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Author: AJ

Release & ARC Review: A Dawn of Gods & Fury (Fate & Flame, #4) by K.A. Tucker

September 3, 2024 AJ Action

  A Dawn of Gods & Fury, the final book in the Fate & Flame series by K.A. Tucker, is live! I have been waiting desperately for this book, and it did not disappoint. Exciting, […]

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Review: Scorched Redemption (Sendaxa Chronicles, #2) by Rebecca Hefner

August 31, 2024 AJ Action

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars The second book in the Sendaxa Chronicles, this is an exciting and steamy read with great action and a heartfelt friends-to-lovers romance. Picking up where the last book left off, […]

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Release & ARC Review: Should Have Been (Lake Spark Inn, #3) by Evey Lyon

August 29, 2024August 29, 2024 AJ Angsty

  Should Have Been by Evey Lyon is live! An emotional second-chance-romance set in the most complicated of circumstances, this heartfelt love story is a really sweet read. This is the third and standalone in […]

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Release: The Rocker’s Muse by Penelope Ward

August 26, 2024August 26, 2024 AJ Book News

  The Rocker’s Muse by Penelope Ward is live! Rockstar  |  15-Year Age Gap  |  Small Town  |  Found Family  |  Slow Burn  |  Forbidden   Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  […]

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Release & ARC Review: Bitter Rival (Sutton Ridge, #1) by Emery Rose Andrews

August 24, 2024August 21, 2024 AJ Drama

  Bitter Rival by Emery Rose Andrews is live! The first standalone in a new series, this is an opposites attract, enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity romance. It’s fun, sexy and heartfelt with great chemistry, and I really […]

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Release & ARC Review: Alone With You by Aly Martinez

August 22, 2024August 22, 2024 AJ Dark & Gritty

  Alone With You by Aly Martinez is live! Aly Martinez knows how to pull on my heartstrings, and wow, she had me feeling so much with this book! A devastatingly emotional yet beautiful story […]

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ARC Review: The Great Dating Fake-Off by Livy Hart

August 18, 2024 AJ Fake Relationship

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars This is a really a fun read. A fake dating (with a twist), forbidden-ish romance with a bit of My Big Fat Greek Wedding thrown in, it’s so entertaining, and I […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Fates We Tame (Iron Outlaws MC, #8) by S. Cole

August 16, 2024August 15, 2024 AJ Bikers

  The Fates We Tame by Scarlett Cole, writing as S. Cole is live! OMG, this book! A dark, exciting, emotional and beautifully romantic story with a grumpy/sunshine fake marriage, amnesia and a warring family […]

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Release & ARC Review: Beating Heart (Magnolia Falls, #4) by Laura Pavlov

August 15, 2024August 14, 2024 AJ Romance

  Beating Heart by Laura Pavlov is live! Oh, I love this book! A sweet, funny and heartfelt single-dad, small-town romance with the most beautifully swoony, sexy and functional love story. Add in six-year old […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Bridges I’ve Burned (By the Bay, #6) by J.L. Berg

August 15, 2024August 15, 2024 AJ Drama

  The Bridges I’ve Burned by J.L. Berg is live! A flirty, chemistry-filled, almost-rockstar romance, this book brings the feels as two people figuring out their place find a gorgeous, but very unexpected, love.   […]

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Audio Review: Mad Love (The Single Dad Playbook, #1) by Willow Aster

August 14, 2024August 14, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon   Review 3.5 stars The first book in a new series from Willow Aster, this is a slow burning, surprise baby love story that is emotional and swoonily romantic, and it’s such a gorgeous […]

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Release & ARC Review: Born of Blood and Ash (Flesh and Fire, #4) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

August 13, 2024August 13, 2024 AJ Action

Born of Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout is live! OMG, what a ride! The conclusion to the Flesh and Fire series, JLA delivers an amazing read that is everything I was hoping it […]

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Audio Review: Boy in Luv (In Luv Duet, #2) by Jay Crownover & Rebecca Yarros

August 11, 2024August 10, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 happy ending stars This book is the second part of the In Luv duet, and is a direct continuation of Langley and Iker’s fake relationship, opposites-attract romance, bringing us their beautiful happy […]

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Audio Review: Girl in Luv (In Luv Duet, #1) by Jay Crownover & Rebecca Yarros

August 10, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars Oh, I loved this book! The first in a duet, this is an opposites-attract, fake relationship love story that is sweet and sexy with great characters, and a gorgeously developing romance. […]

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Release & ARC Review: Northern Twilight (The Highlands, #5) by Samantha Young

August 8, 2024August 8, 2024 AJ Feeeeeeels

  Northern Twilight by Samantha Young is live She’s the girl he left behind. He’s the boy she tried to forget. But after seven years apart, one passionately reckless night will tie them together forever… […]

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Release & ARC Review: Rally (Treasure State Wildcats, #3) by Devney Perry

August 6, 2024August 7, 2024 AJ Angsty

  Rally by Devney Perry is live! The third book in the Treasure State Wildcats series, this is an emotional and angsty accidental pregnancy sports romance. It’s raw and real, and will have you feeling […]

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Review: Omens (Dark in You, #6)

August 3, 2024 AJ Paranormal/Urban Fantasy

Buy:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars A fun, feisty and sexy paranormal romance, this is a fun read, and I loved coming back to this world. This is book #6 in the Dark in You series, a […]

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Audio Review: I Could Never by Penelope Ward

July 31, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU Review 5 stars Oh my heart, what a beautiful read! An enemies-to-lovers, close proximity, slow-burning, forbidden romance, this book captivated me from start to finish, and I […]

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Release, ARC Review & Giveaway: King of Nothing by Aurora Rose Reynolds

July 29, 2024July 29, 2024 AJ Billionaire

  King of Nothing by Aurora Rose Reynolds is live!   Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU Free on KU   Blurb I met him when my ship was sinking, […]

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Release & ARC Review: Where We Ended (Stone Riders MC, #4) by Ashley Munoz

July 26, 2024 AJ Bikers

  Where We Ended by Ashley Munoz is live! The fourth and final instalment in the Stone Riders MC series, this book has been building from the very beginning. A dramatic, dark and emotional story, […]

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Release & ARC Review: Meant for Love (Meant For, #3) by Natasha Madison

July 26, 2024July 24, 2024 AJ LOL Funny

  Meant for Love by Natasha Madison is live! This is such a gorgeous read! A hot and hilarious romance with a surprise wedding, a hero to die for who falls hard and fast, and […]

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Release & ARC Review: Undeniably Forbidden (Boston’s Irresistible Billionaires, #2) by J. Saman

July 22, 2024July 22, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  Undeniably Forbidden by J. Saman is now live!  From USA Today bestselling author J. Saman comes a steamy new standalone, brother’s best friend, age-gap, billionaire romance about a broody single dad doctor and the curvy nanny […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Arrangement (The Brewer Family, #2) by Adriana Locke

July 22, 2024July 24, 2024 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

  The Arrangement by Adriana Locke is live! This is a gorgeous read full of fantastic chemistry and sexual tension, with a friends-to-lovers, sort-of-pretend marriage, boss/assistant romance. It’s sweet, sexy and gorgeously romantic, and I […]

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Review: Rebel (Montgomery Brothers, #3) by Laura Pavlov

July 20, 2024 AJ Brother/Best Friend

Buy:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars The third and final book in the Montgomery Brothers series, this is the story of youngest brother, Jack, in a best-friend’s-sister, fake-relationship romance that is fun and sweet with a gorgeous […]

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Release & ARC Review: Tin God (Elemental Covenant, #5) by Elizabeth Hunter

July 16, 2024July 17, 2024 AJ Action

  Tin God by Elizabeth Hunter is now live!  The explosive finale of the Elemental Covenant series by eleven-time USA Today bestselling author, Elizabeth Hunter.   Amazon  |  Apple Books  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  […]

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