J.R. Lawrie

Michelle’s Best of 2021

Dec 14, 2021 | 4 comments

I love looking back at the year in books and 2021 was a good year to escape into all of them. The books that stood out to me seem to linger and remain with me all year and there are authors that have appeared on past lists and I’m always a little amazed that this...

FILED UNDER: Annual Favorites, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: Alma Cuervo, Garrett Leigh, J.R. Lawrie, Julia Whelan, Kasia Bacon, Levi Huxton, Robin Miles, Sidney Bell, Sierra Simone, Suanne Laqueur, Taylor Jenkins Reid

Best Covers of 2021!

Dec 10, 2021 | 4 comments

I am so excited to be kicking off our Best of 2021 posts today! I can’t believe we are already at the end of the year! Today we are sharing our Best Covers of 2021! These are pretty subjective, as all such things are, but they are the covers that struck me most...

April Favorite Books

May 4, 2021 | 0 comments

Hi everyone! We are back with our favorite books of the month, sharing what we loved in April. We reviewed 99 books last month! If you missed any of these the first time around, be sure to check them out! And we’d love to hear your favorites in the comments....

April Favorite Covers

May 4, 2021 | 2 comments

Hi all! We are here today with our favorite covers in April. These are the covers we loved. And let us know what covers you liked this month!

FILED UNDER: Monthly Favorite Covers
TAGGED: Amai Designs, Dan Ackerman, J.R. Lawrie, Jaclyn Osborn, Kate Hawthorne, Louise Maggio, Lucien Grey, Lucy Lennox, Meredith Spies, Natasha Snow, S.E. Harmon, Sam Burns, Samantha Santana, Simply Defined Art, Vincent Pesce, W.M. Fawkes

Review: The Sheltering Tree by J.R. Lawrie

Apr 14, 2021 | 1 comment

Rating: 4.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Alastair Harding devoted his life to the Metropolitan police and it paid off for his career as he is the first gay chief of police. However, career success required him to sacrifice his love...

FILED UNDER: 4.75 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: age gap, J.R. Lawrie, law enforcement, self published, witness protection

Coming This Week

Apr 11, 2021 | 3 comments

Hi everyone! I hope you had a great week! As you may have heard, this was a sad week for us here at Joyfully Jay as our lovely reviewer Sammy passed away. Sammy was among the first people to join the blog as a reviewer and was on the team for over nine years. In that...