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Age Gap

Release & ARC Review: Always You (The Adair Family, #3) by Samantha Young

April 26, 2022April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  Always You by Samantha Young is live! This is the third book in the Adair Family series, a forbidden-ish, brother’s best friend, friends-to-lovers, age gap romance that is full of drama, emotion and stunningly gorgeous […]

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Audio Review: Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1) by Abby Jimenez

April 24, 2022November 22, 2025 AJ Age Gap

Buy:  Amazon Blurb The New York Times bestselling author of Life’s Too Short delivers a refreshingly modern fairy tale perfect for fans of Casey McQuiston and Emily Henry. After a wild bet, gourmet grilled-cheese sandwich, and cuddle with […]

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Review: Hello Forever (Hello Goodbye, #2) by Sarina Bowen

April 18, 2022April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 3.5 stars This is the second book in the Hello Goodbye series, but can absolutely be read as a standalone. It’s a m/m, friends-to-lovers romance that is sweet, emotional and full of […]

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Review: Good Girl Complex (Avalon Bay, #1) by Elle Kennedy

February 11, 2022April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

Buy:  Amazon  |  Kobo  |  Nook  |  Google  |  Paperback  |  Audible Review 3.5 stars! This is an easy read with a sexy, fun-yet-intense opposites-attract NA romance, and it’s a great start to a new series by Elle Kennedy that I […]

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Blog Tour, Excerpt & ARC Review: Tattered Stars (Tattered & Torn, #1) by Catherine Cowles

February 2, 2022August 29, 2025 AJ Age Gap

“Small town romance at its best! Absolutely unputdownable. Cowles grabs you from page one and doesn’t let you go. A brilliant tale packed with heat and heart.” —Adriana Locke USA Today bestselling author   Tattered […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Worst Guy (Vital Signs, #2) by Kate Canterbary

December 28, 2021April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

The Worst Guy by Kate Canterbary is live!     Amazon Free in Kindle Unlimited   Blurb Eight weeks of forced proximity is a long time to hate someone you’re trying not to love. Sebastian […]

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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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Release & ARC Review: Indigo Ridge (The Edens, #1) by Devney Perry

October 26, 2021April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  From USA Today Bestselling Author Devney Perry comes a small town, enemies-to-lovers contemporary romance Indigo Ridge, the first book in The Edens series    Amazon  |  Apple  |  Kobo  |  Nook  |  Google Play   […]

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Audio Review: Getting Real (Getting Some, #3) by Emma Chase

October 24, 2021April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  Getting Real is now live in audio! Audible  |  Amazon Audio (Narrated by Zachary Webber & Andi Arndt)   Releasing in ebook & print: January 31, 2022 Amazon  |  Apple Books  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  Paperback   Blurb A sexy, hilarious, […]

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New Release & ARC Review: The Lost Fisherman (Fisherman Duet, Book Two) by Jewel E. Ann

October 14, 2021April 11, 2024 Mel Age Gap

  The Lost Fisherman by Jewel E. Ann is now live!   Grab it today! Amazon  |   Amazon Worldwide  |  Paperback     Blurb It’s been five years since I’ve seen him. An unexpected event […]

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New Release & ARC Review: The Naked Fisherman (Fisherman Duet, Book One) by Jewel E. Ann

September 30, 2021April 11, 2024 Mel Age Gap

The Naked Fisherman by Jewel E. Ann is now live!   USA Today & Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, Jewel E. Ann returns with an addictive new adult romance about a young woman who discovers […]

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Release & ARC Review: There With You (The Adair Family, #2) by Samantha Young

August 23, 2021April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  There With You, the second standalone in the Adair Family series by Samantha Young is now live!   A slow-burning, emotional and chemistry-filled age-gap romance between a widowed single father and his younger nanny, […]

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ARC Review: Twisted Games (Twisted, #2) by Ana Huang

July 29, 2021April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  Twisted Games is live! A sexy and intense forbidden romance between a crown princess and her bodyguard, I love this book!   Buy now – Amazon   Blurb She can never be his…but he’s […]

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Release & ARC Review: On a Wednesday (One Week, #2) by Whitney G.

July 7, 2021April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  On a Wednesday by Whitney G. is live! Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU   Blurb We met on a Wednesday. Became enemies, then lovers, on a Wednesday. And […]

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Release & ARC Review: 608 Alpha Avenue (A Cherry Falls Romance) by Adriana Locke

June 8, 2021April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

We are so excited to announce the release of Adriana Locke’s new novella, 608 Alpha Ave. This is a total standalone story about a grumpy, small-town mechanic and a pocket-full-of-sunshine heroine that gets under his […]

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Release & ARC Review: So Not My Type (So Far, So Good, #4) by Amelia Kingston

May 18, 2021April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

So Not My Type by Amelia Kingston is live! This is a fun and quirky read. A super entertaining opposites-attract romance with a lot of heart that made me laugh out loud!    Amazon  |  […]

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Release & ARC Review: Don’t Kiss the Bride by Carian Cole

February 1, 2021April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

Don’t Kiss the Bride by Carian Cole is now live!     An irresistibly beautiful, chemistry-filled friends-to-lovers, age-gap romance, I love this book so much!   Buy now – Amazon Free in KU   Blurb […]

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Review: Beautifully Broken Control (Sutter Lake, #4) by Catherine Cowles

December 24, 2020April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4 stars! The final in the Sutter Lake series, this is a gorgeous story of two damaged people who are running from their pasts, who come together in a sweet, chemistry filled romance. […]

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Release Blitz, Excerpt & ARC Review: Lord of London Town (Adley Firm, #1) by Tillie Cole

October 13, 2020April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  Lord of London Town is live and a fave for 2020!   Amazon  |  Kobo  |  Paperback   Blurb Cheska Harlow-Wright was born into a life of luxury and privilege. She has never wanted for […]

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Release & ARC Review: Love & Hockey (Fury Series, #1) by Monty Jay

July 24, 2020April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  Love & Hockey, the first book in the brand new Fury series, is live!   Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU   Blurb NHL’s golden boy, Bishop Maverick, knows […]

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Release & ARC Review: When the Walls Come Down by M. Mabie & Aly Martinez

June 4, 2020August 29, 2025 AJ Age Gap

“A genius collaboration! All the stars for this quick-witted, sexy, and endearing cast of characters. Aly and M. Mabie delivered rom-com perfection!“ – Jewel E. Ann, USA Today Bestselling Author   When the Walls Come […]

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Blog Tour, ARC Review & Excerpt: A Secret for a Secret (All In, #3) by Helena Hunting

May 14, 2020August 29, 2025 Mel Age Gap

A Secret for a Secret, an all-new forbidden standalone hockey romance from New York Times bestselling author Helena Hunting is LIVE!   Available now! Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook   Blurb From […]

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Release, ARC Review & Giveaway: Master of Salt & Bones by Keri Lake

April 22, 2020April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon AU  |  Amazon CA   Blurb When I was a little girl, I dreamed a handsome knight would come and rescue me from my wretched mother. He’d […]

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ARC Review: Now or Never (Irresistible, #5) by Stella Rhys

January 20, 2020April 11, 2024 Mel Age Gap

Now or Never A Irresistible Series Standalone by Stella Rhys A Contemporary Romance   Available now! Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU *FREE in Kindle Unlimited*     Blurb He’s […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Forbidden Man by Karina Halle

December 11, 2019April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

Originally published as The Younger Man     A reckless, obsessive soccer star. A forbidden affair that could ruin her career. The locker room has never been this steamy.   The Younger Man, an epic […]

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