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February 16, 2022

REVIEW: A Cottage Full of Secrets by Jane Lovering

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1970s / Artist / Contemporary / domestic abuse / dual-timeline / England / First-Person / fox / Yorkshire8 Comments

Cottage Two, Bracken Ridge Farm sits at the end of a pitted track, with the glorious Yorkshire moors stretching behind it. Just a simple two up, two down, the cottage holds the promise of a new start for two very different women, but it is also full of secrets. Fifty ... more >

December 20, 2021

REVIEW: Daughter of the Sea by Elisabeth J Hobbes

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsEngland / Fantasy / Historical / Late Victorian / selkies / shapeshifters / single father / single mother / Widowed Heroine / working class / Yorkshire9 Comments

On a windswept British coastline the tide bestows an unexpected gift… It was the cry that she first noticed, the plaintive wail that called to her over the crash of winter waves. Wrapped only in a sealskin, the baby girl looks up at Effie and instantly captures her heart. Effie ... more >

August 20, 2021

REVIEW: A Midwinter Match by Jane Lovering

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsanxiety / Christmas / counselor / depression / First-Person / mental health / mergers / rivals to lovers / Yorkshire9 Comments

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Ruby Oldbridge needs to learn to take her own advice. A talented counsellor at work in York, she is however floundering in her own life. Her romantic track record is woeful, her finances are in a pickle, and she’s back in a house-share after splitting up with her useless ex. ... more >

March 16, 2021

REVIEW: Home on Folly Farm by Jane Lovering

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / dysfunctional family / England / family relationships / farming / First-Person / second chance romance / sisters / Yorkshire8 Comments

Needing an escape, Dora swapped city living for life as a shepherdess on her grandad’s Yorkshire farm. More than a decade later Dora is still there, now farming the fifty acres and caring for the one hundred rare sheep by herself. She never hears the call of the city, but ... more >

February 8, 2021

REVIEW: Friends With Benefits by Lisa Swift

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbisexual / bullying / Contemporary / England / estranged family / family relationships / Friends / Friends with benefits / friends-to-lovers / LGBTQIA+ / stepmothers / YA gay romance / Yorkshire4 Comments

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Could Mr Right-Now actually be Mr Right? Lexie Whittle thought she had life all sewn up, with a gorgeous husband, a beautiful home and a delightful teenage stepson. Until husband Daryl left to work overseas…and everything changed. A year later, Daryl and Lexie’s marriage is over. Lexie is fighting to ... more >

May 8, 2020

REVIEW: Where the Heart Is by Sue Moorcroft

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1960s / 1970s / Army / England / family relationships / immigrants / long separation / Malta / novella / Yorkshire2 Comments

Malta 1968: Sylvana Bonnici’s parents are dubious about her marrying Rob Denton, a British army staff sergeant, but Sylvana dreams of being an army wife and travelling the world – in mini skirts and big hats, like Jackie Onassis. Sure enough, Rob is posted to exotic places like Singapore and ... more >

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