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Fake Relationship

Audio Review: Girl in Luv (In Luv Duet, #1) by Jay Crownover & Rebecca Yarros

August 10, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars Oh, I loved this book! The first in a duet, this is an opposites-attract, fake relationship love story that is sweet and sexy with great characters, and a gorgeously developing romance. […]

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Review: Rebel (Montgomery Brothers, #3) by Laura Pavlov

July 20, 2024 AJ Brother/Best Friend

Buy:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars The third and final book in the Montgomery Brothers series, this is the story of youngest brother, Jack, in a best-friend’s-sister, fake-relationship romance that is fun and sweet with a gorgeous […]

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Release & ARC Review: Chasing Harlow by Jay McLean

June 21, 2024June 21, 2024 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  Chasing Harlow by Jay McLean is live! Jay McLean owns my heart once again with this stunningly emotional YA romance! This book had me feeling in all the best ways; I laughed, I cried, […]

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Review: Dixon Rule (Campus Diaries, #2) by Elle Kennedy

June 10, 2024June 11, 2024 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

Buy:  Amazon  |  Apple  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  Google Play Review 5 stars! The second book in the Campus Diaries series, this is a fantastic read! It’s fun and playful with fabulous characters in a hilarious and sexy enemies-to-lovers, fake-relationship romance, while […]

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Release & ARC Review: Skies Over Caledonia (The Highlands, #4) by Samantha Young

May 9, 2024 AJ Drama

  Skies Over Caledonia by Samantha Young is live! The fourth standalone in the Highlands series, this is a marriage of convenience, forced proximity, opposites attract romance that is full of chemistry, and it’s such […]

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Release & ARC Review: Where We Promise (Stone Riders MC, #3) by Ashley Munoz

April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 AJ Angsty

  Where We Promise by Ashley Munoz is live! Smalltown  |  MC  |  Marriage of convenience  |  Pregnancy – Not his baby  |  Touch her & die Over the top protective  |  One bed   Amazon   […]

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Release & ARC Review: Surprisingly Us (Unexpectedly in Love, #4) by Erin Hawkins

April 11, 2024April 17, 2024 AJ Fake Relationship

  Surprisingly Us, an all-new must-read, spicy rom-com from bestselling author Erin Hawkins is now available! A fake relationship between childhood friends has a reformed playboy and determined dancer wondering if opposites really do attract. […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Wild Card (Roseville Ramblers, #1) by Staci Hart

April 5, 2024April 5, 2024 Mel Book News

Wild Card (Roseville Ramblers, #1) by Staci Hart   Released – 5 April 2024   Available now! Amazon  |  Discreet Cover     Blurb The hot baseball player I’m forced to stay with for my […]

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New Release & ARC Review: The Almost Romantic: How to Date Your Fake Husband (How to Date, #3) by Lauren Blakely

March 14, 2024March 15, 2024 Mel Book News

  The Almost Romantic: How to Date Your Fake Husband (How to Date, #3) by Lauren Blakely   Released: 14 March 2024   Available Now! Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook *Narrated in duet by Vanessa […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Secrets We Keep (By the Bay, #5) by J.L. Berg

February 21, 2024February 20, 2024 AJ Drama

  The Secrets We Keep by J.L. Berg is live! An emotional, small-town, fake-relationship romance with the most beautiful love story for two damaged souls. Though it has some drama, this is an angst-free read […]

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Release & ARC Review: Broken Dreams (Whitlock Family, #2) by Corinne Michaels

December 1, 2023August 29, 2025 AJ Drama

  Broken Dreams by Corinne Michaels is live! I loved this book! A fun, emotional, swoony and sexy friends-to-lovers, fake dating romance between two widowed single parents. I was so completely wrapped up in this […]

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Review: Same Time Next Year by Tessa Bailey

November 29, 2023November 30, 2023 AJ Fake Relationship

To be released 1 December Pre-order:  Amazon Review 3 stars This is a quick and easy read, a marriage-of-convenience story. Britta works at a bar which is the hangout for the local ice hockey team, […]

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Audio Review: Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2) by Abby Jimenez

November 26, 2023November 22, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4 stars! This is a fantastic friends-to-lovers, fake relationship romance with humour, emotion, and so much heart. I did struggle with parts of the story, but I fell […]

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Review: One Chance (The Sullivan Family, #3) by Lena Hendrix

November 22, 2023January 9, 2024 AJ Fake Relationship

Buy:  Amazon Review 4.5 “this is the best day of my life” stars This is a fun and heartfelt best-friends-to-lovers romance that made me laugh and smile. With an irresistible hero and a fantastically entertaining […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Make-Believe Match (Cherry Tree Harbor, #3) by Melanie Harlow

November 20, 2023March 8, 2025 Mel Book News

  Make-Believe Match (Cherry Tree Harbor, #3) by Melanie Harlow   Released – 20 November 2023   Available Now! Amazon  |  Paperback     Blurb Fall in love with my enemy? No way. Marry him […]

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Review: End Game (BSU Football, #4) by J.B. Salsbury

November 14, 2023November 14, 2023 AJ Fake Relationship

Buy:  Amazon Blurb She would be my end game. I just didn’t know it yet. Ophelia asked me for one simple favor—to get the guy she’s in love with to notice her. It won’t be easy; […]

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Release & ARC Review: Waiting to Win (Lake Spark Off-Season #2) by Evey Lyon

November 7, 2023November 7, 2023 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  Waiting to Win by Evey Lyon is live! Oh, I love this book! A fun, flirty, beautifully romantic story with childhood frenemies, a cocky hockey player, unrequited love, a fake marriage and an absolutely […]

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Release & ARC Review: Mine to Honor (Southern Wedding, #7) by Natasha Madison

November 3, 2023November 2, 2023 AJ Fake Relationship

  From Wall Street Journal & USA Today bestselling author Natasha Madison comes a small town, best friends to lovers, fake marriage, and forced proximity romance.   Mine to Honor is live! Amazon   Blurb […]

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Review: Hopeless (Chestnut Springs, #5) by Elsie Silver

October 26, 2023April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

Buy:  Amazon Review 5 stars! Wow, I loved this book! A dramatic and emotional story for two isolated, tormented people, this is the final book in the Chestnut Springs series, and the much-anticipated book for Beau […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Oath We Give (Hollow Boys, #5) by Monty Jay

October 16, 2023October 16, 2023 AJ Dark & Gritty

  The Oath We Give by Monty Jay is live! The fifth and final book in The Hollow Boys series, this is Silas’ hotly anticipated story. It’s a fake relationship, marriage of convenience, forced proximity […]

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New Release & ARC Review: The Problem with Dating (Problem, #1) by Brittainy C. Cherry

October 12, 2023January 31, 2025 Mel Book News

The Problem with Dating by Brittainy C. Cherry   Released – 12 October 2023   Available Now! Amazon |  Paperback     Blurb If I had to choose a person to hate, Alex Ramírez would’ve […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Puck Yes: A Fake Marriage Hockey Romance (My Hockey Romance, #2) by Lauren Blakely

October 9, 2023November 16, 2023 Mel Book News

Puck Yes (My Hockey Romance, #2) by Lauren Blakely   Released –  9 October 2023   Available Now! Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook     Blurb The hotshot new hockey player, the veteran team captain, […]

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Release & ARC Review: Before the Sunset (Cottonwood Cove, #4) by Laura Pavlov

September 21, 2023 AJ Celebrities

  Before the Sunset by Laura Pavlov is live! An epic friends-to-lovers romance with a celebrity hero, a fake relationship, banter, steam, and all the swoon!   Amazon   Blurb Reese Murphy has been my […]

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Audio Review: The Proposal (The Brewer Family, #1) by Adriana Locke

September 18, 2023April 22, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Blurb Breaking News: Rugby’s bad boy marries his best friend’s little sister If Renn Brewer would’ve asked me to marry him, I would’ve said no. Why? One, his reputation […]

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Audio Review: Fluke (Carmichael Family, #3) by Adriana Locke

September 2, 2023September 2, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 4.5 stars! Another fabulous friends-to-lovers story from the Carmichael Family series, I am loving these brothers, and their books, so much! Pippa grew up with the Carmichael boys as part of her life. […]

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