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Author: Mel

Review: Ashes to Ashes (Experiment in Terror, #8) by Karina Halle

September 13, 2015December 11, 2020 Mel Epic Romance

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review HOLY HELL! THAT WAS AWESOME! I just finished this book and my heart is pounding! In terror, in happiness, in shock! It’s all happening in EIT-land! We’re back in Perry […]

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Review: Overruled (The Legal Briefs, #1) by Emma Chase

July 29, 2015March 8, 2017 Mel Friends-to-Lovers

Buy:  Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review 4.5 stars! Overruled is the first book in the Legal Briefs series written by Emma Chase. It is a funny, sexy read with some swoony moments thrown into the mix. This […]

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Review: King of Hearts (Hearts, #3) by L.H. Cosway

July 20, 2015March 8, 2017 Mel 6 Star Reads

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review The best loves had to suffer the greatest hardships. 6 brilliant stars! King of Hearts is the third book in the Hearts series, and though it can be read as a […]

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Review: Deep (Stage Dive, #4) by Kylie Scott

July 2, 2015December 26, 2016 Mel Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars! Deep is the fourth book in the Stage Dive series written by Kylie Scott. I loved the previous three books so I was confident that Kylie would wrap the […]

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Review: The Offer by Karina Halle

June 15, 2015April 19, 2016 Mel LOL Funny

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 “Bram-a-lama-ding-dong” stars! “I know you’ve been burned. But I’ve been burned too. Maybe our ashes can make something beautiful together.” Karina Halle’s The Offer is a contemporary romance that […]

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Review: Neanderthal Marries Human (Knitting in the City, #1.5) by Penny Reid

April 9, 2015March 29, 2017 Mel Feeeeeeels

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audio Review 4.5 stars! “I know you by heart.” I loved Neanderthal Seeks Human so I was so excited to hear there would be more of Janie and Quinn! And it was fantastic. I loved […]

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Review: Ten Below Zero by Whitney Barbetti

March 27, 2015September 25, 2018 Mel Romance

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 5 “squeeze, squeeze, squeeze” stars! Ten Below Zero is the first book I have read by Whitney Barbetti and I know it won’t be my last. I […]

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Review: Confess by Colleen Hoover

March 12, 2015July 27, 2017 Mel Audio Recommendation

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback | Audio Review 4.5 “That could be fate, you know” stars “Are you here to save me?” Confess is an emotional love story that is original and captivating. Colleen Hoover does […]

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Review: Hero (Hero, #1) by Samantha Young

February 9, 2015October 5, 2017 Mel Audio Recommendation

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audio Review 4.5 stars! Alexa Holland is the personal assistant to a top photographer assigned to photograph Caine Carraway. When they first meet, Caine is flirty and interested but Alexa […]

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Review: The Pact by Karina Halle

December 30, 2014April 19, 2016 Mel Friends-to-Lovers

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  Review 4 “Baby Blue” stars! The Pact, written by Karina Halle, is a wonderful friends-to-lovers story between Stephanie and Linden. It’s a beautiful romance that has just the right amount of […]

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Review: Maybe Someday (Maybe, #1) by Colleen Hoover

September 23, 2014January 12, 2017 Mel Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audio Review 5 stars! Maybe Someday is the first book I have read by Colleen Hoover and it has opened my eyes to her beautiful writing and amazing stories,  and I can’t wait to read […]

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Release Blitz: ETERN1TY (EXPIRE Duet, #2) by Erin Noelle

November 30, 0207February 10, 2018 Mel Book News

  ETERN1TY (EXPIRE Duet, #2) by Erin Noelle Available Now! Amazon   Blurb Numbers. They complete me. Nothing makes sense without them, the building blocks of logic. A math teacher by day, a statistics doctorate […]

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