If you’ve read one of Janice’s books, please feel free to post a review at the bottom of this page. Please include the title of the book and your thoughts.  Here are some reviews.

THE UNDERWOODS OF NAPA VALLEY SERIES

 

A glass of wine please

By Hawk on August 3, 2015

This is the first book I have read by Janice. I found it to be very entertaining. Although the heroine had a habit of jumping to conclusions and basing the actions of the hero totally on her one previous relationship. He was patient and managed to bring her back around. I will be reading more books by Janice L. Dennie.

 

Enjoyed the book

By Robert Powell on June 11, 2015

Enjoyed the book. Looking forward to the next book in the series. Would recommend the book as an easy read modern day romance.

 

By Cheryl Herrera

I love this series. Can’t wait for the next one. Hopefully it won’t be too long of a wait. Regardless of how much we have we all need someone to love.

 

Loved it! Inspires me to take a trip to …

By Kelltra

Janice L. Dennie captured my attention with a story that I look forward to seeing on the big screen. It is full of adventure and mystery. Loved it! Inspires me to take a trip to Napa/Sonoma Counties to find the award winning Wineries and Low Country cuisine! A great read.

 

Excellent Read

By Linda Amoah

Exhilarating and romantic….. Loved it! Can’t wait for the next book.

 

Five Stars

By Lawanda House

I really enjoyed reading this book, can’t wait for the 2nd underwood book to be released.

 

Loved the book….looking forward to book 2.

The story was very symbolic on so many levels from the very beginning with Briana’s appearance at her Mother’s old home in the Napa Valley and first meeting Kenton…the start of a simmering hot romance like some of the delicious spicy dishes described in Low Country Cuisine….and onto the description of the wines–Cabernet …bold and delicious–as the growing romance among the grape vines and beautiful wine country–it keeps blossoming–ready to burst…

I loved the family connections–waiting to hear more of the back story on Briana, Kenton–and I know Tiffany is not done (Tiffany sounds like she is only taking a breather–don’t trust her).

I especially loved Briana’s connection with the poppy hill which gave her a connection with her mother and grand-mother….the poppies were a wonderful symbol of life.

Briana is still growing and I look forward to hear more about the Low Country Food coming out of “Poppy Hill”.

 

Promising Series

By TMT

Really enjoyed this story. This is the first time I read something from this author. The characters are well developed and the story flows. I’m hoping some of the lingering questions will be answered in book #2.

 

THE LION OF JUDAH SERIES 

(Book #1 in the Lion of Judah Series)

 

Janice L. Dennie has written an interesting novel staged against the lush backdrops of San Francisco and Ethiopia, political intrigue and lots of romance — Romantic Times Magazine

 

Great read–insightful–clever use of history combined with intrigue and romance.

 

Not the greatest story I’ve read but a good story. I was expecting something with grittier action and not so much of a romance. But if you like light romance this would be a good read.

   

MOON GODDESS QUEEN OF SHEBA

(Book #2 in the Lion of Judah Series)

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Manna from heaven, April 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Moon Goddess: The Queen of Sheba (Mass Market Paperback)

In 950 BC Ethiopia, a numbed Princess Makeda wanders among the sea of dead bodies, including her mother, Queen Zenobia, that flood the floor of the courtyard. Makeda has no time to grieve as she is now the Queen of Sheba and must find a way to protect her people and their wealthy lands from the invading tribes who covet them.

Her foster uncle sees only one avenue of safety for their people. He suggests that she propose a marriage alliance with the legendary King of Judah Solomon. When Solomon and Makeda meet, they fall in love with each other. Solomon, whose harem is estimated at seven hundred women, has never lost his heart before. However, he knows that though he loves this pagan, his tribe would never accept her as the queen of the Jews. Still, when an unknown assailant tries to kill his beloved, he vows to protect her even though he suspects one of his own as the culprit.

MOON GODDESS is a fabulous retelling of the biblical romance between Solomon and Sheba. The story line is fast-paced and filled with a genuine feel for the era. The characters seem genuine without losing or changing what the bible describes of them. Janice L. Dennie demonstrates she is a major talent within the biblical historical fiction sub-genre. Fans who relish a wonderful love tale from out of the Old Testament will want to read this novel and its predecessor (see THE LION OF JUDAH). Both novels contain entertaining, well written, and exciting tales. Anyone who does will be a fan of Ms. Dennie and clamor for an early release of book three, MENELIK THE CONQUERING LION.

Harriet Klausner

Historical romance; emphasis on the romance

By Brian J. Fegely

I have just finished reading Ms. Dennie’s book “Moon Goddess; the Queen of Sheba” and feel compelled to recommend it to anyone who enjoys historical romances. It is, I must emphasize, a ROMANCE, telling a tale of the legendary relationship between King Solomon of Israel and Queen Makeda of ‘the South’/Sheba/Ethiopia/Yemen. What little we know of this famed relationship comes from readings of 1st Kings and 2nd Chronicles, the Noble Qu’ran, and the Ethiopic ‘Glory of Kings’-the “Kebra Nagast”. Ms. Dennie has woven the story from an unusual starting point: that of Solomon being still a <relatively> young man, and Makeda being not yet twenty summers old, and only gradually maturing into her throne (as Solomon does also during the course of the novel, although seeming to have a head start at the beginning). Ms. Dennie draws freely on Ethiopian history and legends with roles taken by the Zagwe people who figure in history during Medieval times, and the usual exaggeration of traits provided by Scripture, the term ‘Biblical proportions’ being especially demonstrated here. It was very enjoyable to imagine Queen Makeda as a seventeen-year-old thrust suddenly into the role of monarch of a sophisticated trading people hearing of the wisdom and skill of a monarch to the North. One could easily envision not only the opulence of King Solomon’s domiciles and cities, but also the exotically different -yet no less fanciful- gold and brocade of the Sheban Court. The Queen portrayed herein is not the mature, sober, attractive and self-aware lady, but rather a somewhat abashed teenager only learning the crafts of State. The book is after all a romance, and we have legend and Midrash concerning the celebrated romance between the Israelite king and the dark ‘Queen of the South’ which has generated that most celebrated piece of love poetry: the luxuriant ‘Song of Songs’ -which although authorship has been doubted as Solomon’s, is intuitively known to refer to the, uh, ‘visit’ of the most exotic and beautiful lady that Solomon had ever encountered. I recommend it most highly to anyone looking for a good historical fiction under a blazing equatorial -or seashore- sun. Readers interested further may find either the translation of the Kebra Nagast by Miguel Brooks or Sir E.A. Wallis Budge, to tell a more conventional, male dominated, but still generally unknown side of the tale all too briefly hinted at in the brief passages in Hebrew Scripture. The next installment, being a sequel as well as a stand-alone, will detail the founding of the ‘Solomonic’ line of kings of Ethiopia with the birth of David II, ibn al Malik, and the covert removal of the Ark of the Covenant from the Temple in Jerusalem. I think Ms. Dennie will have my interest for some time….