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Review: Sweet Gum Tree by Katherine Allred

June 19, 2012April 3, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 5 stars! Absolutely beautiful!!! Beautifully written and gut wrenchingly emotional, this is an absolutely beautiful romance between an idealistic young girl and her best friend from the wrong side of […]

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Review: Rock Chick Regret (Rock Chick, #7) by Kristen Ashley

June 11, 2012June 22, 2016 AJ Action

Buy: Kindle Ebook  | Paperback Review I pretty much gave this one 5 stars before I even opened it. I’m a huge fan of anything and everything Rock Chick and this book didn’t disappoint. However, like […]

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Review: Play it Safe by Kristen Ashley

June 9, 2012April 3, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Loved it! What an absolute swoon-fest!!! As much as I love all of Kristen Ashley’s Alphas, I think she has managed to create the perfect man in Grayson Cody who, apart from […]

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Review: Rock Chick Reckoning (Rock Chick, #6) by Kristen Ashley

June 8, 2012June 22, 2016 AJ Action

Buy: Kindle Ebook  | Paperback Review I absolutely adore this series! I could easily name seven hundred and twenty five thousand things that I adore about this series, but that will take too long, so I’ll […]

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Review: Rock Chick Revenge (Rock Chick #5) by Kristen Ashley

June 4, 2012January 29, 2017 AJ Action

Buy: Kindle Ebook  | Paperback Review “Swear to God, these boys should be locked up. It isn’t safe, men with that much testosterone coursing through their blood free to roam.” AMEN SISTER! 6 MASSIVE STARS!!! This […]

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Review: Rock Chick Renegade (Rock Chick, #4) by Kristen Ashley

June 3, 2012January 29, 2017 AJ Action

Buy: Kindle Ebook  | Paperback Review And Kristen Ashley does it again!!! Five solid stars! Book 4 of the Rock Chick series introduces us to Jules – the most kickass member of the Rock Chicks to […]

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Review: Rock Chick Redemption (Rock Chick, #3) by Kristin Ashley

May 29, 2012January 29, 2017 AJ Action

Buy: Kindle Ebook  | Paperback Review God I love these books! It’s only the third in the series, but I know exactly what I’m going to get – and it’s PURE AWESOME! The settings and characters […]

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Review: Motorcycle Man (Dream Man, #4) by Kristen Ashley

May 26, 2012January 29, 2017 AJ 6 Star Reads

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review OH MY GOD, WHAT A RIDE! 6 shining stars!!! I warn you there is going to be serious gushing in this review, and it’s 3am and I’m too pumped up to […]

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Review: Take this Regret (The Regret Series, #1) by A.L. Jackson

May 23, 2012July 4, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Wow this was a great read! So deeply emotional, and so beautifully written at times I stopped breathing while reading it! From the synopsis, you think you will really hate […]

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Review: Bared to You (Crossfire, #1) by Sylvia Day

April 28, 2012March 8, 2017 AJ Billionaire

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review HOLY FREAKING INTENSITY!!!! This is the second time I’ve read this book, and I’ve gotta say I enjoyed it more the second time around. I think it overwhelmed me a […]

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Review: Point of Retreat (Slammed, #2) by Colleen Hoover

April 12, 2012December 23, 2018 AJ 6 Star Reads

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review  OMG! Absolute butterflying rollercoaster!!! 6 massive stars! What an amazing read. At one point I had to put my kindle down just to take a moment before going on it […]

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Review: The Reluctant Dom by Tymber Dalton

March 29, 2012March 31, 2016 AJ 6 Star Reads

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Just finished this book and feeling absolutely shattered! What an emotional ride! I laughed a lot and I cried A LOT! A gut wrenching story, but so insanely beautiful. I love […]

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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: Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, #1) by Jeaniene Frost

March 2, 2012July 5, 2016 AJ Epic Romance

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review A sensational beginning to a fantastic PNR series! There is a reason this is one of my favourite paranomal series. In fact, it was one of the first PNR series I […]

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Review: On the Island by Tracey Garvis-Graves

February 18, 2012May 8, 2017 AJ Epic Romance

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 5 AMAZING STARS This book is amazing. It pulled me in from the very first page, and I didn’t put it down until I’d finished. The story was beautiful, and […]

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Review: Fifty Shades Darker (Fifty Shades, #2) by E.L. James

January 14, 2012March 8, 2017 AJ Billionaire

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review ABSOLUTELY SENSATIONAL! Having now read all three books in the series, I can confidently say that this is my favourite! This book just blew me away, even more than the […]

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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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Review: The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffeneger

October 24, 2010March 31, 2016 AJ Epic Romance

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review ONE OF MY ALL-TIME FAVOURITE BOOKS!!! I was talking to a friend about this book recently, and while explaining it to her, I was essentially writing a review, so […]

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