Author: Jessica Jørgensen

That Summer by Lauren Willig: Family Secrets Exposed

Posted by Jessica Jørgensen | May 22, 2020 | Book Reviews, Books, Clean Romance, Contemporary Romance, Historical Romance, Literary Romance, Modern Romanticism, Reviews, Romance, Romantic Mystery, Romantic Suspense, Romanticism, Women's Fiction

Two storylines, 160 years apart, meet in a shared house and a lost painting in Lauren Willig’s That Summer.

Chocolate Netflix Series: Meals and Melodrama – Korean Style

Posted by Jessica Jørgensen | May 14, 2020 | Clean Romance, Contemporary Romance, Foreign Romance, Inspirational Romance, International, Korean Dramas, Movies & TV, Netflix, Reviews, Romance, Romantic Drama, Streaming, TV Reviews

The new Netflix Korean Drama series, Chocolate, is for you if you’re a foodie who has a soft spot for sentimental romance and soap-operatic melodrama!

Eva Ibbotson’s A Song for Summer: A Transportive Read of Love and Loss Amidst Rising Fascism

Posted by Jessica Jørgensen | May 12, 2020 | Book Reviews, Books, Classic Books, Classics, Clean Romance, Foreign Romance, Historical Romance, Inspirational Romance, Literary Romance, Modern Romanticism, Reviews, Romance, Romanticism, Women's Fiction

Eva Ibbotson’s A Song for Summer is an enchanting read, so full of loss and hope and enduring love.

Rose Cottage by Mary Stewart: A Gentle and Magical Farewell

Posted by Jessica Jørgensen | May 7, 2020 | Book Reviews, Books, Classic Books, Classics, Clean Romance, Historical Romance, Literary Romance, Modern Romanticism, Reviews, Romance, Romantic Mystery, Romantic Suspense, Romanticism, Women's Fiction

If some books are all plot, one could argue that Rose Cottage is all place, all setting. And what a setting it is!

The Other Daughter by Lauren Willig: Revenge and Romance in the Roaring Twenties

Posted by Jessica Jørgensen | Apr 14, 2020 | Book Reviews, Books, Clean Romance, Foreign Romance, Historical Romance, Literary Romance, Modern Romanticism, Reviews, Romance, Romanticism

Book review of Lauren Willig’s The Other Daughter – a thoughtful tale about a woman trying to find herself.

Albion: The Enchanted Stallion (2016) – Adventure and Fun for the Family

Posted by Jessica Jørgensen | Apr 13, 2020 | Action and Adventure, Costume Drama - Fairy Tales & Fantasy, Fairy Tale Romance, Fairy Tales, Fantasy Romance, Film Reviews, Modern Romanticism, Movies & TV, Reviews, Romance, Romanticism

Albion: The Enchanted Stallion is a fairy tale quest the whole family can enjoy. Film Review:...

Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung (2019): Binge This Period K-Drama on Netflix Right Now!

Posted by Jessica Jørgensen | Apr 11, 2020 | Action and Adventure, Clean Romance, Foreign Romance, Historical Romance, International, Korean Dramas, Modern Romanticism, Movies & TV, Netflix, Period Dramas, Regency Romance, Reviews, Romance, Romantic Drama, Romantic Mystery, Romantic Suspense, Romanticism, Streaming, TV Reviews

If you have a thing for flouncy pastel robes, angel-faced romantics, plucky heroines, allegorical tales, period dramas, royal doings, Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung is the show for you.