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Author: AJ

Best of 2021

December 31, 2021December 28, 2021 AJ Book News

2021 has been another challenging year, but books have come to our rescue again and again.  We’re so excited to be able to share with you our favorite reads for 2021!     We usually […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Worst Guy (Vital Signs, #2) by Kate Canterbary

December 28, 2021April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

The Worst Guy by Kate Canterbary is live!     Amazon Free in Kindle Unlimited   Blurb Eight weeks of forced proximity is a long time to hate someone you’re trying not to love. Sebastian […]

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Release & Excerpt: Insta Family by Linda Kage

December 28, 2021December 28, 2021 AJ Book News

  Insta Family, a Forbidden Men Descendents novel from Linda Kage, is now live! (check out the Forbidden Men series info here)   Amazon  |  Universal  |  Kobo  |  Nook  |  Apple Books    Blurb […]

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Audio Review: Well Played by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward

December 26, 2021December 27, 2021 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Blurb It all started with a bet. When my young son inherited half of his great grandfather’s historic inn, I decided to move us both to the place where I grew up. […]

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Review: The Color of Us by Jessica Park

December 24, 2021December 25, 2021 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon Blurb Callie Evans isn’t exactly living her best life in Los Angeles. She dropped out of college, has been repeatedly fired, and is now literally watching paint dry at a hardware store for a […]

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Review: The Seven Kings of Jinn (Seven Kings of Jinn, #1) by S. Young

December 23, 2021March 6, 2022 AJ Paranormal/Urban Fantasy

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 3 stars This is a re-release of a book published by Samantha Young in 2011, previously called Smokeless Fire (A Fire Spirits Novel). It’s now the first in the Seven Kings of […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Plight Before Christmas (Holiday Hijinx, #1) by Kate Stewart

December 19, 2021December 30, 2024 AJ Drama

  The Plight Before Christmas, a full-length romantic dramedy by USA Today bestselling author Kate Stewart, is live, and is my latest 5-star read and fave for 2021!   Amazon  |  Paperback Free in KU […]

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Review: The Wolf (Black Dagger Brotherhood: Prison Camp, #2) by J.R. Ward

December 18, 2021December 17, 2021 AJ Action

Buy:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars This is the second book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood: Prison Camp series, and is the story of Lucan, a wolven/vampire hybrid who we met in the first book The […]

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Release & ARC Review: Sweet (Love Stories on 7th and Main, #0.5) by Elizabeth Hunter

December 14, 2021December 14, 2021 AJ Novella

Sweet, an all-new standalone opposites-attract romance novella from USA Today bestselling author Elizabeth Hunter is now live!     Amazon  |  Apple  |  Kobo  |  B&N  |  Smashwords   Blurb He survived by always being in control. She’s about to make him […]

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Release & ARC Review: Jock Romeo (Jock Hard, #6) by Sara Ney

December 9, 2021December 9, 2021 AJ Fake Relationship

JOCK ROMEO by Sara Ney is live! A fake-relationship, friends-to-lovers romance.   Amazon US  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon AU Free in KU   Blurb HE IS THIS STORIES LEAST LIKELY ROMEO. […]

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Release & ARC Review: If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales & Cale Dietrich

December 7, 2021December 7, 2021 AJ Celebrities

  If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales & Cale Dietrich is a new fave for 2021, and it’s live!   “You’re in the most popular boy band in America . . . and all […]

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Release & ARC Review: Love Stories: A Novella Collection by Samantha Young

December 6, 2021April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

Love Stories: A Novella Collection by Samantha Young is live! This book is contains four novellas released by Samantha Young to her newsletter subscribers, all published together in one convenient collection. All complete standalones, these […]

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ARC Review: Immortal’s Honor (Dark Protectors, #14) by Rebecca Zanetti

December 5, 2021December 5, 2021 AJ Action

Buy:  Amazon Review 5 stars! Wow, what a ride! Exciting, dramatic, funny, emotional, sexy and gorgeously romantic, this is a fantastic addition to the Dark Protectors series, and I loved it! This is the story […]

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Blog Tour, Excerpt & ARC Review: Dream Keeper (Dream Team, #4) by Kristen Ashley

December 1, 2021December 2, 2021 AJ Badasses

  Dream Keeper, the final book in the Dream Team series by Kristen Ashley, is live!   Amazon  |  Apple  |  Google Play  |  Kobo  |  Nook  |  Paperback   Blurb Spinning off from the […]

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Audio Review: The Legacy (Off-Campus, #5) by Elle Kennedy

November 28, 2021November 26, 2021 AJ LOL Funny

Buy: Amazon Review 4.5 gleeful stars! The Off-Campus series is one of my all-time fave NA series, and I fell in mad love with each of these boys, and their feisty girls. Now they’re all […]

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Release: Merry Ever After Anthology by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward, Lucy Score, Tijan, Kennedy Ryan and Marie Force

November 27, 2021 AJ Book News

  It’s the season for gift giving! Five FREE standalone holiday short stories!   Available for only a limited time. Grab your free copy today, before it goes away! Download from Bookfunnel     Cover designer: […]

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Audio Review: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

November 25, 2021November 25, 2021 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 5 stars I don’t even know where to begin with this book. I don’t know what I can say to put all of my complex feelings into words. […]

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Release & ARC Review: Nightwolf (Dark Eyes Duet – spinoff) by Karina Halle

November 22, 2021November 22, 2021 AJ Drama

  Nightwolf by Karina Halle is now live! A contemporary vampire romance with a friends-to-lovers twist.   “I’m a human and he’s a vampire and he’s told me more than once that those love stories […]

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Audio Review: The Aristocrat by Penelope Ward

November 20, 2021 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Apple Books  |  B&N  |  Google Play  |  Kobo  |  Audio  |  Paperback Review 3.5 stars This is a fun, sweet, emotional and unpredictable read from Penelope Ward. With wonderful characters, fantastic chemistry, and a gorgeous love story, I really enjoyed it. […]

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ARC Review: Playing for You (Berkeley Hills, #4) by Stacey Travis

November 17, 2021November 17, 2021 AJ Romance

Playing for You, an opposites-attract sports romance that is cute and fun with a really sweet love story – now live!   Amazon  |  Apple  |  Kobo  |  Google  |  Nook   Blurb I’m the […]

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Release & ARC Review: Next Time I Fall (Excess All Areas, #2) by Scarlett Cole

November 16, 2021November 16, 2021 AJ Drama

  Next Time I Fall, the second book in the Excess All Areas series is live! An emotional, sweet and heartfelt story of redemption, with wonderfully written family drama and a gorgeous love story   […]

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ARC Review: Iron (The Queen & The Assassin, #1) by Lisette Marshall

November 15, 2021December 10, 2021 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

Iron, the first book in a new trilogy from Lisette Marshall is now live! Amazon   Blurb The Queen Two years ago she poisoned her violent husband. Now Tamar, Queen of Redwood, rules her kingdom […]

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ARC Review: The Rhythm Method Stage Dive, #4.8) by Kylie Scott

November 11, 2021November 11, 2021 AJ Drama

The Rhythm Method, an all new rock star romance novella filled with surprises in the bestselling Stage Dive Series from New York Times bestselling author Kylie Scott and 1,001 Dark Nights, is available now!   […]

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Release & ARC Review: Beautifully Broken Redemption (Sutter Lake, #5) by Catherine Cowles

November 10, 2021August 29, 2025 AJ Drama

Beautifully Broken Redemption, an emotional marriage of convenience romance filled with suspense from Catherine Cowles, is out now!   “I adore the fake relationship trope and Catherine Cowles knocked this one out of the park! Emotional, […]

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Review: Shooting for the Stars (Gravity, #3) by Sarina Bowen

November 6, 2021November 6, 2021 AJ Brother/Best Friend

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 3.5 stars The third book in the Gravity series, this is a really sweet brother’s-best-friend romance. Stella is the sister of Hank (hero of book #2, Falling From the Sky, and ‘Bear’ […]

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