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Author: AJ

Audio Review: Written in the Scars by Adriana Locke

February 3, 2024February 2, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars Well holy feels, this book! I thought I knew what I was getting into with this book, but I was wrong. Well, I was partially right, […]

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Release & ARC Review: Through the Glen (Highlands Series, #3) by Samantha Young

February 1, 2024January 31, 2024 AJ Drama

  Through the Glen by Samantha Young is live! This is a beautifully romantic read! An emotional and heartfelt character-driven romance between a cynical English playboy and a quiet, shy Scot. It’s dramatic, sweet, and […]

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Review: Excess (Lust & Lies, #2) by Kate Stewart

January 30, 2024 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 4 stars This story was originally published as the Excess series under Kate Stewart’s penname, Angelica Chase (published as Opulence, Reverence and Hindrance). It’s now all together in one collection to create a […]

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ARC Review: Legacy of Temptation (Demonica Birthright, #1) by Larissa Ione

January 27, 2024January 27, 2024 AJ Action

To be released 6 February Pre-order:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 5 stars! This is probably my most anticipated book for 2024, and it started the year off on a massive high! I dropped everything when […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Billionaire Is Back (Beacon Harbor, #1) by Kaley Loring & Connor Crais

January 25, 2024July 24, 2024 AJ Billionaire

  The Billionaire is Back by Kayley Loring & Connor Crais is live! Funny, sexy, and beautifully romantic, this book made me laugh and swoon, and gave me all the feels. A small town, brother’s […]

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Release & ARC Review: Broken Rivalry (Silverbrook University, #1) by R.G. Angel

January 22, 2024February 13, 2024 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  Broken Rivalry by R.G. Angel is live! This is the first book in the Silverbrook University series, a beautifully emotional and heartfelt NA romance with strong themes of family, redemption and forgiveness, and I […]

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Release & ARC Review: Loving Romeo (Magnolia Falls, #1) by Laura Pavlov

January 18, 2024January 17, 2024 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  Loving Romeo by Laura Pavlov is live! The first book in Laura Pavlov’s Magnolia Falls series, this is an emotional and dramatic grumpy/sunshine, opposites attract, sort-of-enemies-to-lovers romance with the most beautifully swoony love story. […]

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Release: What Happens at the Lake by Vi Keeland

January 15, 2024July 9, 2024 AJ Book News

  What Happens at the Lake by Vi Keeland is live!   Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU Apple Books  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  Audio  |  […]

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Release & ARC Review: Waiting to Play (Lake Spark Off-Season, #3) by Evey Lyon

January 9, 2024January 9, 2024 AJ Drama

  Waiting to Play by Evey Lyon is live! A secret baby, brother’s enemy, forced proximity, steamy hockey romance    Amazon  |  Apple  |  Nook  |  Universal   Blurb Vaughn Madden is hockey’s hotshot who […]

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ARC Review: Love, Just In by Natalie Murray

January 8, 2024January 8, 2024 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Blurb In the vein of Emily Henry’s You and Me On Vacation, Love, Just In is a friends-to-lovers romance with just enough spice to heat up the summer. Sydney TV news reporter Josie Larsen […]

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Review: Sexual Awakenings (Lust & Lies, #1) by Kate Stewart

January 7, 2024 AJ Romance

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 4 stars! Holy. Freaking. Hotness. Kate Stewart has delivered a blisteringly sexy read with an emotional and heartfelt love story. This book was originally published as a four-part serial under […]

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Release & ARC Review: Mine to Keep (Southern Wedding, #8) by Natasha Madison

January 5, 2024January 5, 2024 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  Mine to Keep by Natasha Madison is live! A funny and romantic boss/employee, enemies-to-lovers romance with great chemistry and some serious sparks.   Amazon   Blurb Grace It wasn’t hard for me to walk […]

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Release & ARC Review: Falling (Landmark Mountain, #4) by Willow Aster

January 4, 2024January 24, 2024 AJ Favourite

  Falling by Willow Aster is live!   When Little Miss Sunshine and a hot, grumpy rancher are forced to live together, what could possibly go wrong?   Amazon Both covers will be available in […]

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Release & ARC Review: Frostbitten (Deep Ops, #6) by Rebecca Zanetti

January 2, 2024January 2, 2024 AJ Badasses

Buy:  Amazon Review 4.5 stars! The latest in the Deep Ops series, this is a fun and chemistry-filled ‘whodunnit’ romantic suspense with laughs, steam, action and intensity. This is book #6 in the series, and […]

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Best of 2023

December 31, 2023 AJ Book News

How is 2023 over already? It’s been a busy year for both of us, and it’s gone by so fast! But as always, we’ve had some amazing reads along the way, and we’re so excited […]

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Audio Review: Finding Storm (The Storm, #4) by Samantha Towle

December 30, 2023December 30, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars A fantastic bonus for fans of The Storm series, but also a fabulous standalone rockstar romance, this book made me laugh and feel, and I fell in mad love […]

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Review: The Storm (The Storm, #3.5) by Samantha Towle

December 26, 2023 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars! I love The Storm series and am a huge fan of all things Jake and Tru. I can’t believe I’ve waited this long to read this novella, but I’m […]

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Review: Lights, Snow and Mistletoe Anthology

December 22, 2023April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  The Lights, Snow and Mistletoe is a short-release collection of eleven holiday-themed novellas from some of our favorite authors!   Dylan Allen | Catherine Cowles  |  Helena Hunting  |  A.L. Jackson  |  Adriana Locke   K.C. […]

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Review: Once Upon a Holiday Anthology

December 21, 2023December 20, 2023 AJ Anthology

  The Once Upon a Holiday collection is available for a limited time! Featuring brand new holiday-themed novellas from six best-selling authors!   Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward  |  Elsie Silver  |  Susan Stoker  |  […]

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Review: Things We Left Behind (Knockemout, #3) by Lucy Score

December 19, 2023 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon |  Paperback Review 5 stars! This is a hilarious enemies-to-lovers romance that is fun and laugh-out-loud funny, yet emotional, with a fantastically snarky, banter-filled love story that is full of chemistry and so freaking […]

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Review: Where We Started (Stone Riders MC, #1 by Ashley Munoz

December 17, 2023December 16, 2023 AJ Bikers

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 5 stars! This is my first book by Ashley Munoz, and I admit that it was the gorgeous cover that initially drew me to this one. Then that blurb – childhood sweetheart, second-chance, […]

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Review: Hendrix (Pittsburgh Titans, #7) by Sawyer Bennett

December 13, 2023December 19, 2023 AJ Romance

Buy:  Amazon Review 3 stars Book #7 in the Pittsburgh Titans series, this is a sweet and sexy romance with minimal drama, and a happy ending for another Titans player. Hendrix and Stevie meet when the […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Vows We Keep (Iron Outlaws MC, #5) by S. Cole

December 8, 2023 AJ Dark & Gritty

  The Vows We Keep by S. Cole is live! The fifth book in the Iron Outlaws MC series, this is a heartfelt and emotional romance with wonderful characters, fantastic character development and a fabulous […]

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Release & ARC Review: Sable Peak (The Edens, #6) by Devney Perry

December 7, 2023December 7, 2023 AJ Drama

  Sable Peak by Devney Perry is live! The final book in The Edens series, this is a friends-to-lovers, unrequired love, single dad romance. It’s emotional and dramatic, and beautifully, swoonily romantic, and I loved […]

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Release & ARC Review: Among the Heather (The Highlands, #2) by Samantha Young

December 5, 2023December 5, 2023 AJ Celebrities

  Among the Heather by Samantha Young is now live! A dramatic and suspenseful celebrity romance that is full of emotion with a beautifully swoony love story, and it’s a gorgeous read.   Amazon  |  […]

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