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Author: AJ

Release & ARC Review: The Love Plot by Samantha Young

August 29, 2023August 29, 2023 AJ Fake Relationship

  The Love Plot by Samantha Young is live! This is such a gorgeous read! A funny, romantic, utterly charming opposites attract story with two absolutely fantastic characters in a fake romance. I laughed and […]

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Release & ARC Review: Tyrant by R.K. Lilley

August 29, 2023April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  Tyrant by R.K. Lilley is live! What a delight of a read! Written entirely from the hero’s perspective, we get to watch a proudly debauched playboy fall madly and completely in love for the […]

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Review: Where I’d Rather Be (Forget Me Knot #4) by C.R. Ellis

August 26, 2023 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 3.5 stars I picked up this book when I was wanting emotional intensity, and that’s exactly what I got. An angsty and emotional sort-of-friends to lovers story where a sweet […]

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Release & ARC Review: Shucked (The Loew Brothers #1) by Kate Canterbary

August 22, 2023August 26, 2023 AJ Brother/Best Friend

  Shucked by Kate Canterbary is live! Oh, I love this book! A brother’s best friend, enemies-to-lovers, grumpy/sunshine romance, this story is funny, sweet, sexy, heartfelt, and beautifully romantic, with wonderful characters who I absolutely […]

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Release Blitz: I Could Never by Penelope Ward

August 21, 2023August 21, 2023 AJ Book News

   I Could Never by Penelope Ward is live! A standalone enemies-to-lovers, forbidden romance   Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU Apple Books  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Problem with Perfect (Cedar Point, #3) by Jillian Liota

August 21, 2023April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  The Problem with Perfect by Jillian Liota is live! The fourth book (third full length) in the Cedar Point series, I was so excited to be back into this world with a read that […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: Accidentally Ours (Unexpectedly in Love, #3) by Erin Hawkins

August 19, 2023April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  Accidentally Ours by Erin Hawkins is live! An age-gap, secret relationship, accidental pregnancy romance, this book was so much more than I was expecting. It’s sweet and funny, dirty, sexy, playful and swoonily romantic. […]

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Review: Reckless (Chestnut Springs, #4) by Elsie Silver

August 17, 2023August 16, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 5 stars! God, I am in a world of romantic heaven after finishing this book! What a beautifully romantic, swoony and emotional read! I was a little nervous going into this one, but […]

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Release & ARC Review: Curse of the Thorn King (Wayfarer Fae #1) by Lisette Marshall

August 15, 2023July 12, 2025 AJ Fantasy

Curse of the Thorn King by Lisette Marshall is live! A Beauty and the Beast retelling with a fae king, a reluctant assassin heroine, and an enemies-to-lovers, close proximity romance that sucked me in from […]

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Review: Fling (Carmichael Family, #2) by Adriana Locke

August 12, 2023August 11, 2023 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

Buy:  Amazon Review 4.5 stars! The second book in the Carmichael Family series, this is Maddox and Ashley’s story, a deliciously fun and sexy friends-to-lovers romance. Ashley has just called off her wedding to her douchebag […]

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Review: Blood Heir by Jasinda Wilder

August 10, 2023 AJ New Adult

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 3 stars I’m a fan of Jasinda Wilder’s emotionally intense love stories, and when I saw that she had written a paranormal book, I knew I had to read it. […]

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Release & ARC Review: Riot Reunion (Crooked Sinners, #4) by Callie Hart

August 8, 2023August 8, 2023 AJ Dark & Gritty

  The Riot House boys are back! Riot Reunion by Callie Hart is live!   Amazon (free in KU)   Blurb The residents of Riot House have graduated, but the events of the past year […]

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Review: Anywhere But Here (Hermosa Beach novella) by Jillian Liota

August 6, 2023August 6, 2023 AJ Fake Relationship

Buy:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars This is a short and sweet story, a fake relationship for two of the very minor side characters from the Hermosa Beach series (you could easily read this one as a […]

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Release & ARC Review: Where You Belong (A Heart’s Compass, #5) by Brooke O’Brien

August 4, 2023August 4, 2023 AJ Drama

  Where You Belong by Brooke O’Brien is live! A short read with a single mother starting over and a protective and passionate hero who will do anything to win her heart. It’s swoony and […]

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Release & Review: Glimmers of You (Lost & Found, #3) by Catherine Cowles

August 1, 2023July 29, 2023 AJ Brother/Best Friend

  Glimmers of You by Catherine Cowles is live! An oh, so beautiful brother’s-best-friend, friends to lovers, fake-relationship romance with mystery, suspense, and all the feels, this book and its characters owned my heart, and […]

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Release & Review: In the Likely Event by Rebecca Yarros

July 31, 2023August 7, 2024 AJ Angsty

In the Likely Event by Rebecca Yarros is live, and wow, what a read! An emotional, angsty, heartfelt second-chance military romance, this book completely swept me away with its emotion and intensity, and I adored […]

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Review: Lassiter (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #21) by J.R. Ward

July 30, 2023August 2, 2023 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon Review WHAT. DID. I. JUST. READ???? Seriously. Did that just happen? I can’t… Uuugghhhhhh. This is the 21st book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, and as a fangirl from way back in the […]

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Review: Powerless (Chestnut Springs, #3) by Elsie Silver

July 29, 2023 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon Review 4.5 stars The third book in the Chestnut Springs series, this is an emotional and heartfelt friends-to-lovers romance with all the feels. Since the moment she met him when they were children, Sloane […]

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Release & ARC Review: On the Shore (Cottonwood Cove, #3) by Laura Pavlov

July 27, 2023July 25, 2023 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  On the Shore by Laura Pavlov is live! An enemies-to-lovers sports romance that is funny, sexy, and so freaking swoony! Featuring a snarky heroine and a superstar NFL quarterback who falls head over heels, […]

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Release & ARC Review: Bishop’s Flight (Elemental Covenant, #4) by Elizabeth Hunter

July 25, 2023July 25, 2023 AJ Action

  “The sins of the past will burn you.” Bishop’s Flight by Elizabeth Hunter is now live!    Amazon  |  Apple  |  Nook  |  Kobo Google Play coming soon   Blurb Four nights. Three days. […]

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Release & ARC Review: Mine To Take (Southern Wedding #5) by Natasha Madison

July 24, 2023July 22, 2023 AJ Romance

  From Wall Street Journal & USA Today bestselling author Natasha Madison comes a stand-alone small-town, second-chance sports romance.  Mine to Take is live! When two worlds crossover. From the This Is Series and The […]

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ARC Review: You Can Die (Laurel Snow, #3) by Rebecca Zanetti

July 23, 2023July 25, 2023 AJ Mystery/Suspense

Buy:  Amazon |  B&N  |  Apple  |  Kobo  |  BAM  |  Google Play Review The third book in the Laurel Snow series, this is another twisty and intriguing mystery/suspense story, with wonderfully developed characters, sharp, witty writing, fun moments, shocks and surprises, […]

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Review: Drake (Pittsburgh Titans, #5) by Sawyer Bennett

July 22, 2023 AJ Romance

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars This is a gorgeous read! This is the fifth book in the Pittsburgh Titans series, about a NHL team rebuilding after their whole team, and a portion of their staff and […]

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Release & ARC Review: A Soul of Ash and Blood (Blood and Ash, #5) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

July 18, 2023July 17, 2023 AJ Fantasy

  A Soul of Ash and Blood, the highly-anticipated fifth book in the Blood and Ash Series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout is available now!   Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Hardcover  […]

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Review: Flirt (Carmichael Family, #1) by Adriana Locke

July 16, 2023 AJ Fake Relationship

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars The first book in the Carmichael Family this series, this book is a great introduction to a family that I know I am going to love, and a fun friends-to-lovers/fake relationship […]

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