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Cover Reveal: Mistletoe All the Way by Lauren Blakely

March 27, 2026March 27, 2026 Mel Book News

  Mistletoe All the Way by Lauren Blakely   Releasing – 6 October 2026   Pre-order today! Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook     Blurb She wants to make him Mr. Holiday. He wants to […]

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Release: Secret Love (Single Dad Playbook, #2) by Willow Aster

October 10, 2024October 9, 2024 AJ Uncategorized

  Secret Love by Willow Aster is live! This is the second standalone in the Single Dad Playbook series. Each book can be read as a complete standalone.   Amazon   Blurb Who meets their soulmate […]

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New Release & ARC Review: The Boyfriend Goal (Love and Hockey, #1) by Lauren Blakely

August 21, 2024September 5, 2024 Mel Uncategorized

  From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely, comes the first standalone hockey romance in her Love and Hockey series, THE BOYFRIEND GOAL! Available now! Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook   Blurb A forbidden […]

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New Release & ARC Review: A Thousand Broken Pieces (A Thousand Boy Kisses, #2) by Tillie Cole

July 23, 2024August 3, 2024 Mel Uncategorized

  A Thousand Broken Pieces by Tillie Cole is now live!    Released – 23 July 2024   Available Now! Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide Blurb Can two broken hearts make a whole. . . ? […]

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Release: Mad Love (The Single Dad Playbook, #1) by Willow Aster

July 10, 2024 AJ Uncategorized

  Mad Love by Willow Aster is now live!   Amazon Audio Narrated by Ava Erickson & Connor Crais   Blurb A small-town, single dad, enemies-to-lovers standalone sports romance in the new series, The Single […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Small Town Swoon (Cherry Tree Harbor, #4) by  Melanie Harlow

March 4, 2024March 7, 2024 Mel Friends-to-Lovers

SMALL TOWN SWOON (Cherry Tree Harbor, #4) by  Melanie Harlow   Released – 4 March 2024   Grab it today! Amazon     Blurb Only in the movies does the Hollywood heartthrob fall for the […]

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Release & Review: The Heartache Duet by Jay McLean

January 9, 2023 AJ Uncategorized

  The Heartache Duet Box Set by Jay McLean is live, and it’s an incredible read!   Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Hardcover   Blurb Ava Diaz needs saving. She just doesn’t know it yet. Just […]

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  • Release & ARC Review: Knox Unleashed (Iron Outlaws MC: Florida, #1) by S. Cole
  • Release & ARC Review: Promise (Rogue River #1) by L.B. Dunbar
  • Release & ARC Review: My Forever Girl (Blue Sky Bay, #1) by Laura Pavlov
  • Release & ARC Review: Forever Fighting (Forever Boston, #2) by J. Saman
  • Audio Review: The Gravewood (The Gravewood, #1) by Kelly Andrew
  • Audio Review: Burn of Summer (Knife’s Edge, Alaska, #4) by Rebecca Zanetti
  • Audio Review: Eldritch (The Eating Woods, #2) by Keri Lake
  • Release & ARC Review: When You Stayed (Generations of Rose Ridge, #1) by Ashley Munoz
  • Review: A Rose Ridge Christmas (Christmas novella)
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Only For Love
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