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December 1, 2018

REVIEW: Christmas at the Little Village School by Jane Lovering

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsChristmas / Contemporary / disability / England / holiday novella / novella / teacher / Yorkshire4 Comments

A teacher’s life is never easy … especially at Christmas! Working at a tiny village school in rural Yorkshire has its own unique set of challenges – but when teachers Lydia Knight and Jake Immingham are tasked with getting the children to put on a Christmas play for the local ... more >

March 12, 2018

REVIEW: Living in the Past by Jane Lovering

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsarcheology / Contemporary / England / time slip / Widowed Heroine / Yorkshire1 Comments

Do you ever wish you could turn back time? Grace Nicholls has a few reasons for wanting to turn back the clock … although an archaeological dig at a Bronze Age settlement on the Yorkshire moors is not what she had in mind. But encouraged by her best friend Tabitha, ... more >

February 23, 2018

REVIEW: A Bicycle Made for Two by Mary Jayne Baker

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAthlete / Contemporary / England / First-Person / second chance romance / Small Town Romance / YorkshireComments Off on REVIEW: A Bicycle Made for Two by Mary Jayne Baker

Chock-full of colourful characters, bawdy wit and a bit of love and passion for good measure. In a lost corner of the Yorkshire Dales, Lana Donati runs a medieval theme tourist trap restaurant with her brother. As a distraction to help them get over losing the father they loved dearly, ... more >

December 8, 2017

REVIEW: The Christmas Stranger by Anna Campbell

JayneBook Reviews / C+ ReviewsChristmas / holiday novella / novella / Regency / Yorkshire3 Comments

At Christmastime, a stranger crossing the threshold means good fortune… When Josiah Hale, society’s favorite aristocratic architect, stumbles upon an isolated manor house in the middle of a snowstorm, he feels like he’s entered a fairytale world. And Sleeping Beauty in this secret corner of Yorkshire is lovely, vulnerable Maggie ... more >

April 3, 2017

REVIEW: Little Teashop of Horrors by Jane Lovering

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readschild abuse / Contemporary / England / falconry / Ugly Duckling / Yorkshire9 Comments

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Secrets, lies, carrot cake – and an owl called Skrillex! Amy Knowles has always been the plain sidekick to her pretty best friend Jules. And whilst the tearoom they both work in on the Monkpark Hall estate in Yorkshire is not exactly awash with eligible bachelors, it’s obvious where the ... more >

August 17, 2016

REVIEW: Parthena’s Promise by Valerie Holmes

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / England / Historical / lawyer / law related / Regency / retired military / Yorkshire2 Comments

England, 1815 London barrister and gentleman, Jerome Fender, has just returned to England after five years as a Captain in the killing fields of the Napoleonic Wars. With the harrowing scenes of battle still haunting his every thought, he sets out to start a new life and to find a ... more >

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