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Release & ARC Review: Made For Us (Made For, #3) by Natasha Madison

April 10, 2023April 10, 2023 AJ Drama

  From Wall Street Journal and USA TODAY bestselling author Natasha Madison comes a brand new stand-alone surprise pregnancy single dad sports romance A spin-off from the Only One series & This Is series   […]

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Release & ARC Review: Coach (Treasure State Wildcats, #1) by Devney Perry

April 6, 2023April 6, 2023 AJ Forbidden

  Coach by Devney Perry is live and it’s a 5-star read! Oh, I love this book! A single dad sports romance, almost-second-chance, friends to lovers romance, it’s chock-full of some of my favourite tropes, […]

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ARC Review: The Tryst (The Virgin Society, #2) by Lauren Blakely

April 5, 2023April 11, 2024 Mel Age Gap

Buy: Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook   Review 4.5 stars!! The Tryst is a fun, forbidden, addictive read that will not only have you fanning yourself but also laughing and falling in love.  It follows Layla […]

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Release & ARC Review: Duke: Faking the Play (Boston Tomcats, #3) by Kayley Loring & Connor Crais

March 30, 2023March 29, 2023 AJ Celebrities

  Duke: Faking the Play by Kayley Loring and Connor Crais is live! An opposites attract, celebrity/sports fake romance that is funny and sexy, with epic banter and chemistry, and a gorgeously heartfelt romance. It’s […]

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Review: Where I Belong (Alabama Summer, #1) by J. Daniels

March 7, 2023March 7, 2023 AJ Brother/Best Friend

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4 stars! The first book in the Alabama Summer series, this book has been on my TBR for so long, and I’m so glad I finally got to […]

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Release & ARC Review: The New Guy by Sarina Bowen

February 28, 2023July 11, 2023 AJ Drama

  The New Guy is live! A new male / male hockey romance from 24-time USA Today bestseller Sarina Bowen! Full of heart, humour, emotion, epic chemistry and heat, the longing-kind-of-angst that I love in […]

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Audio Review: Coming Home by Kennedy Ryan

February 11, 2023 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

Buy:  Amazon  |  Audible Review 3 stars “Sometimes the things that could have happened affect us almost as much as the things that did.” This is a short and sweet novella, an almost-second-chance romance where […]

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Release & ARC Review: Letting Go at 40 (Lakeside Cottage, #4) by L.B. Dunbar

January 26, 2023January 25, 2023 AJ Angsty

  Letting Go at 40 by L.B. Dunbar is live! The fourth and final book in the Lakeside Cottage series, this is the long-awaited story for Anna and Mason. A love-after-loss, unrequited love, friends-to-lovers romance, […]

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Release & ARC Review: Keep This Promise (Rose Canyon, #3) by Corinne Michaels

January 23, 2023January 23, 2023 AJ Mystery/Suspense

  Keep This Promise by Corinne Michaels, is live! The third and final book in the Rose Canyon series, this is sweet and emotional romantic suspense love story with an almost-second-chance-romance, a surprise toddler, and […]

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Review: Loving at 40 (Lakeside Cottage, #3) by L.B. Dunbar

January 14, 2023January 14, 2023 AJ Brother/Best Friend

Buy:  Amazon Review 4.5 stars! The third book in the Lakeside Cottage series, this is a gorgeously emotional romance for a widowed single mother, and a complex hero with a secretive life. It’s a beautiful […]

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Audio Review: It Starts With Us (It Ends With Us, #2) by Colleen Hoover

December 18, 2022December 17, 2022 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4 stars A follow up to the breathtaking It Ends With Us, this book shows us the happy ending that was hinted at in those final pages (beware if you haven’t read […]

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ARC Review Excerpt: To Trust and To Touch by Vivi Anne Hunt

December 12, 2022April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

Releasing 13 December Buy:  Amazon Blurb Every Friday night, Alex goes to the infamous sex club, Kink World, to perform. He goes in, takes his money, and gets out. No complications and definitely no touching. […]

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Release & ARC Review: Effortless (Lake Family, #2) by Jennifer Van Wyk

December 8, 2022December 8, 2022 AJ Romance

  Effortless by Jennifer Van Wyk is live! This is such a beautiful story! A swoony and heartfelt second-chance-romance, and a gorgeous story of reconnection with the one who got away.   Amazon Free in […]

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Release & ARC Review: Cruel North (North Brothers, #4) by J.B. Salsbury

December 2, 2022November 29, 2022 AJ Drama

  He let her go once. This time he wants to keep her.   Cruel North, an all-new surprise pregnancy, forced proximity contemporary romance with sizzling chemistry from New York Times bestselling author J.B. Salsbury […]

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Audio Review: The Rules of Dating (The Law of Opposites Attract, #1) by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward

November 26, 2022November 23, 2022 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars! Oh, what a gorgeous romance! Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward deliver another fun, chemistry-filled, functional, passionate, and swoony love story that completely captured my heart. Billie has […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: A Wild Heart (Heart Series, #4) By Amie Knight

October 28, 2022November 15, 2022 AJ Drama

  A Wild Heart, an all-new single mom second chance standalone romance full of heat and emotion from USA Today bestselling author Amie Knight is available now!   Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide  |  Paperback   Blurb […]

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Review: The Marriage Effect (Washington Wolves, #3) by Karla Sorensen

October 23, 2022October 23, 2022 AJ Fake Relationship

Buy:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars This is such a cute read! Chock full of fun tropes, this is a grumpy/sunshine, marriage of convenience, single parent, sports romance that is fun and heartfelt, and full of […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: Fall Twice by Evey Lyon

October 12, 2022October 11, 2022 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

  Fall Twice by Evey Lyon is live! A complete standalone second-chance novella that celebrates the season of change, Autumn. It will give you all the feels with a dose of steam. Ideal for lovers […]

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Release & ARC Review: A Little Too Close (Madigan Mountain, #2) by Rebecca Yarros

October 11, 2022August 7, 2024 AJ Romance

  A Little Too Close by Rebecca Yarros is live! A gorgeously emotional romance between a man determined not to fall in love, and the single mother who has him questioning everything. It’s sweet, sexy […]

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Review: Forbidden (Ward Sisters, #4) by Karla Sorensen

October 9, 2022April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars! The fourth and final book of the Ward Sisters series, this is a forbidden-ish age-gap romance between a single dad and widower who is an ex-MMA fighter, and the girl who […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Brawl (Calamity Montana, #5) by Devney Perry (writing as Willa Nash)

October 6, 2022September 6, 2023 AJ Romance

  The Brawl by Willa Nash is live! A gorgeous small-town romance between a strong single mother and an irresistibly cocky and charming hero. With humour, heart, drama and emotion, I was sucked in from […]

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Release & ARC Review: In a Jam (Friendship, Rhode Island, #1) by Kate Canterbary

September 20, 2022February 4, 2025 AJ Fake Relationship

  In a Jam by Kate Canterbary is live! A small-town, slow-burning, friends-to-lovers, single-dad romance with all the feels, I am completely obsessed with these characters, and I absolutely adored this book!   Amazon US  […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Pieces of a Life: Colton & Josie: Part One (Life Series, Book Three) by Jewel E. Ann

September 13, 2022September 13, 2022 Mel Enemies-to-Lovers

  Pieces of Life, part 1 of a new duet in The Life Series by Jewel E. Ann is LIVE!!   Released – September 13, 2022   Grab your copy today! Amazon  |  iBooks |  Nook […]

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Release & ARC Review: Make You Mine (Honey Mountain, #3) by Laura Pavlov

August 25, 2022April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  Make You Mine by Laura Pavlov is live! This is such a beautiful story! A heartfelt friends-to-lovers, single dad romance that made me laugh, cry and swoon. I fell in mad love with these […]

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Release & ARC Review: Garnet Flats (The Edens, #3) by Devney Perry

July 26, 2022July 26, 2022 AJ Romance

  Garnet Flats, the third standalone in The Edens series by Devney Perry, is live! A beautifully emotional second-chance-romance with all the feels, and a hero determined to make up for the wrongs of the […]

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