’m a little leery of reading about show business in romances because ... more >

March 24, 2020

REVIEW: The Honey-Don’t List by Christina Lauren

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewsboss/secretary / Contemporary / Disabled Heroine / Marriage-in-Trouble / road-romance / secrets / workplace-romance4 Comments

… a delightfully charming love story about what happens when two assistants tasked with keeping a rocky relationship from explosion start to feel sparks of their own. Carey Duncan has worked for home remodeling and design gurus Melissa and Rusty Tripp for nearly a decade. A country girl at heart, ... more >

March 3, 2020

REVIEW: The Firefighter’s Vow by Amie Denman

JayneBook Reviews / C+ ReviewsContemporary / family relationships / Firefighters / Harlequin Heartwarming / self discovery / workplace-romanceComments Off on REVIEW: The Firefighter’s Vow by Amie Denman

To love and protect… sometimes means letting go. After her brother dies bravely battling a forest fire Laura Wheeler is left devastated. Becoming a Cape Pursuit volunteer firefighter seems like the perfect opportunity to take back control of her life. If only fire chief Tony Ruggles wasn’t so reluctant to ... more >

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