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Author: AJ

Release & ARC Review: Broken Veil (Shadowlands #3) by Elizabeth Hunter

November 13, 2025November 12, 2025 AJ Fantasy

  Broken Veil by Elizabeth Hunter is live! The third book in the Shadowlands series, this is an entertaining and adventure-filled journey full of magic and danger as the walls between the Shadowlands and the […]

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Release & ARC Review: Playing the Field (Los Angeles Devils, #1) by Stacy Travis

November 12, 2025November 12, 2025 AJ Brother/Best Friend

  Playing the Field by Stacy Travis is live! This is such a sweet read! A brother’s-best-friend, teenage crush, forced proximity sports romance with chemistry, heart, and the most gorgeous love story.   Amazon   […]

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Audio Review: Secret Haven (Sparrow Falls, #6) by Catherine Cowles

November 9, 2025November 9, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review “You’re my person. Always.” 4 stars The sixth and final book of the Sparrow Falls series, this is the long-awaited love story for Kye and Fallon, a slow burn, forbidden, ‘it’s always been […]

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Release & ARC Review: Love You, Mean It (Blushing, #2) by Laura Pavlov

November 4, 2025 AJ Romance

  Love You, Mean It by Laura Pavlov is live! This is the most beautifully sweet romance! A fun, heartfelt and chemistry-filled single-dad love story, it’s the small-town romance that Laura Pavlov writes so well […]

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Release & ARC Review: Thrown for a Loop (New York Legends, #1) by Sarina Bowen

November 4, 2025November 18, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Thrown for a Loop by Sarina Bowen is live! A second-chance hockey romance between a figure skater and NHL player, this book brought Cutting Edge vibes (“toe-pick!”), and it’s such a gorgeous read!   Amazon  […]

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Release & ARC Review: Bossing My Holiday by J. Saman

November 3, 2025November 3, 2025 AJ Billionaire

  Bossing My Holiday by J. Saman is live! This is a fantastically fun standalone romance with a great list of tropes – billionaire, boss/employee, grumpy/sunshine, fake relationship, enemies-to-lovers, Christmas, it’s set in Paris and, […]

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Audio Review: The Beloved (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #33) by J.R. Ward

October 31, 2025 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon Review 3 stars We’re 22 books into the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, and it’s time for the second gen! The surprising and devastating events that ended the last book of the series saw us […]

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Cover Reveal: Come What May (Ember Falls, #4) by Corinne Michaels

October 29, 2025October 29, 2025 AJ Book News

Corinne Michaels has revealed the gorgeous  covers for Come What May! Releasing January 20, 2026   Amazon  |  Deluxe Paperback Audio Alert     Photographer: Regina Wamba @reginawamba   Blurb Sleeping with your client is […]

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Release & ARC Review: Merrymaker (Name in Lights, #4) by Kayley Loring

October 27, 2025October 27, 2025 AJ LOL Funny

Merrymaker by Kayley Loring is live! This is a short, fun, laugh-out-loud Christmas novella with a grumpy/sunshine, single dad romance, and all the hilarity that I love from a Kayley Loring romcom.   Amazon   […]

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Release & ARC Review: Stand Your Ground (Kings of the Ice, #5) by Kandi Steiner

October 24, 2025October 24, 2025 AJ Age Gap

  Stand Your Ground by Kandi Steiner is live! This is such a fantastic read! It’s entertaining and wickedly sexy, but it’s also a deeply emotional story of trauma and healing with characters that owned […]

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Release & ARC Review: Holiday Unscripted by Natasha Madison

October 24, 2025October 24, 2025 AJ Brother/Best Friend

  Holiday Unscripted by Natasha Madison is live! This is a fantastically fun brother’s-best-friend, enemies-to-lovers, close proximity romance with great chemistry, an irresistible hero, and plenty of family Christmas/wedding shenanigans. I loved it.   Amazon […]

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Release & ARC Review: Booked for Holidays by Erin Hawkins

October 24, 2025October 25, 2025 AJ Brother/Best Friend

Booked for the Holidays by Erin Hawkins is live! A spicy, brother’s-best-friend, sort-of-second chance romance, this Christmas novella is a fun read.   Amazon     Blurb Last Christmas, I gave Liam Hargrove my heart… […]

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Release & ARC Review: Half-Light Harbor (Scottish Isles, #1) by Samantha Young

October 23, 2025 AJ Drama

  Half-Light Harbor by Samantha Young is live! A heroine starting over, a broody but protective alpha hero, traumatic pasts, drama, secrets, danger and suspense, with a scene-stealing dog, and the most beautiful love story […]

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Cover Reveal: In a Heartbeat (Rosewood River, #5) by Laura Pavlov

October 22, 2025December 16, 2025 AJ Book News

Laura Pavlov has revealed the covers for In a Heartbeat! Releasing December 16, 2025   Amazon     Cover Designer: Hang Le Photographer: Madison Maltby   Blurb Wren Waterstone isn’t just one of the most […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Death-Made Prince (Runewitch Saga, #1) by Lisette Marshall

October 21, 2025 AJ Action

The Death-Made Prince is live! The first book in a new romantasy series, this is a smart, exciting, action-packed read with rich world-building, fantastic characters, and a chemistry-filled, slow burning, enemies-to-lovers romance. It’s a long […]

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Review: Fire Heart (Fire Island, #2) by Alexandra Banks

October 18, 2025October 19, 2025 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon Review 4.5 stars Oh my heart, what a beautiful read! So much emotion, and an epically swoony romance, I loved this book! This book is the follow up to Tender Heart, and cannot be […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Trust We Broke (Iron Outlaws: Colorado, #5) by S. Cole

October 16, 2025October 16, 2025 AJ Bikers

  The Trust We Broke by S. Cole  is live! This is the most beautiful second-chance romance! A gritty MC read, it’s emotional and swoony with a smitten hero who owned my heart, and I […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Older Brother by Ginger Scott

October 16, 2025October 16, 2025 AJ Age Gap

The Older Brother by Ginger Scott is live! A dramatic and emotional NA romance with an age gap and some twisted family dynamics, it’s a bit older and steamier than Ginger Scott’s usual reads, but […]

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Release & ARC Review: Fire (The Creed Legacy, #1) by J.L. Berg

October 14, 2025February 23, 2026 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

Fire by J.L. Berg is live and it’s a 5-star fave! OMG, I love this book! A fun, sexy, heartfelt and gorgeously romantic almost-second-chance rockstar romance with close proximity, great chemistry, fantastic characters, and a […]

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Audio Review: When Life Happened by Jewel E. Ann

October 12, 2025October 11, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy: Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook Review 5 stars Wow. Like many other readers, I was gobsmacked by this book, and really don’t know what to say. It’s funny, it’s beautiful, it’s tragic and romantic, and it’s so […]

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Cover Reveal: Broken Veil (Shadowlands, #3) by Elizabeth Hunter

October 10, 2025October 10, 2025 AJ Book News

Elizabeth Hunter has revealed the cover for Broken Veil! Releasing November 13, 2025   Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide  |  Elizabeth’s Store Paperback  |  Hardcover     Blurb Carys Morgan is a mythology professor who walked […]

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Release & ARC Review: Take This Heart (Windy Harbor, #1) by Willow Aster

October 9, 2025October 9, 2025 AJ Billionaire

Take This Heart by Willow Aster is live! The first book in a brand new series from Willow Aster, this is a small town, enemies-to-lovers, billionaire romance with fantastic chemistry, sizzling sexy time and so […]

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Release & ARC Review: Cry Madness by Renee Rocco

October 6, 2025 AJ Dark & Gritty

Cry Madness by Renee Rocco is live A dark romance with a fairytale twist, this is a sexy spin on Alice in Wonderland, and I really enjoyed this book!   Amazon   Blurb THEY’RE ALL […]

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Cover Reveal: Hart’s Landing by Melanie Harlow

October 5, 2025October 5, 2025 AJ Book News

Hart’s Landing by Melanie Harlow A brand new contemporary romance coming May 12, 2026   Don’t miss out on preordering the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION while supplies last. Amazon  |  B&N  |  BAM  |  Walmart […]

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Audio Review: Wild Card (Rose Hill, #4) by Elsie Silver

October 4, 2025October 3, 2025 AJ Age Gap

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars The fourth and final book in the Rose Hill series, this a forbidden, age-gap, grumpy/sunshine romance with great characters, fantastic chemistry, and an emotional, slow burning love story. Bash and Gwen’s […]

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