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Audio Review: Severed Heart (Ravenhood Legacy, #2) by Kate Stewart

July 20, 2025July 18, 2025 AJ 6 Star Reads

  Severed Heart by Kate Stewart is live Every moment of this book is absolutely stunning and it is an incredible story with characters that completely own my heart. This is a 6-star read, and […]

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New Release & ARC Review: From Nowhere (Wildfire, #2) by Jewel E. Ann

March 4, 2025March 6, 2025 Mel Book News

  From Nowhere (Wildfire, #2) by Jewel E. Ann   Released – 4 March 2025   Available Now! Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide  |  Amazon Paperback  |  B&N Paperback Audiobook      Narrated by: Benjamin Sands & Amy […]

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New Release & ARC Review: I Thought of You by Jewel E. Ann

May 2, 2024May 8, 2024 Mel Book News

  I Thought of You by Jewel E. Ann   Released – 2 May 2024   Available now! Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide *FREE on Kindle Unlimited*   Blurb I wanted to conquer the world. She […]

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New Release & ARC Review: What I Should’ve Said (Red Bridge, #1) by Max Monroe

April 19, 2024July 1, 2025 Mel Book News

What I Should’ve Said by Max Monroe   Released – 19 April 2024   Buy it today or read for FREE on Kindle Unlimited! Amazon  |  Paperback Audio: Coming soon     Blurb When grumpy, […]

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New Release & ARC Review: The Coldest Winter by Brittainy Cherry

April 13, 2023April 16, 2023 Mel Book News

  The Coldest Winter by Brittainy Cherry is now live!      Download today or read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited Amazon | Amazon Worldwide | Paperback   Blurb I didn’t know he was forbidden […]

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Release & ARC Review: Royally Remembered (A Royally Series Companion Novella) by Emma Chase

April 12, 2022April 11, 2022 AJ Drama

  Royally Remembered – A Royally Series Companion Novella by Emma Chase is now LIVE!   Amazon  |  Apple  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |    Paperback   Blurb The lives of the […]

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Review: The Last Kiss (The Last Ever, #1) by Anna Bloom

July 18, 2021March 23, 2025 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars This is a beautiful, heartfelt love story that is full of feels, asking the question – would you embrace new love, knowing it could never last? Julia has […]

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New Release & ARC Review: For Lucy by Jewel E. Ann

May 23, 2021February 8, 2022 Mel Angsty

  For Lucy by Jewel E. Ann is now live!   Released: May 23, 2021   Buy it today! Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide  |  Paperback   Blurb From USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling […]

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Release & ARC Review: Could Have Been Us (Willow Creek Valley, #2) by Corinne Michaels

April 27, 2021April 27, 2021 AJ Brother/Best Friend

Could Have Been Us by Corinne Michaels is live! An emotional and heartwrenching read with the most amazingly swoony second-chance/brother’s-best-friend romance. This book had me feeling all the feels, and I freaking loved it!   […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Once We Were Starlight by Mia Sheridan

March 1, 2021March 1, 2021 Mel Angsty

Buy: Amazon Blurb A bed posed on a stage under a dazzling spotlight. An audience of hungry eyes. And him, the other half of my soul, our supple bodies moving as one . . . […]

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Release & ARC Review: Everlast (Ever, #2) by Alex Grayson

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 AJ Drama

  Everlast, the second book in the Ever series, is now live! Amazon  |  Apple Books  |  Nook  |  Kobo   Blurb Lincoln was my once in a lifetime, my destiny. I was his happily ever after, his kismet. I met him […]

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Blog Tour, ARC Review & Giveaway: The Cabin by Jasinda Wilder

October 28, 2020August 29, 2025 AJ Drama

“One year, 365 days—and then one knock at my door changes everything.” The Cabin, an all-new beautifully written, emotion filled romance from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jasinda Wilder is available now!   Amazon  |  […]

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Blog Tour, ARC Review & Excerpt: Out of Love (A Jack & Jill Standalone) by Jewel E. Ann

September 29, 2020November 2, 2023 Mel Angsty

I could love the monster or leave the man.    Out of Love by Jewel E. Ann is AVAILABLE NOW!!      OUT OF LOVE by Jewel E. Ann   Released- 27 September 2020   […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon

April 28, 2020May 4, 2020 Mel 6 Star Reads

  Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon   Available Now! Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook     Blurb In this epic and haunting love story set on the Oregon Trail, a family and their […]

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Release & ARC Review: Across Eternity (Parallel, #4) by Elizabeth O’Roark

April 1, 2020December 19, 2020 AJ Angsty

   Release Day! Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU   Blurb The exciting conclusion to Across Time! Separated from Henri by 20 years,  Amelie discovers that what she thought was […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: We Are Us by Tara Leigh

March 4, 2020March 4, 2020 AJ Angsty

  We Are Us, an all-new, suspenseful and emotional second chance love story from Tara Leigh is available now!   Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide   Blurb I fell in love with a beautiful, broken boy. His whispered […]

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Blog Tour with ARC Review: The Life You Stole (Life Series, Book Two) by Jewel E. Ann

February 24, 2020June 16, 2022 Mel Angsty

  The Life You Stole (Life Series, Book Two) by Jewel E. Ann   Released – 20 February 2020   Buy it today! Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide  |  Paperback     Blurb Sex. Lies. Revenge. […]

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ARC Review: Reckless at Raleigh High (Raleigh Rebels, #3) by Callie Hart

February 23, 2020February 22, 2020 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon Blurb Pain is a currency the residents of Raleigh are rich in. For Silver Parisi, life should be simpler than ever now that Jacob Weaving is behind bars. However, corruption runs deep within […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: Landon & Shay: Part Two (L&S Duet, #2) by Brittainy C. Cherry

December 5, 2019December 4, 2019 Mel Celebrities

  Landon & Shay: Part Two, the not to be missed conclusion of the Landon and Shay duet by Brittainy C. Cherry, is available now!  Get your binge on with this must-read enemies to lovers, […]

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New Release and ARC Review: Someday, Someday by Emma Scott

November 24, 2019December 29, 2019 Mel Billionaire

Someday, Someday, an all-new standalone new adult romance by International bestselling author Emma Scott is LIVE!     How long would you wait for true love?   Someday, Someday by Emma Scott   Available Now! […]

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Blog Tour, Excerpt & Audio Review: Broken Knight (All Saints High, #2) by L.J. Shen

August 26, 2019August 26, 2019 AJ Angsty

  Broken Knight, an all new standalone about first loves, betrayal and loss from USA Today bestselling author L.J. Shen, is available now!   Amazon US   |  Amazon Worldwide  |  Audible  |  Audible Worldwide  |  […]

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ARC Review: The Friend Zone (The Friend Zone, #1) by Abby Jimenez

June 12, 2019April 6, 2021 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 5 stars! OMG. What did I just read? A fantastically fun friends-to-lovers romance that had me laughing out loud? A chemistry-filled love story between a fabulously snarky […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: Eleanor & Grey by Brittainy C. Cherry

April 10, 2019January 23, 2026 Mel 6 Star Reads

Eleanor & Grey, an all-new beautiful and emotional standalone from Brittainy C. Cherry is available now!     Eleanor & Grey by Brittainy C. Cherry   Released – 7 April 2019   Available Now! Amazon US  […]

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Excerpt & ARC Review: The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros

March 16, 2019August 29, 2025 AJ Brother/Best Friend

  Amazon  |  iBooks  |  Kobo  |  Barnes & Noble   Review 3 heartbroken, oh-so conflicted stars OMG, this book! I am so conflicted after this SUPER emotional read which is part romance/part women’s fiction. […]

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Review: Long Shot (Hoops, #1) by Kennedy Ryan

November 22, 2018November 20, 2018 Mel Audio Recommendation

Buy: Kindle ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 5 stars! “If you were mine, Iris, there would be no doubt what position you’d hold in my life. You’d be center. I’d play you at the […]

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