Category Archives: Romance

Romance

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty-Akwaeke Emezi 

Posted on May 24, 2022 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned I must admit that I’m not a romantic, and I very seldom read romance novels. That said, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Nigerian author Akwaeke Emezi takes this genre to … Continue reading →

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Songs by Honeybird – Peter McDade

Posted on March 27, 2022 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Pat Luboff) #CommissionsEarned “Find your focus and the story may write itself: music and drugs, race and gender, a tragic barn fire and a missing body. It’s all much more dramatic than one usually sees in a dissertation….” … Continue reading →

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Dangerous Conjectures – Brian Finney

Posted on June 22, 2021 by J D Jung

(reviewed by JD Jung) “She couldn’t decide which was deteriorating faster—her life or the country. They were all in the hands of a president who was spreading misinformation as fast as the virus was spreading infection across the world.” “Even … Continue reading →

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200 Letters – Amy Watkins

Posted on July 18, 2020 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) 200 Letters is a romance novel written about Angela and Ethan. Angela comes from an abusive relationship that was causing great misery. Ethan is unhappily married, working at the same office as Angela. They meet, and … Continue reading →

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The Woman in the Park -Teresa Sorkin , Tullan Holmqvist

Posted on November 2, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Thérèse, residing in damp obscurity, in gloomy, crushing silence, saw life expand before her in all its nakedness, each night bringing the same cold couch, and each morn the same empty day.” “But inwardly, she lived … Continue reading →

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Renegade Pawn (Lucas Rocha Thriller Series Book 1) – Craig S. Wilson

Posted on March 20, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Most favelados are treated like renegades. In reality they are pawns in a much bigger game.” Rio de Janeiro, 2008 – Sixteen-year-old Lucas Rocha is suddenly faced with the responsibility of caring for his two younger … Continue reading →

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Bella Toscana – Nanette Littlestone

Posted on March 18, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Bella Toscana is a contemporary novel written about a woman who decides to take a trip to the beautiful land of Italy. As a married woman, she meets professor Flynn and that is when she begins … Continue reading →

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The Everything Girl – L.E. Maleki, Holly L. Lörincz

Posted on February 6, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Staring at the massive set of doors in the dark grey stone façade, I knew once I entered my life would change. I’d be moving away from regular, clearly outlined banking duties to what sounded like … Continue reading →

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Last Exit to Montauk – Phillip Vega

Posted on January 12, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Last Exit to Montauk is a romance novel  about two people who meet and how their relationship affects each other. The love story is set in  Long Island during the 1980’s. With that, comes everything we … Continue reading →

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The Alien Diaries – Glenn J Devlin

Posted on November 8, 2018 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Dorothy Rendon) Colin Brayton is an old-book expert in a failing book store. Maddy Prentice is an expert linguist, still reeling from the defection of her fiancé. Both are hired by the mysterious billionaire, Asher Bradford, to live … Continue reading →

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