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Author: AJ

Review: Loving at 40 (Lakeside Cottage, #3) by L.B. Dunbar

January 14, 2023January 14, 2023 AJ Brother/Best Friend

Buy:  Amazon Review 4.5 stars! The third book in the Lakeside Cottage series, this is a gorgeously emotional romance for a widowed single mother, and a complex hero with a secretive life. It’s a beautiful […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Sins We Hide (Iron Outlaws MC, #1) by S. Cole

January 12, 2023January 10, 2023 AJ Bikers

  From USA Today best selling author Scarlett Cole, writing as S. Cole, comes an electrifying MC, friends to enemies to lovers romance.   The Sins We Hide, first book in the Iron Outlaws MC […]

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ARC Review: Worth the Risk (Lake Spark, #1) by Evey Lyon

January 10, 2023April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  WORTH THE RISK by Evey Lyon is live!! A swoony and beautifully romantic age-gap sports romance with a slightly forbidden twist, this is a gorgeous read that is both sexy and sweet, and I […]

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Release & ARC Review: Twined (The Grim Tower, #2) by Renee Rocco

January 10, 2023October 6, 2025 AJ Fantasy

Twined by Renee Rocco is live! The second book of the Grim Tower series, this book continues the imaginative retelling of Rapunzel with an erotic twist. This is a dark fairytale, reverse harem story with […]

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Release & Review: The Heartache Duet by Jay McLean

January 9, 2023 AJ Uncategorized

  The Heartache Duet Box Set by Jay McLean is live, and it’s an incredible read!   Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Hardcover   Blurb Ava Diaz needs saving. She just doesn’t know it yet. Just […]

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Release & ARC Review: Until August (Love and Chaos, #3) by Emery Rose

January 6, 2023January 6, 2023 AJ Drama

  UNTIL AUGUST by Emery Rose is live! A standalone story in the Love and Chaos world, this book brings all the feels. A second chance at love story for two lost and broken souls […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: A Vampire’s Kiss (Dark Protectors/Rebels, #15.5) by Rebecca Zanetti

January 4, 2023January 3, 2023 AJ Novella

  A Vampire’s Kiss by Rebecca Zanetti, is live! A novella in the Dark Protectors/Rebels series, this is a fun, romantic and sexy read!   Amazon  |  Paperback   Blurb From New York Times and USA Today bestselling […]

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Release Blitz: The Hustler Next Door (Polson Falls, #2) by K.A. Tucker

January 3, 2023January 3, 2023 AJ Book News

  He fooled the wrong woman. The Hustler Next Door by K.A. Tucker is now live!    Amazon  |  Other Links   (available exclusively on Amazon & Kindle Unlimited Jan. 5th)   Blurb From the […]

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Release & Review: Beginning of the End (End of Story, #0.5) by Kylie Scott

January 1, 2023March 2, 2023 AJ Novella

Buy:  Amazon Review 3 stars This short novella is a prequel to Kylie Scott’s upcoming novel, End of Story. It’s an introduction to the characters as we meet Susie and see her endure two life-changing […]

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Best of 2022

December 31, 2022January 6, 2023 AJ Book News

It’s that time of the year again! We’re reflecting back on the books we’ve read this year, and we’ve both discovered some awesome reads! We’re so excited to share our faves with you!   As […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: Made For Me (Made For #1) by Natasha Madison

December 28, 2022December 28, 2022 AJ Feeeeeeels

  From Wall Street Journal and USA TODAY bestselling author Natasha Madison comes a brand new stand-alone friends to lovers sports romance. A spin-off from the Only One series   Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  […]

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Release & Review: Timeless (Lark Cove, #5) by Devney Perry

December 27, 2022December 27, 2022 AJ Novella

Timeless, a standalone book in the Lark Cove series by Devney Perry, is live, and it’s such a gorgeous read!   Amazon |  Paperback Available in Kindle Unlimited     Blurb Aubrey Kendrick has dedicated […]

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ARC Review: The Dark Fae’s Destiny (The Dark Fae of the Lost Land, #2) by Jamie Schlosser

December 24, 2022 AJ Fantasy

Buy:  Amazon Review “Fate brought us together, and nothing is more powerful than our connection, not even death.” 3.5 stars The follow up to The Dark Fae’s Bargain, this book continues Ellister and Hannah’s heartwrenching story […]

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Audio Review: It Starts With Us (It Ends With Us, #2) by Colleen Hoover

December 18, 2022December 17, 2022 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4 stars A follow up to the breathtaking It Ends With Us, this book shows us the happy ending that was hinted at in those final pages (beware if you haven’t read […]

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Release & ARC Review: Only Mine (Honey Mountain, #5) by Laura Pavlov

December 15, 2022December 14, 2022 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  Only Mine by Laura Pavlov is live! The final book in the Honey Mountain series, this is a sensationally fun and sexy enemies-to-lovers romance with blistering chemistry and banter and a gorgeously swoony love […]

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ARC Review Excerpt: To Trust and To Touch by Vivi Anne Hunt

December 12, 2022April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

Releasing 13 December Buy:  Amazon Blurb Every Friday night, Alex goes to the infamous sex club, Kink World, to perform. He goes in, takes his money, and gets out. No complications and definitely no touching. […]

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Release & ARC Review: Effortless (Lake Family, #2) by Jennifer Van Wyk

December 8, 2022December 8, 2022 AJ Romance

  Effortless by Jennifer Van Wyk is live! This is such a beautiful story! A swoony and heartfelt second-chance-romance, and a gorgeous story of reconnection with the one who got away.   Amazon Free in […]

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ARC Review: The Dark Fae’s Bargain (The Dark Fae of the Lost Land, #1) by Jamie Schlosser

December 6, 2022December 24, 2022 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon   Review 4 stars! This is a great read! An intense and chemistry-filled fae romance with magic, intrigue, well-developed characters facing a heartwrenching situation, and a gorgeous, passion-filled romance Hannah is a young human […]

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Release & Review: The Fake Holidate by Amie Knight

December 4, 2022December 4, 2022 AJ Novella

The Fake Holidate by Amie Knight is live! This is a short and fun novella, a fake relationship/close proximity romance that is sweet and sexy with a feel-good finish.   Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: Swear On My Life by S.L. Scott

December 3, 2022December 3, 2022 AJ Drama

  Swear On My Life by S.L. Scott is live! A swoony and passionate NA love story that becomes an emotional second-chance-romance, this book is SO beautifully romantic! A standalone, opposites attract story with a […]

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Release & ARC Review: Cruel North (North Brothers, #4) by J.B. Salsbury

December 2, 2022November 29, 2022 AJ Drama

  He let her go once. This time he wants to keep her.   Cruel North, an all-new surprise pregnancy, forced proximity contemporary romance with sizzling chemistry from New York Times bestselling author J.B. Salsbury […]

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Release & ARC Review: You Can Hide (Laurel Snow, #2) by Rebecca Zanetti

November 29, 2022November 24, 2022 AJ Mystery/Suspense

  You Can Hide, the second book in the Laurel Snow series by Rebecca Zanetti, is live!   Amazon  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  BAM  |  Google Play   Blurb Set against the atmospheric backdrop […]

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ARC Review: Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales

November 27, 2022November 24, 2022 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

Buy:  Amazon  |  Audio Review 3.5 stars This is such a fun read! A witty comedy featuring a bachelor-ish reality show where a semi-wannabe-celebrity dates his ex-girlfriends in the hopes of finding the one who […]

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Audio Review: The Rules of Dating (The Law of Opposites Attract, #1) by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward

November 26, 2022November 23, 2022 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars! Oh, what a gorgeous romance! Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward deliver another fun, chemistry-filled, functional, passionate, and swoony love story that completely captured my heart. Billie has […]

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Review: Visions of You (Lost & Found, #0.5) by Catherine Cowles

November 24, 2022April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

Free via Bookfunnel:  Ebook  |  Audio Blurb I’ve only ever had one secret: I’ve been in love with my best friend’s brother for as long as I can remember. West Castille is everything my little-girl […]

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