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February 23, 2026

REVIEW: The Cottage at the Edge of the Woods by Jane Lovering

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / England / mental health / mental illness / single mother / YorkshireComments Off on REVIEW: The Cottage at the Edge of the Woods by Jane Lovering

When single mum Libby is offered a life-changing sum of money to clear out an old cottage in the woods, she expects dust and decay. She doesn’t expect a house full of secrets, a room full of birds, and a woman who refuses to leave. The handsome but stressed architect ... more >

November 21, 2025

REVIEW: A Rogue in Winter by Grace Burrowes

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsHistorical / holiday novella / novella / Regency / vicar / Yorkshire1 Comments

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Vicar Pietr Sorenson is preparing to endure–enjoy, rather–another solitary, frigid holiday season at the edge of the Yorkshire moors, when Miss Joy Danforth’s coach lurches to a halt across the village green. Joy and her brother have nowhere to wait out the impending bout of nasty weather, while the vicarage ... more >

October 13, 2025

REVIEW: The Monday Night Heartbreak Club by Jane Lovering

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsalcoholism / First-Person / found family / LGBTQIA characters / self discovery / self-reformation / Yorkshire2 Comments

Is your love life a bit of a disaster? You’re not alone… When Fee finds herself drunk, dumped and directionless on Valentine’s Day, she stumbles across a flyer for a new club, for people united by heartbreak. Intrigued, she joins a motley group of strangers at a quiet Yorkshire wine ... more >

April 5, 2025

REVIEW: No Precious Truth by Chris Nickson

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewsfemale detectives / police / spy / War / Military / World War II / YorkshireComments Off on REVIEW: No Precious Truth by Chris Nickson

The first in a brand-new WW II historical thriller series introduces Sergeant Cathy Marsden – a female police officer working for the Special Investigation Branch – who risks her life to protect the city of Leeds from an escaped German spy! Leeds, 1941. As the war rages across Europe, Police ... more >

February 17, 2025

REVIEW: Happily Ever After by Jane Lovering

JayneBook Reviews / C+ ReviewsContemporary / Fiction / Womens-Fiction / YorkshireComments Off on REVIEW: Happily Ever After by Jane Lovering

Andi Glover loves nothing more than a good book. Any book in fact because when you’re raised by unconventional parents who think school’s for squares, alongside a deeply conventional sister who escapes home as soon as she can, fiction is eminently preferable to reality. The only problem is that fiction ... more >

September 17, 2024

REVIEW: The Start of the Story by Jane Lovering

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / England / folklore / forced proximity / grief / Irish / rivals to lovers / slow burn / Widowed Heroine / YorkshireComments Off on REVIEW: The Start of the Story by Jane Lovering

Rowan Thorpe can be forgiven for living with one foot in the past. Since having to say goodbye far too young to the future she had planned, moving on still feels a daunting task. So, when historian Connor O’Keefe strides purposefully into her office and life, looking far too handsome ... more >

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