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Review: Twisted Perfection (Rosemary Beach, #5; Perfection, #1) by Abbi Glines

May 6, 2013March 8, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Holy freaking swoon! And holy freaking hotness! This book took me by surprise! I wasn’t expecting it to be as deep as it was, and I certainly enjoyed getting to […]

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Review: This Girl (Slammed, #3) by Colleen Hoover

May 1, 2013February 2, 2018 AJ Epic Romance

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Thank you, thank you, thank you Colleen Hoover!!! This book is the PERFECT finish to Layken and Will’s story. I couldn’t have wished for better! “Layken Cooper, I love you. […]

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Review: Walking Disaster (Beautiful, #2) by Jamie McGuire

April 5, 2013August 22, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Let me start this off by saying that I am a MASSIVE Beautiful Disaster fan. If you haven’t read it – DO IT NOW! Don’t try to read this one […]

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Review: Wait for You (Wait for You, #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Writing as J. Lynn)

March 12, 2013December 30, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review This was a gorgeous read! And it was gorgeous for one reason – Cameron Hamilton! OMG! He is pure, NA, good guy awesomeness! I’m a big fan of the bad […]

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Review: Reckless (Thoughtless, #3) by S.C. Stephens

March 7, 2013March 8, 2017 AJ Epic Romance

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “You’ll never know how incredible you are to me, how desperately I love you. I would do it all over again if I needed to. I’d go back to the […]

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Review: Never Too Far (Rosemary Beach, #2) by Abbi Glines

February 26, 2013March 8, 2017 AJ New Adult

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review This book picks up a couple of weeks after the end of Fallen Too Far. Blaire is back home in Alabama and trying to deal with the fall out of […]

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Review: Fallen Too Far (Rosemary Beach, #1) by Abbi Glines

February 25, 2013December 11, 2021 AJ New Adult

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Blaire is a 19 year old country girl from Alabama. Having spent the last three years looking after her terminally ill mother, she is left completely alone upon her death. […]

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Review: Rule (Marked Men, #1) by Jay Crownover

January 10, 2013December 13, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Opposites don’t just attract they freaking catch fire and burn the entire city down” This book reminded me of Rock Me by Cherrie Lynn. Straight-laced, upper class, seemingly perfect […]

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Review: The Secret of Ella and Micha (The Secret, #1) by Jessica Sorensen

December 4, 2012June 23, 2018 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Micha pulls back and smooths my wet hair out of my eyes. “Don’t you ever do that to me again. I can’t do this without you.” But he needs […]

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Review: Charade (Games, #1) by Nyrae Dawn

November 26, 2012March 8, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review WOW! JUST…. WOW. SUCH A BEAUTIFUL BOOK!!! I’m such a sucker for the fake relationship set up, so this was a winner for me before I even started. But it […]

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Review: Sempre (Sempre, #1) by J.M. Darhower

September 29, 2012May 8, 2017 AJ Action

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Colpo di fulmine. The thunderbolt, as Italians call it. When love strikes someone like lightning, so powerful and intense it can’t be denied. It’s beautiful and messy, cracking a […]

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Review: Effortless (Thoughtless, #2) by S.C. Stephens

March 13, 2012March 8, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Following on from the heart-wrenching ordeal of Thoughtless, right from the start of this one we find Keira and Kellan deliriously happy, functional and deeply in love. And it is […]

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Review: Flat-Out Love (Flat-Out Love, #1) by Jessica Park

January 24, 2012February 6, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review OMG this book is amazing!!! I finished it like, literally, 10 minutes ago, and I’ve been sitting up in my bed clutching it to my chest with a huge cheesy […]

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Review: Thoughtless (Thoughtless, #1) by S.C. Stephens

January 9, 2012March 8, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review The ULTIMATE angsty, love triangle book. I have just finished my 3rd/4th (?) reread of this book, and I love it more every time. The story begins with Keira Allen […]

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Review: Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful, #1) by Jamie McGuire

December 3, 2011August 22, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “It’s dangerous to need someone that much. You’re trying to save him and he’s hoping you can. You two are a disaster.” BUT OMG, I LOVE IT!!!! This book is […]

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