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Author: AJ

Release & ARC Review: The Final Play (Summerville Sports Romance, #3) by Amie Knight

February 4, 2022August 29, 2025 AJ Drama

The Final Play isn’t always the end. Sometimes, it’s the beginning of something far more beautiful.   The Final Play by Amie Knight is live! Amazon  |  Paperback   Blurb As a professional linebacker, I […]

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Blog Tour, Excerpt & ARC Review: Tattered Stars (Tattered & Torn, #1) by Catherine Cowles

February 2, 2022August 29, 2025 AJ Age Gap

“Small town romance at its best! Absolutely unputdownable. Cowles grabs you from page one and doesn’t let you go. A brilliant tale packed with heat and heart.” —Adriana Locke USA Today bestselling author   Tattered […]

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Audio Review: Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover

January 30, 2022 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 5 ‘oh, my heart!’ stars OMG, Colleen Hoover writes the most emotional and unexpected stories, and she’s delivered an amazing read with this incredible book. A heartbreaking story […]

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Release: River of Shadows (Underworld Gods, #1) by Karina Halle

January 29, 2022October 15, 2022 AJ Book News

River of Shadows by Karina Halle is now live!    “In order to save my father, I have to marry the God of Death.”     Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide Download today or read for […]

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ARC Review: Claimed (Willow Springs, #5) by Laura Pavlov

January 28, 2022January 21, 2022 AJ Feeeeeeels

  Claimed is live, and the Willow Springs series is complete! Amazon   Blurb Nashville’s hottest country star. Wedding planner extraordinaire. High school sweethearts one day and complete strangers the next. “He’s the only boy […]

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Release & ARC Review: Twisted Hate (Twisted, #3) by Ana Huang

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 AJ Brother/Best Friend

  Twisted Hate, book #3 in the Twisted series by Ana Huang, is live! A sexy and intense enemies-to-lovers, best-friend’s-brother romance that had me completely hooked from start to finish. Josh and Jules steam up […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Difference Between Somebody and Someone (The Difference Trilogy, #1) by Aly Martinez

January 27, 2022August 29, 2025 AJ Drama

“The world owes you nothing.”   The Difference Between Somebody and Someone, the first book in the The Difference Trilogy, filled with emotional twists and turns from USA Today bestselling author Aly Martinez, is now live! […]

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ARC Review: You Can Run (Laurel Snow, #1) by Rebecca Zanetti

January 26, 2022January 26, 2022 AJ Mystery/Suspense

You Can Run, the first book in Rebecca Zanetti’s Laurel Snow series, is live! A smart and complex mystery/suspense story, this is an intense read from start to finish with just a hint of romance, […]

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Release & ARC Review: Running Wild (The Simple Wild, #3) by K.A. Tucker

January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 AJ Romance

From the internationally bestselling author of The Simple Wild comes a new story in the Simple Wild world, featuring veterinarian Marie and her struggles to find her own happily ever after…     Amazon  |  […]

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Release & ARC Review: Take a Chance With Me (With Me in Seattle #18; The O’Callaghans, #5) by Kristen Proby

January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 AJ Brother/Best Friend

Take a Chance With Me, a gorgeously romantic friends-to-lovers/brother’s-best-friend story, is live!     A friends to lovers, soulmates story from Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author Kristen Proby, set in her beloved […]

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Release: Getting Real (Getting Some, #3) by Emma Chase

January 24, 2022April 11, 2024 AJ Book News

  Getting Real by Emma Chase is live!   Amazon  |  Apple Books  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  Paperback Audible  |  Amazon Audio (Narrated by Zachary Webber & Andi Arndt)   Blurb A sexy, hilarious, emotional, new romance from New York Times bestselling […]

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Review: Baden (Pittsburgh Titans, #1) by Sawyer Bennett

January 22, 2022January 22, 2022 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon  |  Nook  |  Apple  |  Kobo  |  Google    Blurb After suffering a horrific injury that threatens to end his career, Baden Oulett is about to learn that sometimes a fresh start is just […]

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Audio Review: The Summer Proposal by Vi Keeland

January 20, 2022 AJ Audio Recommendation

  A fun, chemistry-filled romance that is sweet, sexy and gorgeously heartfelt, with an irresistibly swoony hero. I loved this book!   Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU Apple Books  […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Best Men by Sarina Bowen & Lauren Blakely

January 18, 2022December 31, 2022 AJ Audio Recommendation

  Bestselling authors Sarina Bowen and Lauren Blakely team up for the first time in an enemies-to-lovers, opposites-attract, irresistibly sexy standalone romance between the best man and the other best man!    Amazon  |  Apple  […]

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Release & ARC Review: Pieces of Me (Pieces Duet, #2) Jay McLean

January 16, 2022December 31, 2022 AJ Angsty

  Pieces of Me by Jay McLean, is live early, and the Pieces Duet is complete! Angsty, heartwrenching, and stunningly romantic, this duet is a must-read that will have you feeling all the feels!   […]

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Review: Super Hot Wingman (The Best Men, #0.5) by Sarina Bowen & Lauren Blakely

January 14, 2022January 18, 2022 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  Super Hot Wingman is the prequel to the upcoming release from Sarina Bowen and Lauren Blakely, The Best Men, and it’s now live and completely FREE in both eBook and audio!!   This is […]

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Release & ARC Review: Decker: Changing the Play (Boston Tomcats, #1) by Kayley Loring and Connor Crais

January 13, 2022July 24, 2022 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  Decker: Changing the Play, book #1 in the Boston Tomcats series, is live!   A fantastically fun and funny sports romance that is full of chemistry and heat, with a gorgeous romance!   Amazon […]

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Release & Review: Prodigal Son (The Forever Marked Series, #2) by Jay Crownover

January 12, 2022August 29, 2025 AJ Drama

  PRODIGAL SON (The Forever Marked Series Book 2) by Jay Crownover is live! An intense, emotional, and dramatic story with a childhood-friends-to-lovers, single dad romance between two soulmates that are absolutely meant to be.  […]

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Release & ARC Review: Juniper Hill (The Edens, #2) by Devney Perry

January 11, 2022January 11, 2022 AJ Romance

  Juniper Hill, the second standalone in The Edens series by Devney Perry is live!!! Amazon  |  Apple  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  Google Play   Blurb Memphis Ward arrives in Quincy, Montana, on the […]

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Release Blitz: The Summer Proposal by Vi Keeland

January 10, 2022January 9, 2022 AJ Book News

  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU Apple Books  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  Paperback  |  Audio   Blurb The first time I met Max Yearwood was […]

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Review: Insta-Family (Forbidden Men: Descendants) by Linda Kage

January 9, 2022 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon  |  Universal  |  Kobo  |  Nook  |  Apple Books  Blurb LUCY GAMBLE, KNOCKED UP BY DYING MAN SHE GAVE SYMPATHY SEX, NOW MOVING ON TO HIS BIG BROTHER. Have you ever tried to come up with a headline for your […]

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Excerpt Reveal: The Summer Proposal by Vi Keeland

January 6, 2022January 9, 2022 AJ Book News

  Excited about Vi Keeland’s upcoming release, The Summer Proposal?    A Standalone Contemporary Romance Releasing January 10, 2022 Apple Books  |  Paperback Sign up for Vi’s mailing list now and be the first one notified when […]

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Release: The Girl in the Mist (Misted Pines, #1) by Kristen Ashley

January 5, 2022August 29, 2025 AJ Book News

The Girl in the Mist, an all-new, thrilling standalone romance from New York Times bestselling author Kristen Ashley filled with off-the-charts chemistry, and edge of your seat suspense, is out now!   Amazon  |  Amazon […]

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Release & ARC Review: Only One Mistake (Only One, #6) by Natasha Madison

January 4, 2022January 4, 2022 AJ LOL Funny

Only One Mistake, book #6 in the Only One series by Natasha Madison, is live!     Amazon  |  Books2Read   Blurb A one-night stand gone wrong? Michael Being traded after fighting with your coach […]

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Release & ARC Review: Silver (The Queen & The Assassin, #2) by Lisette Marshall

January 4, 2022January 4, 2022 AJ Drama

Silver, the second book in The Queen & The Assassin series by Lisette Marshall is live!   Amazon   Blurb He chose not to kill her. Will his life be the price he must pay? […]

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