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Audio Review: Wilder (The Renegades, #1) by Rebecca Yarros

May 30, 2021August 7, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars! This is such a great read! An exciting and emotional new adult romance with the added bonus of being set in the world of extreme sports, […]

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Release & ARC Review: Courage For Fools by Monty Jay

May 20, 2021May 20, 2021 AJ Drama

  Courage for Fools by Monty Jay is live! An emotional and heartfelt roadtrip story about a rock star searching to reconnect with his music, and a young woman desperate to break out of her […]

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Release Blitz & ARC Review: The Last Piece of His Heart (Lost Boys, #3) by Emma Scott

March 7, 2021March 7, 2021 Mel Epic Romance

From USA Today and Wall St. Journal bestselling author, Emma Scott, comes the third and final novel in the Lost Boys series–a gritty, angsty love story about two lost souls searching for their place in […]

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Release Blitz & ARC Review: Hold the Forevers (Coastal Chronicles, #1) by K.A. Linde

February 23, 2021August 30, 2022 Mel Angsty

  HOLD THE FOREVERS by K.A. Linde   Released – 23 February 2021   Available Now! Amazon  |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook   Blurb A new angsty […]

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Release & ARC Review: Forevermore (Ever, #1) by Alex Grayson

January 26, 2021February 23, 2021 AJ New Adult

  Forevermore is live! This is the prequel novella to Everlast, releasing 23 February    Amazon  |  Apple  |  Kobo  |  Nook   Blurb Everything has a reason for being, and you are mine. Without you, […]

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Release Blitz & ARC Review: Not My Match (Game Changers, #2) by Ilsa Madden-Mills

January 19, 2021August 29, 2025 Mel Book News

Not My Match by Ilsa Madden-Mills   Released – 19 January 2021   Available now! Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook   Blurb Wall Street Journal bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills delivers a smart […]

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ARC Review: The Fourth Time Charm (Fulton U, #4) by Maya Hughes

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 Mel Forbidden

The Fourth Time Charm (Fulton U, #4) by Maya Hughes   Available today! Amazon  |  Paperback     4 stars! I love the friends-to-lovers trope and couldn’t wait to get my hands on The Fourth […]

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Release & ARC Review: Riot Rules (Crooked Sinners, #2) by Callie Hart

January 1, 2021March 13, 2021 AJ Dark & Gritty

  Riot Rules, the second book in the Crooked Sinners series by Callie Hart, is live! Amazon Free in KU   Blurb CARRIE You think you know me, but you’re wrong. You look at me […]

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Review: The Fifteenth Minute (The Ivy Years, #5) by Sarina Bowen

December 19, 2020 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 3.5 stars This is a really cute read. The fifth book in the Ivy Years series, it’s a sweet NA celebrity romance with a touch of drama and a whole […]

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Release Blitz & ARC Review: The Revenge Pact (Kings of Football, #1) by Ilsa Madden-Mills

December 3, 2020August 29, 2025 Mel Book News

The Revenge Pact kicks off an all-new series, The Kings of Football, with an enemies to lovers standalone romance from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills, AVAILABLE NOW! Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide  |  Paperback […]

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ARC Review: Fear of Fire and Shadow by S. Young

December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 AJ Action

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Blurb As one of the few remaining mage in the world, Rogan was stolen as a child and placed within the palace as handmaiden to Haydyn, the last of the royal family. […]

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Blog Tour, ARC Review & Giveaway: So Wrong, It’s Wright (So Far, So Good, #3) by Amelia Kingston

November 15, 2020November 9, 2020 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  So Wrong, It’s Wright is live!   Amazon  |  Apple  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  Universal    Blurb An Infuriatingly Irresistible Love Story Michelle Anders is done with love. Done with the involuntary heart […]

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Review: On the Sideline (BSU Football, #3) by J.B. Salsbury

November 4, 2020November 4, 2020 AJ LOL Funny

Buy:  Amazon Blurb Waking up in Bex’s bed is a horror I’ll never forget. Now she seems to pop up everywhere I turn. And the more I get to know her, the more I like […]

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ARC Review: The Brightest Night (Origin, #3) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

October 20, 2020October 20, 2020 AJ Action

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Blurb He is the darkest star. She is the burning shadow. And together, they will bring about the brightest night. Less than a year ago, Evelyn Dasher was a […]

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Review: Hail Mary (BSU Football, #2) by J.B. Salsbury

October 17, 2020October 17, 2020 AJ New Adult

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars! This is such a great read! Sweet, sexy and edgy with a surprising amount of depth, this is the second book in the BSU Football series, but can easily standalone. […]

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New Release & ARC Review: I Promise You (The Hook Up, #4) by Ilsa Madden-Mills

October 12, 2020October 12, 2020 Mel Book News

I Promise You by Ilsa Madden-Mills   Released – 12 October 2020   Available Now! Amazon  |  Paperback     Blurb Dillon McQueen: Babe. I promise. You want me. Serena Jensen: Um, who are you? […]

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Audio Review: Whatever It Takes (Bad Reputation Duet, #1) by Krista & Becca Ritchie

October 6, 2020 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Apple  |  B&N Blurb I HAVE A BAD REPUTATION. Call me what you want: Bad Boy Next Door. Trouble. That Kid Who Can’t Do Anything Right. When Willow moves into my neighborhood, […]

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Blog Tour & Audio Review: Playing with Fire by L.J. Shen

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 Mel Audio Recommendation

Playing With Fire, an all-new emotional and raw small town standalone romance from USA Today bestselling author L.J. Shen is available now!     A broken boy on the path to destruction. A scarred girl […]

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Review: Tempt the Ex (Tempt, #2.5) by Natasha Madison

September 14, 2020 AJ LOL Funny

Buy:  Amazon  |  iBooks  |  Kobo Review 4 short and fun stars! This is a quick, fun little NA read. Romantic and laugh-out-loud funny, it’s 58 pages of pure entertainment, and I really enjoyed it. […]

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Blog Tour, Excerpt & ARC Review: Heart Bones by Colleen Hoover

August 31, 2020August 29, 2025 AJ Drama

“Their bond is too intense to ignore.” Heart Bones, the unforgettable contemporary romance that will pull on your heartstrings and show you the power of hope by #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover is […]

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Release & ARC Review: Leo (Preston Brothers, #3) by Jay McLean

August 11, 2020August 11, 2020 AJ Angsty

  𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬. 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗩𝗔𝗗𝗢. 𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗗. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ LEO by Jay McLean is live!! Don’t miss the third book in the New Adult/Coming of Age Series, The Preston Brothers!!   Amazon US  |  Amazon Global Free in Kindle […]

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Review: The Shameless Hour (The Ivy Years, #4) by Sarina Bowen

August 9, 2020August 10, 2020 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4 stars! Another fantastic read! Sarina Bowen has created some incredibly unique stories in this series, with wonderfully developed characters who aren’t the usual types that you read about, living through situations […]

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Release & ARC Review: Flock (The Ravenhood, #1) by Kate Stewart

July 29, 2020May 21, 2025 AJ Drama

  FLOCK, book one in The Ravenhood series from best-selling author, Kate Stewart, is live! Get ready for a sinfully hot, angsty and unconventional love story filled with suspense, a little action, and all the […]

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Audio Review: The Understatement of the Year (Ivy Years, #3) by Sarina Bowen

July 18, 2020July 17, 2020 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars! Oh, I loved this book! An emotional and heartfelt m/m NA romance with a deep underlying message, and all the feels. This is the third book in the Ivy […]

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Review: The Year We Hid Away (The Ivy Years, #2) by Sarina Bowen

July 3, 2020July 6, 2020 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars! I can’t believe it took me so long to read this book! I read the first book in this series years ago, and then (as tends to happen), […]

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