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Author: AJ

ARC Review: Unforgiven (Deep Ops, #5) by Rebecca Zanetti

June 7, 2022June 7, 2022 AJ Action

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars Book #5 in the Deep Ops series, this is another exciting, suspenseful read with action, mystery, and a gorgeously sweet and sexy single-parent romance. It’s an engaging read from start […]

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Release, Excerpt & ARC Review: Reluctantly Yours (Unexpectedly in Love, #1) by Erin Hawkins

June 6, 2022August 28, 2025 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

Reluctantly Yours by Erin Hawkins is live! A fun and feisty enemies-to-lovers/fake-relationship romance full of humour, romance, sexy times and sweetness, I loved this one!   Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide  |  Paperback   Blurb Barrett […]

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Review: The Dancer and the Dark (Elemental Legacy, #5.5) by Elizabeth Hunter

June 5, 2022 AJ Paranormal/Urban Fantasy

The Dancer and the Dark, a new novella in the Elemental Legacy Series is live! Amazon  |  Apple  |  Nook  |  Kobo   Blurb A single wrong step could mean their end. Gavin Wallace has […]

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Review: Stone (Pittsburgh Titans, #2) by Sawyer Bennett

June 4, 2022June 4, 2022 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars! The second book in the Pittsburgh Titans series, this is a sweet and gorgeously emotional story about loss, grief and healing, with a beautifully functional romance. I loved it. This series […]

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Release & ARC Review: Timeshare Boyfriend by M.K. Hale

June 3, 2022June 3, 2022 AJ Angsty

  Timeshare Boyfriend by M.K. Hale is live! A fun, angsty and emotional coming of age story for two childhood friends who become enemies who become friends and then lovers, over the course of two […]

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Release & ARC Review: Mine to Have (Southern Wedding, #1) by Natasha Madison

May 31, 2022June 9, 2022 AJ LOL Funny

  From USA Today bestselling author Natasha Madison comes a small town, second chance romance with all the feels, and I loved this one so much!    Amazon  |  Apple Books  |  Nook  |  Kobo […]

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Release & ARC Review: King of Midnight (Midnight Breed, #18) by Lara Adrian

May 30, 2022May 30, 2022 AJ Action

King of Midnight, the final book in the Midnight Breed series by Lara Adrian, is live!   Amazon  |  B&N  |  Nook  |  Paperback Coming soon in audio   Blurb The line between darkness and […]

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Review: Maybe Now (Maybe, #2) by Colleen Hoover

May 28, 2022 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 3.5 stars This book is like an extended epilogue for both Maybe Someday and the spin-off novella, Maybe Not. It continues the story of Ridge and Sydney right at the point […]

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Release & ARC Review: Good Vibrations (Brodie Brothers, #3) by Kayley Loring

May 26, 2022May 25, 2022 AJ LOL Funny

  Good Vibrations by Kayley Loring is live! A hot and hilarious single parent romance, this book is so much fun!   Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU  |  Universal […]

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Blog Tour, Excerpt & ARC Review: He’s a Keeper (San Francisco Strikers, #1) by Stacy Travis

May 25, 2022August 29, 2025 AJ Romance

This bad boy needs an image makeover. Can the quirky librarian get the job done? He’s a Keeper, an all-new opposites-attract, grumpy-sunshine romance full of heat and heart from bestselling author Stacy Travis is out […]

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Release & ARC Review: Risky (Adventures in Love, #2) by Aurora Rose Reynolds

May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 AJ Romance

  Risky by Aurora Rose Reynolds is live! A short and sweet read romance between a single mum finding her feet, and a grumpy-yet-hurting hero   Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  […]

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Review: The Mistress Files (The Original Sinners Pulp Library) by Tiffany Reisz

May 23, 2022May 23, 2022 AJ LOL Funny

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 5 stars Set within the Original Sinners world, this is a series of shorts written by Mistress Nora herself, having been asked by Kingsley to record some of her experiences […]

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Audio Review: Book Lovers by Emily Henry

May 22, 2022May 22, 2022 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 5 stars! Wow, what a beautiful read! An intelligent, emotional story that is a lot of fun with a gorgeous slow burning love story, this enemies-to-lovers romance absolutely […]

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Release & ARC Review: Unwanted (The Unlucky Ones, #1) by Marley Valentine

May 21, 2022May 21, 2022 AJ Drama

  Unwanted, a m/m second-chance romance, by Marley Valentine is live! Buy on Amazon Free in KU   Blurb Two halves of a whole, Arlo Bishop and I were both unwanted kids brought together by […]

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Release & ARC Review: Love You Like That (Excess All Areas, #4) by Scarlett Cole

May 17, 2022July 22, 2022 AJ Drama

  Love You Like That by Scarlett Cole is now live! An emotional, heartfelt, passionate and functional friends-to-lovers rockstar romance with all the feels! Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Apple  |  Kobo  |  Nook  […]

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Review: The Other Half of the Grave (Night Huntress, #9) by Jeaniene Frost

May 16, 2022November 3, 2022 AJ Action

Buy:  Amazon  |  Apple Books  |  B&N  |  Kobo Blurb From the New York Times bestselling author of the Night Huntress series comes a thrilling new look at the iconic origin story of Cat and Bones, as experienced by Bones…from […]

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Review: Snowbound (Tattered & Torn, #0.5) by Catherine Cowles

May 14, 2022February 15, 2023 AJ Brother/Best Friend

Originally titled Escape to Mistletoe Mountain and published in a Christmas anthology, this novella is now available free in ebook and audiobook.   Free on the author’s website   Review 4 stars! This is such […]

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Audio Review: Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score

May 8, 2022August 18, 2022 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 5+ stars! What an amazing read! A fun, sweet, laugh-out-loud yet emotional story with fantastic characters, SO much heart, and a beautiful and passionate small town, grumpy/sunshine, slow […]

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Release & ARC Review: Heart of Silk and Shadows (Fae Isles, #0.5) by Lisette Marshall

May 2, 2022May 2, 2022 AJ Drama

  Heart of Silk and Shadows, the prequel novel to an all-new fantasy series by Lisette Marshall is now live, and is my newest fantasy obsession! Buy now – Amazon   Blurb Stealing from a […]

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Retro Review: Sacrifice by Adriana Locke

April 30, 2022April 30, 2022 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 3.5 stars A young widow with a 4-year-old daughter struggling to get by, and her ex-fighter brother-in-law who was her first love, and who loves her still. It’s […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: Reason to Believe (Legacy, #1) by Rebecca Yarros

April 27, 2022August 7, 2024 AJ Angsty

  Reason to Believe by Rebecca Yarros is live! This is the first full-length novel in the Legacy series, a beautiful, emotional friends-to-lovers romance that had me smiling, crying, and falling in mad love with […]

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Release & ARC Review: Always You (The Adair Family, #3) by Samantha Young

April 26, 2022April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  Always You by Samantha Young is live! This is the third book in the Adair Family series, a forbidden-ish, brother’s best friend, friends-to-lovers, age gap romance that is full of drama, emotion and stunningly gorgeous […]

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Audio Review: Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1) by Abby Jimenez

April 24, 2022November 22, 2025 AJ Age Gap

Buy:  Amazon Blurb The New York Times bestselling author of Life’s Too Short delivers a refreshingly modern fairy tale perfect for fans of Casey McQuiston and Emily Henry. After a wild bet, gourmet grilled-cheese sandwich, and cuddle with […]

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Review: Rushed (Adventures in Love, #1) by Aurora Rose Reynolds

April 23, 2022 AJ Romance

Buy: Amazon  |  Paperback Review 3.5 short and swoony stars This is the first book in the Adventures in Love series, and it’s the kind of read that I have come to expect from Aurora Rose Reynolds […]

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Release & ARC Review: Always Mine (Honey Mountain, #1) by Laura Pavlov

April 21, 2022April 19, 2022 AJ Favourite

  Always Mine, the first book in the Honey Mountain series by Laura Pavlov, is live and it’s a fave for 2022! A beautiful friends-to-lovers romance that is fun, sexy and gorgeously swoony, I was […]

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