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Epic Romance

Review: Conviction (The Consolation Duet, #2 and Salvation, #4) by Corinne Michaels

May 31, 2015April 29, 2017 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Nothing in this world comes easy, but if it’s right, you fight for it.” A beautiful finish for an amazing love story. 5 stars I just read and loved Consolation, […]

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Review: Fisher’s Light by Tara Sivec

May 29, 2015March 31, 2016 AJ Epic Romance

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “No matter what, I will always find my way back to you.” A breathtakingly beautiful story of a husband and wife torn apart by the devastation of PTSD, and their […]

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Review: Consolation (The Consolation Duet, #1 and Salvation, #3) by Corinne Michaels

May 26, 2015December 26, 2016 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Loved it. Loved it. LOVED IT! An absolutely beautiful, highly emotional love story. 5 stars. Natalie is a young woman whose life is shattered when she learns that her ex-SEAL […]

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Review: Knight & Stay (Knight, #2) by Kitty French

May 5, 2015March 8, 2017 AJ Epic Romance

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Having read book 1 of this series, Knight & Play, I thought I knew exactly what to expect going in – SMUT. And yep, I got it! But what I […]

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Review: Here’s to Falling by Christine Zolendz

May 4, 2015April 3, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review “It was you from the beginning … you were my horizon. Everything I could ever see.”  Stunning, emotional and an epically beautiful love story. 5 HUGE STARS I read this book […]

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Review: The Traveling Woman (Traveling, #2) by Jane Harvey-Berrick

March 26, 2015December 26, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy:   Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Kes wasn’t safe. He wasn’t a sensible choice. He made my heart race, and swoop, and die a little. When I was near him, I burned … Maybe we’d burn […]

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Review: Wild Reckless (Harper Boys, #1) by Ginger Scott

March 22, 2015November 14, 2020 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 5 stars – I love, love, love this book!!! From the moment I read the blurb of this book, I had that ‘tingly’ feeling, a sense of anticipation, and I […]

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Review: Cement Heart (Viper’s Heart, #1) by Beth Ehemann

March 16, 2015August 15, 2018 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 5 ‘OMG the feeeeels’ stars! OMG, this book has just blown me away! It’s the kind of story that it’s best to just dive in and experience without knowing anything […]

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Review: Inappropriate (Bristol Island, #2) by Elizabeth Finn

March 12, 2015March 8, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review 4.5 hot, angsty and Inappropriate stars And OMG, I loved it! The second book in the Bristol Island series takes us back to the isolated community of Bristol, and an all-consuming yet forbidden […]

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Review: The Fight for Us (Bristol Island, #1) by Elizabeth Finn

March 4, 2015March 8, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review “I will fight for you every day for the rest of my life.” 4.5 stars OMG, I loved this book! I wasn’t expecting to love it as much as I did, […]

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Review: The Traveling Man (Traveling, #1) by Jane Harvey-Berrick

March 1, 2015December 26, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 5 Magical Stars OMG, this story is so, so beautiful! Jane Harvey-Berrick has painted a magical world (in the non-pnr sense) which sets the stage for an amazing love story […]

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Review: Kyland by Mia Sheridan

January 26, 2015April 3, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Half agony, half hope. Half pain, half ecstasy. Half grief, half joy. Half my downfall, half my saviour.” 5 heartbreakingly beautiful stars Mia Sheridan does it again! OMG, this woman […]

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Review: Captivated by You (Crossfire, #4) by Sylvia Day

November 23, 2014March 8, 2017 AJ Billionaire

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 3.5 *SIGH* stars I’m really torn on how I feel about this book. On one hand, I loved being back with Gideon and Eva. I enjoyed seeing them together, working […]

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ARC Review: Broken Juliet (Starcrossed, #2) by Leisa Rayven

November 14, 2014March 2, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Despite all the things I would have changed about our journey, I’d never want a different destination. It’s always been you.” OMG, what an epic romance!!!! The follow on from the […]

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ARC Review: Bad Romeo (Starcrossed, #1) by Leisa Rayven

November 5, 2014March 2, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Emotionally stunning, full of chemistry and absolutely beautiful! Wow. What a book! Leisa Rayven has made me a fan for life with her debut novel. Her writing is addictive, her storytelling […]

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Review: Addicted After All (Addicted, #3) by Krista and Becca Ritchie

November 2, 2014December 11, 2016 AJ Epic Romance

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  Review “We have consumed each other from day one. And we truly never let go.” ABSOLUTE FUCKING PERFECTION! There is literally nothing I can say about this series that I haven’t already […]

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Review: More than Forever (More Than, #4) by Jay McLean

October 24, 2014September 30, 2017 AJ Epic Romance

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review “This is a story of a boy, and a girl, falling in love. Or at least it should be. But it’s more than that. It’s a story of a boy and […]

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Review: Finding Eden (Becoming Calder, #2) by Mia Sheridan

October 7, 2014January 1, 2018 AJ Epic Romance

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 5 stunningly beautiful stars This is the perfect conclusion to the amazing story told in Becoming Calder. I can honestly say that this book gave me everything that I wanted […]

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Review: Deacon (Unfinished Heroes, #4) by Kristen Ashley

September 24, 2014January 29, 2017 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review “Love don’t mean nothing Unless there’s something worth fighting for. It’s a beautiful war” – Kings of Leon 5 KA lovin’ stars OMG, I love this book! And there’s absolutely nothing […]

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Review: Worth the Fall (The McKinney Brothers, #1) by Claudia Connor

September 12, 2014September 14, 2024 AJ Epic Romance

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review “Hear me. I love you, and nothing and no one could keep me from you.” I absolutely loved this sweet and beautiful romance. It’s an amazing ‘against-the-odds’ love story with lots […]

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Review: A Divided Heart (previously published as Black Lies) by Alessandra Torre

August 30, 2014September 19, 2023 AJ Epic Romance

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Go ahead. Judge me. You have no idea what my love entails. I love two men. I fuck two men. If you think you’ve heard this story before, you haven’t.” […]

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Review: Losing Me Finding You (Losing Me Finding You, #1) by Natalie Ward

August 12, 2014March 31, 2016 AJ Epic Romance

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “I’ll be here waiting for you,” he says, his eyes never leaving mine. “You just have to come find me.”  OMG, what an incredible, incredible story! From the moment I […]

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Review: Thrive (Addicted, #2.5) by Krista and Becca Ritchie

August 8, 2014December 11, 2016 AJ Epic Romance

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  Review “We’re going to have our happy ending. It just may take us awhile to get there.” OMG, I am more in love with Lily and Lo than ever before! 5 huge […]

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Review: LoveLines (The Wilmington Saga, #1) by S. Walden

July 21, 2014March 31, 2016 AJ Epic Romance

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 Deliciously “Phablous” stars OMG, I have so much love for this book! It’s a fantastically sharp, fun and hilarious romance with lots of heart and heaps of banter and […]

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Review: The Promise (The ‘Burg, #5) by Kristen Ashley

July 11, 2014January 29, 2017 AJ Epic Romance

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review  5 “Minute by minute, baby” stars The ‘Burg series is one of my favourite KA series, and I have been desperately waiting on this book! We first met Frankie and […]

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