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Release & ARC Review: Moments in Time (Camp Bexley, #2) by K.K. Allen

June 24, 2022June 24, 2022 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

  Moments in Time by K.K. Allen is live! A gorgeously swoony childhood friends-to-lovers romance that is sweet, sexy and functional with a beautiful second-chance love story.   Amazon  |  Apple  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play     […]

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ARC Review: Unforgiven (Deep Ops, #5) by Rebecca Zanetti

June 7, 2022June 7, 2022 AJ Action

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars Book #5 in the Deep Ops series, this is another exciting, suspenseful read with action, mystery, and a gorgeously sweet and sexy single-parent romance. It’s an engaging read from start […]

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Release & ARC Review: Good Vibrations (Brodie Brothers, #3) by Kayley Loring

May 26, 2022May 25, 2022 AJ LOL Funny

  Good Vibrations by Kayley Loring is live! A hot and hilarious single parent romance, this book is so much fun!   Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU  |  Universal […]

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Release & ARC Review: Risky (Adventures in Love, #2) by Aurora Rose Reynolds

May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 AJ Romance

  Risky by Aurora Rose Reynolds is live! A short and sweet read romance between a single mum finding her feet, and a grumpy-yet-hurting hero   Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  […]

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Audio Review: Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score

May 8, 2022August 18, 2022 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 5+ stars! What an amazing read! A fun, sweet, laugh-out-loud yet emotional story with fantastic characters, SO much heart, and a beautiful and passionate small town, grumpy/sunshine, slow […]

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Retro Review: Sacrifice by Adriana Locke

April 30, 2022April 30, 2022 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 3.5 stars A young widow with a 4-year-old daughter struggling to get by, and her ex-fighter brother-in-law who was her first love, and who loves her still. It’s […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: Falling Embers (Tattered & Torn, #2) by Catherine Cowles

April 13, 2022August 28, 2025 AJ Brother/Best Friend

“A top must read for 2022” —Samantha Young, New York Times bestselling author   Falling Embers, an all-new must read moving romance from Catherine Cowles, is available now! A friends-to-lovers, brother’s-best-friend, single dad romance with family drama, […]

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Review: Sure (Sandalwood, #1) by Jillian Liota

April 1, 2022 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon |  Paperback Review 4 stars This is a gorgeously emotional romance. A single dad/nanny love story that is sweet and slow burning, and I loved it. Colton’s life has just fallen apart. He has […]

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Review: Solo (Sandalwood, #0.5) by Jillian Liota

March 23, 2022April 1, 2022 AJ Novella

Free: Available from Prolific Works Review 3 stars This novella is an informal prequel to Jillian Liota’s upcoming Sandalwood series, set in the small coastal town of Sandalwood, where we meet Soren Lock, owner of the […]

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Review: Serendipity (The Lake Family, #0.5) by Jennifer Van Wyk

March 21, 2022March 21, 2022 AJ Feeeeeeels

Free: Available from Prolific Works Review 5 stars OMG, I loved this story! It’s short, but it packs a punch, as friends in their 40s find love the second time around in a funny, sweet, […]

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Review: Inn to You (Lakeside Cottage, #2.5) by L.B. Dunbar

March 16, 2022 AJ Novella

Free: Available from Prolific Works Review 3.5 stars This is a sweet read. It’s a novella that fits into the Lakeside Cottage series, but can easily standalone. A single parent romance between an older couple, […]

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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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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 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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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 & 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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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 & 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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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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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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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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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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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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Release & ARC Review: The Naughty, The Nice and The Nanny (Holiday Brothers) by Willa Nash

November 4, 2021December 29, 2021 AJ Billionaire

The Holiday Brothers novellas are here!     The Holiday Brothers books are complete standalones. There is some character crossover (obviously, because they’re brothers), but they’re written in a way where there is no specific […]

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