The Janes

by B.M. Hardin

Jane has the perfect life. She’s thriving in her career, and her marriage is solid. Her life is only missing one thing; a house to fill with children, which leads her to S.J. Lane. Who knew that one simple decision would cause everything in her life to change?In a community, were every woman has the same name…Where lies and truth are one in the same...Who do you trust? What do you believe?What if the giver is only giving to receive?Jane's life gets turned upside down. And only The Janes have the power to turn it all around.Jane soon discovers that she’s a part of one big game.The real question is, which Jane is really pulling the strings?Through secrets and pain, Jane learns the hard way that not all problems have an easy fix. Sometimes A JANE has to be thrown in the mix!

Genres: Suspense, Thriller

200 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 15, 2017

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Reviews

[Pamela Johnston Ward · Rating 5 out of 5]

Crazy at its best

This book was crazy at its best. With each turn of the page, I didn't know what to expect and of course the author put her own special twist to it, with an ending that really surprised me. The Jane's were all a hot mess, especially Blond Jane. She was the ringleader of crazy. I'll never be able to look at anyone with the name Jane without thinking about this book. A job well done.

[Demetrius · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was so good that I would read it again! This should be a movie!

[WHL (Bill)]

3.75 ⭐️

[KeyMLG · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's a No for me.... and this seems to be an unpopular opinion 🤔
This book felt Like if someone said "Long Story Short" and proceeds to give you the clip notes version of something that happened...
Everything felt rushed and I kept feeling like I missed something because the Story was moving so fast and I hadnt even realized days went by in certain parts of the Story.
Had potential maybe but didn't stick IMO

[Octavia Grant · Rating 5 out of 5]

WOW

I was on the edge of seat. This book was so good. Who needs enemies when you have The Jane’s

[MJ · Rating 4 out of 5]

These pages and this neighborhood are full of sociopaths 🤣 very entertaining and fast paced.

[Marsha Bazan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Sophomoric and far fetched

This book was not well written. The writing style was pretty immature there were way too many grammatical errors. Also the plot had potential to be maybe a decent Stepford Wives rip off but the execution came off as silly and convoluted. The author seems to have a following but I'm going to pass on reading any of her other books.

[keikei · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Janes was a good quick read. I definitely didn’t expect the twist at all. For this book to only be 200 pages I enjoyed it. It pulled me right out of my reading slump.

[Danielle Wilson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a quick, suspenseful read. It kept me guessing with a few good twists, and the Janes were some truly crazy individuals. 😳 Overall, it was entertaining and kept my attention.

[Sheena Mitt · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was really good. Quite interesting and I even saw a lil humor in the mystery. The Janes were something else. I enjoyed reading and laughing and they deserved what they got at the end. I was surprised at Charity her actions caught me by surprise. Overall, I enjoyed it.

[Brittney Andrews · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought this was a pretty good psychological thriller. It was a quick read, and I liked that the story jumped right into the drama from the start. However, there were several misspelled words, which made parts of the book distracting and took away from the overall reading experience. Even so, the suspense and twists kept me interested enough to keep turning the pages.

[Mikayla]

This was pissing me off so bad that I couldn’t continue reading.

[Ashley Jones · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was an interesting read. Mary Jane is a happily married woman with a thriving career. She's an interior designer with her own company. Her husband Brice owns his own company as well and they have been married about a year. Things are really going well for them, until a break-in at their condo, leaves them wanting to explore their next chapter. Maybe it's time to look for their forever home and start a family. After all, Jane doesn't feel safe in the condo now that her space has been violated. While at a coffee shop one day, a lady offers her a realtor's card after hearing Mary-Jane tell Brice that they should start looking immediately. The realtor leads them away from Raleigh to Smithfield where there is a perfect home on S.J Lane. All the houses look exactly the same, but it is beautiful and exactly what they are looking for. The realtor tells them that another buyer is interested and has a cash offer, but Brice and Jane make an offer quickly and it is accepted. The neighborhood is beautiful with manicured lawns, perfect yards, and the sounds of children playing, although Jane never sees any children in person. There are some strange attributes, however. Strange as in every woman on the street is named Jane! Every single one. They are all weirdly dressed similar. And so are the men. The women don't work, and act oddly alike. What a coincidence that they are all named Jane. Since new Jane is an interior designer, she goes to work on decorating her house. She customizes her mailbox and plants lilies in her yard. Oddly enough, after a few days the flowers are changed back to perennials, and her mailbox is replaced by the standard. Blonde Jane from across the street, who seems to be the ringleader tells her that she must comply with the rules and that she must have follow the rules accordingly as everything has been decided and voted on already. New Jane does not stand for this and often has a rebuttal. But things keep getting stranger and stranger and Brice thinks that Jane has developed an obsession with these women. He doesn't seem to think things are strange at all, until he attends the BBQ hosted by Blonde Jane. He quickly learns that all the husbands despise their wives. They don't have sex or act like regular married couples. Brice and Mary Jane are completely opposite of these people. Not only that strange things are starting to happen. They are constantly watching New Jane. Appearing outside the windows, turning the knobs on the house, listening to conversations in the house, and they seem to know Jane's every move before she makes them. Charity her best friend and also her business partner, is supportive of her getting away from there as fast and as quickly as possible. But there is just one problem. The Janes run Smithfield. They are a community of Jane's that grew up with mother and grandmother Janes who basically built up and developed the town because of their wealth. They are idolized in the town, and every police, judge, worker, and person of authority are indebted to them it seems. Janes are chosen and privileged and Blonde Jane tells new Jane that she better get on board and enjoy the good life. Who wouldn't want to be a Jane? Mary Jane isn't going along with the program, however, and her and Brice think they should try to go back to the condo and sell the house on S.J. Lane but every time they try to leave the Jane's sabotage the effort. When they learn that the Adam's are trying to leave, they spread rumors about Jane that makes her lose her clients at work and Brice's officce building gets burned down. They try to leave and go to a hotel, but the bank has frozen their credit cards. A co-worker of Brice's gets the hotel room for them, but the Jane's show up and lure them back home. They are stuck, with no hope for escape because the police aren't helping. Now they threaten Jane that if she doesn't get in line and live like the other Jane's that they will hurt her parents. The rule is that they can't hurt another Jane but anyone else is fair game. One day after work, Charity and Jane go out for drinks and on the way back to S.J. Lane, Jane hits a woman and her dog. Terrified because she has killed this woman and her dog and is inebriated, Jane thinks she is going to jail but the Jane's appear out of nowhere. They tell her that if she just embraces being a Jane and become like them, they can make all this go away and it will never be brought to light that she was involved in this hit and run. Mary Jane agrees. She so starts to dress and act like them and essentially has to do everything that Blonde Jane says. This is only a front however, until she gets enough dirt on them to report the Janes and all the wrong doings, they have committed for years. The Janes clean up every one's mess. They take care of the mayor's mistress and any transgression that needs fixing. So, Jane goes to visit her parents and stops in Greensboro to have a chat with Blonde Jane's ex-husband on her way to Charlotte. The ex-husband basically confesses that Blonde Jane was evil and ruined his life. He told Jane that she better fall in line or else she would end up just like him. Disappointed that she didn't learn anything new she could use against the Janes she returns to S.J. Lane. But as she leaves Greensboro and travels to Charlotte, she passes the woman the dog that she thought she killed! She was thinking that they were dead, but the Jane's fooled her so that she would commit to their lifestyle. Now more than ever she was determined to bring them down. But the Jane's strike again because the ex-husband that she just visited is now dead and they have framed her with the murder. They stole a knife from her house with her fingerprints on it. When she is taken to the station for questioning for 16 hours, her lawyer comes to take her home. He has video evidence of Blonde Jane's car in the parking lot of the shelter where the ex-husband was, and she is technically the last person that sees him alive. As they are leaving the station, they cross paths with Blonde Jane and instantly as soon as Jane's lawyer gets in his car the car blows up! These people are crazy. Just when things couldn't get any worse, a noise is heard in the house and Brice is knocked to the ground and someone strikes Jane from behind. When she opens her eyes, she sees that Charity is amongst the Janes. What is going on? We learn that Charity's jealousy of Mary Jane is the reason she ended up on S.J Lane. She was upset that Jane wasn't there when she needed her during her abusive marriage, divorce and two miscarriages. When she reunites with Jane after they hadn't talked for years, she was envious of how perfect Jane was. MJ was married, beautiful, and had a thriving career. She didn't have anything to complain about. Well Charity would fix that. She paid a girl to give Mary Jane the realtor's card that led her to S.J. Lane. Charity's ex-husband was Blonde Jane's brother. He was terrified of the Jane's and knew the life of hell they would cause anyone who didn't fall in line with them. Charity only meant to make Jane's life miserable, she didn't think it would come this far. Now the Jane's are making her kill her best friend or else Charity's son will be a victim. Since they can't kill Jane themselves, they are making Charity do it. Jane tells Charity it is a set up and before Mary Jane could say much else, Silent Jane shoots Charity dead and are about to just end Jane. It doesn't matter that the rules are that they can't kill another Jane. Just as things are about to get even more uglier, Blonde Jane's husband comes out and shoots Red Haired Jane in the shoulder. Blonde Jane is stunned. Turns out Mr. Peterson and Silent Jane are the FBI. They knew that the authorities in Smithfield were corrupt and started their own investigation 5 years ago. They quickly welcomed Silent Jane in, because she seemed perfect. Stephanie, AKA Silent Jane, created the perfect fake life to gain acceptance into the Jane community. All the kill missions that were assigned to her as she was undercover were never carried out, she put all these people in a witness protection program and freed them from the wrath of the Jane's. Now that they had all the evidence, they were able to arrest all the Jane's on S.J Lane. Charity was dead but Brice was alive! Six months later they were purchasing another home, where the realtor, previous owners, and neighborhood were properly vetted. Charity, although she betrayed Mary-Jane, had signed over her child, her will, and all her bank accounts to Jane. Brice and MJ were now the parents to Charity's son and MJ was 3 months pregnant. Things were even better than they were before moving onto S.J Lane.

[Arlena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Title: The Janes
Author: B. M. Hardin
Publisher: B.M.H.
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Rating: Five
Review:

"The Janes" by B. M. Hardin

My Thoughts...

Now I will say this one is one of the most craziest, mystery, and suspenseful novel I have ever read...but it was GOOD! This author Ms. Hardin really knows how to keep ones attention and this one definitely did it for me. Wow, Jane, Jane, Jane...and that Blonde Jane... I think it was a total of 10 of them living on the same block! This story even though it was crazy was very captivating as I turned the pages looking to read more about Jane[s]. By the time I got to the end of 'The Janes'...more twisted Janes come out front and center that goes with that saying 'when something is too good to be true, more likely.. it is!' Will 'Blonde Jane' get hers?! What disappointed me more than anything about the read was the way the husband Brice treated his Jane...like she had no idea of what she was talking about but even more of a shocker was the best friend of Jane, Charity. Oh, well to truly understand it all you will have to pick up 'The Janes' to see how well they are presented to the reader. This is definitely one heck of a story I will not forget anytime soon. Thank you to the author for doing what you do so well and that is giving the reader a good read!

[tre be · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐️ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬 was a really good psychological thriller. Jane and her husband moved to a new home and find that all the other women on the street are also named Jane. As time goes by the neighborhood starts to feel very cultish and sketchy. I was really engrossed in the story; and it had a great plot twist!!

[Elonda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Engaging

The Janes definitely gave me the Stepford Wives vibes. I enjoyed it very much. There are twists and turns you won’t see coming!

[♤Tonya Johnson♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rating 3.5.....there were some crazy things going on in this book!!! It kept my attention and had me tickled at times!!

[Dee Cherry · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this wild, suspense filled story so much I finished reading in record time. Of course, the twist threw me for a loop. The Janes were really outta control...

[Bryant G. · Rating 1 out of 5]

For those of you who are familiar with the TV series The Twilight Zone, this is what this book reminded me of, except this would have been a very, very poorly written episode!! The book started out a bit strange, but I thought it might turn more interesting as the book progressed. I tried to give this story a chance. It got worse, and worse, and more and more strange and weird, and senseless! Then the wrap-up was so very confusing and even more strange (as if it were even possible) that if I had been reading a physical book, it would have been tossed in an open fireplace!! I absolutely cannot recommend this book to anyone!

[Angela Jackson · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a name...

These Ladies were beyond demented. They were Psychos. Mary Jane had a lot of restrain and willpower, cause I would have punched a Jane on the first day! This book was awesome

[Shameka · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a new to me author who I had never heard of until I saw a post she made on social media about this book. I decided to give it a try because the blurb sounded interesting. Overall, I enjoyed this read. It was like watching a Tubi or LMN movie (and this is not shade because some Saturdays I enjoy watching them). The plot was kind of out there, but I didn't mind it because it kept me entertained. The one thing I could not believe was that the MC stuck around long enough to find out what was going on because I would have been out of that house before nightfall on the first day.

[Imana Green · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Janes was definitely a strange little read, but in a good way. It’s short, quirky, and leaves you with plenty to think about. The story has an unusual vibe that won’t be for everyone, but I found myself enjoying the mystery and the uniqueness of it. Even though I finished with a few questions, I still had a good time reading it. If you’re looking for something quick, a little weird, and different from the usual thriller, this one is worth checking out.

[Ellowyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This suspense book was a great page turner. This book will have you second guessing people you are around, friends, your neighbors and people with the name Jane etc. The Janes in this book were cray cray!

[Fee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick page turner

This was a super quick read, I think it was an easy, mindless thriller. There were some things that didn't really come together that prevented the story from being great. I wish there was an explanation of some of the behaviors, that was never answered either.

[Autumn Crum · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a really good read. Suspenseful at every turn. It puts me the mind of the stepford wives. I love that it was multicultural. Very entertaining. That blonde Jane was crazy as hell.

[L.A. Lewis · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read

I finished this book in one sitting. I had to know what would happen next. Highly recommend if you love reading about psych women 😱

[Sherida L · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick Sunday Read from kindle unlimited.

[Kendyll · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm honestly not sure how i feel about this book. It was entertaining but the ending kinda fell flat for me

[Dee · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was soooo good ! When I finally sat down to read it I was SAT! Until the end !

[southern_bookbabe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hey Miss ma’am! You did that! This had me on the edge of my seat and shaking my head the ENTIRE TIMEEEEE! I hope I don’t ever meet a Jane because I’m running the other way!! Damn that was good!