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Author: AJ

Release & ARC Review: Wishes & Wings (The Birdsong Trilogy, #3) by Nina Lane

March 15, 2022March 15, 2022 AJ Drama

  Wishes & Wings, the heartpounding finish to The Birdsong Trilogy by Nina Lane is live! This series is an epic story of forbidden love, an angsty, dramatic, swoony and emotional romance that captured my […]

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ARC Review: Queen of Shadow and Ash (Seven Kings of Jinn, #3) by S. Young

March 14, 2022March 14, 2022 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon |  Paperback Review 3.5 stars The third book in Samantha Young’s Seven Kings of Jinn series, this book was originally published as Borrowed Ember (Fire Spirits, #3), but like the others in the series, […]

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Review: Impulsive Love (Love Stings, #5) by Evan Grace

March 12, 2022March 12, 2022 AJ Brother/Best Friend

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 3.5 stars A surprise baby romance with strong emotional storyline, this is a story of second chances that is sweet, with just the right amount of drama, and an irresistibly […]

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Review: Point of Origin (Legacy, #0.5) by Rebecca Yarros

March 11, 2022August 7, 2024 AJ Novella

Buy:  Amazon Review 5 stars This is the first book (a novella) in the Legacy series, a gorgeously emotional second-chance romance that brought the feels, and I loved it! Sebastian (Bash) and Emerson grew up together […]

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Release & ARC Review: Feather & Flame (The Birdsong Trilogy, #2) by Nina Lane

March 8, 2022March 8, 2022 AJ Drama

  Feather & Flame, the second book in The Birdsong Trilogy, is live! An angsty, emotional and intense forbidden love story!   Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU   B&N  |  Kobo  |  Apple Books  |  Google Play   […]

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Release & ARC Review: Stronger Than Hope (Chesapeake Days, #1) by Katherine McIntyre

March 5, 2022March 4, 2022 AJ MM/Menage

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Blurb One man looking to set down roots, the other looking to leave… Fresh out of a relationship, Nate’s searching for a change—what better way is there than renovating his uncle’s […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Bully (Calamity Montana, #4) by Devney Perry (writing as Willa Nash)

March 3, 2022September 6, 2023 AJ Drama

  The Bully is live! An emotional enemies-to-lovers romance with red-hot chemistry, sizzling passion and a beautiful slow-burning love story. Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audible   Blurb Nellie Rivera is trading traffic for tranquility. When […]

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Release & ARC Review: Only One Love (Only One, #7) by Natasha Madison

March 1, 2022June 3, 2023 AJ LOL Funny

  From USA TODAY bestselling author Natasha Madison comes a brand new standalone sports romance. The seventh installment of the Only One Series. A spin off from the Something So Series and This is Series […]

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Release Blitz: The Assignment by Penelope Ward

February 28, 2022March 1, 2022 AJ Book News

  The Assignment by Penelope Ward A standalone contemporary enemies-to-lovers romance   Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU Apple Books  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  Paperback  |  […]

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Review: Say Yes by Elle Kennedy

February 26, 2022February 26, 2022 AJ Novella

Originally offered as a short story in the Mixtape Anthology alongside 11 other short stories, Say Yes is now available for your own reading pleasure!   Buy:  Amazon  |  Audible Review 4 stars This is […]

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ARC Review: Of Wish and Fury (Seven Kings of Jinn, #2) by S. Young

February 24, 2022March 6, 2022 AJ Paranormal/Urban Fantasy

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 3 stars The second book in Samantha Young’s Seven Kings of Jinn series, this book was originally published in 2012 as ‘Scorched Skies (Fire Spirits, #2)’, but has now been renamed, re-edited and […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Difference Between Somehow and Someway (The Difference Trilogy, #2) by Aly Martinez

February 24, 2022August 29, 2025 AJ Drama

“The world gave me everything. And then it took it all away.”   The Difference Between Somehow and Someway, the second book in the moving and captivating The Difference Trilogy from USA Today bestselling author Aly […]

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Release & Review: Must Love Hockey (Brooklyn Hockey Novella) by Sarina Bowen

February 23, 2022November 4, 2024 AJ Novella

  Must Love Hockey by Sarina Bowen is live!   Amazon  |  Apple  |  Kobo  |  Nook  |  Google  |  Paperback     Blurb Q: What’s the opposite of a “meet cute?” A: Meeting a […]

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Release & ARC Review: How Good It Was (Excess All Areas, #3) by Scarlett Cole

February 22, 2022February 22, 2022 AJ Drama

  How Good It Was, the third book in the Excess All Areas rockstar romance series by Scarlett Cole is live!   Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Kobo  |  Apple  |  Nook  |  Google […]

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Release, Excerpt & ARC Review: Sparrow & Hawke (The Birdsong Trilogy, #1) by Nina Lane

February 22, 2022February 22, 2022 AJ Angsty

  Sparrow & Hawke, the first book in The Birdsong Trilogy by Nina Lane, is now live!   Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Apple Books  |  Google Play   Blurb Darius My attraction […]

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ARC Review: Gold (The Queen & The Assassin, #3) by Lisette Marshall

February 20, 2022February 22, 2022 AJ Forbidden

Gold, the final book in The Queen & The Assassin trilogy, is live! An exciting, intense and passionate read that completes Runo and Tamar’s story perfectly.   Amazon   Blurb To challenge the Empire is […]

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Blog Tour, Excerpt & ARC Review: No Match For Her (Berkeley Hills, #5) by Stacy Travis

February 18, 2022August 29, 2025 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

No Match for Her, an all-new swoon-worthy slow burn romance from bestselling author Stacy Travis is available now!   Amazon  |  Apple  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  Paperback   Blurb I need a […]

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Release & ARC Review: A Very Vegas St. Patrick’s Day (A Very Holiday, #3) by Kayley Loring & Connor Crais

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 AJ LOL Funny

A Very Vegas St Patrick’s Day by Kayley Loring and Connor Crais is live! I love this book! It’s fun, funny, sizzlingly sexy and swoonily romantic. A hookup that becomes a Vegas wedding that becomes […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Truths We Burn (Hollow Boys, #2) by Monty Jay

February 16, 2022February 17, 2022 AJ Angsty

The Truths We Burn, the second book in the Hollow Boys series by Monty Jay, is live! Dark, gritty and intense, this is a second-chance-romance with a difference, and I loved it!     Amazon  […]

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Release: Player Hater (Accidentally in Love, #1) by Sara Ney

February 15, 2022February 15, 2022 AJ Book News

  The Player Hater by Sara Ney is live! Amazon  |  Apple  |  Kobo  |  Nook Blurb I would do anything for my best friend. Well. Almost anything. When she begs me to come on a weekend getaway so I can bond with […]

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Review: The Beautiful Ashes (Broken Destiny, #1)

February 14, 2022February 13, 2022 AJ Action

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 3 stars As a huge fan of the Night Huntress series, I’ve been so curious about this series, and was excited to dive in. It’s an action-packed ride with great […]

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Review: Good Girl Complex (Avalon Bay, #1) by Elle Kennedy

February 11, 2022April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

Buy:  Amazon  |  Kobo  |  Nook  |  Google  |  Paperback  |  Audible Review 3.5 stars! This is an easy read with a sexy, fun-yet-intense opposites-attract NA romance, and it’s a great start to a new series by Elle Kennedy that I […]

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Release & ARC Review: A Chance for Us (Willow Creek Valley, #4) by Corinne Michaels

February 8, 2022February 7, 2022 AJ Drama

A Chance for Us is live!     Amazon  |  Apple Books  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  Google Play |  Audible (audio narrated by Zachary Webber & Vanessa Edwin)   Blurb My marriage started as a […]

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Review: Immersed in Pleasure/Submit to Desire (Original Sinners Pulp Library) by Tiffany Reisz

February 7, 2022 AJ Novella

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review “Women tend to fall in love with me when I take my clothes off.” Short and sweet HOTTTTTTT!!! This book contains two novellas that take place in the Original Sinners […]

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Review: Mine to Kiss (Southern Wedding, #0.5) by Natasha Madison

February 6, 2022February 6, 2022 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

Free:  Amazon Blurb Before she was mine to have, she was mine to kiss! I fell in love with Harlow on the first day I met her, when I was pulling open the door for […]

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