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Release & ARC Review: Bossing My Holiday by J. Saman

November 3, 2025November 3, 2025 AJ Billionaire

  Bossing My Holiday by J. Saman is live! This is a fantastically fun standalone romance with a great list of tropes – billionaire, boss/employee, grumpy/sunshine, fake relationship, enemies-to-lovers, Christmas, it’s set in Paris and, […]

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Release & ARC Review: Take This Heart (Windy Harbor, #1) by Willow Aster

October 9, 2025October 9, 2025 AJ Billionaire

Take This Heart by Willow Aster is live! The first book in a brand new series from Willow Aster, this is a small town, enemies-to-lovers, billionaire romance with fantastic chemistry, sizzling sexy time and so […]

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Release & ARC Review: Crazy in Love (Rosewood River, #4) by Laura Pavlov

September 30, 2025September 29, 2025 AJ Billionaire

Crazy in Love by Laura Pavlov is live! Book #4 in the Rosewood River series, this is a fun, laugh-out-loud funny, beautifully heartfelt grumpy/sunshine, enemies-to-lovers romance that had me captivated from start to finish. It’s my favourite […]

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Release & ARC Review: Undeniably Unexpected (Boston’s Irresistible Billionaires, #6) by J. Saman

June 30, 2025 AJ Billionaire

  Undeniably Unexpected by J. Saman is live! Book #6 in the Boston’s irresistible Billionaires series, these books continue to rock my world! This time we have a single dad movie star in a friends-to-lovers, […]

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Audio Review: King of Envy (Kings of Sin, #5) by Ana Huang)

June 8, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars Book #5 in the Kings of Sin series, this is a semi-dark romance full of longing and wild chemistry, with fantastic audio, and I really enjoyed this one! Vuk Markovic […]

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Release & ARC Review: Undeniably Enemies (Boston’s Irresistible Billionaires, #5) by J. Saman

March 31, 2025April 2, 2025 AJ Age Gap

  Undeniably Enemies by J. Saman is live! Oh holy hotness, what a fantastic read! An enemies-to-lovers, brother’s-best-friend romance with all the chemistry, all the steam, all the feels, and a sweet, sexy, protective hero […]

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Review: King of Sloth (Kings of Sin, #4) by Ana Huang

December 7, 2024December 6, 2024 AJ Billionaire

Buy:  Amazon  |  Amazon Paperback  |  B&N Paperback  |  Audible Review 4 stars! This is such a great read! An opposites-attract romance between an uptight, mostly emotionless publicist, and her billionaire playboy client. Smart and sexy with a […]

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Audio Review: Own Me (The Wolf Hotel, #5) by K.A. Tucker

November 17, 2024 AJ Billionaire

Buy:  Amazon Review 3 stars The final book in The Wolf Hotel series, and I enjoyed this book, though it wasn’t quite what I was expecting. Firstly, these books are one continuous story, so be sure […]

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Audio Review: Surrender To Me (The Wolf Hotel, #4) by K.A. Tucker

November 10, 2024November 10, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Originally published under K.A. Tucker’s pseudonym, Nina West Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars The fourth book in The Wolf Hotel series, and the romance is here! While the chemistry is undeniable and Abby and Henry’s […]

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Audio Review: Teach Me (The Wolf Hotel, #3) by K.A. Tucker

November 3, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Originally published under K.A. Tucker’s pseudonym, Nina West Buy:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars The third book in the Wolf Hotel series, this one picks up right where the last book in the series left off, with […]

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Audio Review: Break Me (The Wolf Hotel, #2) by K.A. Tucker

October 27, 2024November 3, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Originally published under K.A. Tucker’s pseudonym, Nina West Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars Wow. “Break Me” is right! This is the second book in the Wolf Hotel series, following the story of no-longer-so-innocent Abby, who has […]

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Audio Review: Tempt Me (The Wolf Hotel, #1) by K.A. Tucker

October 20, 2024October 23, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Originally published under K.A. Tucker’s pseudonym, Nina West Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars The first book in the Wolf Hotel series, this book has been on my TBR for so long, and I’m so happy I […]

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Release & ARC Review: Undeniably Infatuated (Boston’s Irresistible Billionaires, #3) by J. Saman

September 23, 2024September 23, 2024 AJ Angsty

  Undeniably Infatuated by J. Saman is live! Wow, I loved this book! A gorgeously heartfelt romance with angst, drama and wild chemistry, and brilliantly overlapping tropes – billionaire, popstar/celebrity, brother’s ex-girlfriend, forbidden romance, close […]

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Release, ARC Review & Giveaway: King of Nothing by Aurora Rose Reynolds

July 29, 2024July 29, 2024 AJ Billionaire

  King of Nothing by Aurora Rose Reynolds is live!   Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU Free on KU   Blurb I met him when my ship was sinking, […]

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Release & ARC Review: Undeniably Forbidden (Boston’s Irresistible Billionaires, #2) by J. Saman

July 22, 2024July 22, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  Undeniably Forbidden by J. Saman is now live!  From USA Today bestselling author J. Saman comes a steamy new standalone, brother’s best friend, age-gap, billionaire romance about a broody single dad doctor and the curvy nanny […]

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Audio Review: Legacy (Montgomery Brothers, #1) by Laura Pavlov

June 14, 2024July 19, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars! I’m a huge fan of Laura Pavlov, she has become an auto-buy author for me, and I have eagerly thrown myself into her last few series. So I thought it […]

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Audio Review: Wild Love (Rose Hill, #1) by Elsie Silver

May 4, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Blurb Rosie Belmont has been driving me wild for years. The good kind of wild. The bad kind of wild. But mostly the kind of wild that comes with wanting your best friend’s […]

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Release & ARC Review: Undeniably Convenient (Boston’s Irresistible Billionaires, #1) by J. Saman

April 29, 2024 AJ Billionaire

  Undeniably Convenient by J. Saman is live, and OMG, what a beautifully romantic story! A sort-of-second chance, boss/employee, close proximity romance between a couple who agree to have a baby together without being in […]

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Audio Review: Fallen Empire (Empire Nightclub, #4) by K.A. Tucker

April 13, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars The final book of the Empire Nightclub series, Gabriel and Mercy’s story comes to a satisfying finish as this unlikely couple continue to fight hard for their happy ending. Please note […]

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Review: Dirty Empire (Empire Nightclub, #3) by K.A. Tucker

March 31, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars The third book in the Empire Nightclub series, and we’re deep in the world of organised crime. This book is a direct continuation of the first two books of the series, […]

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Review: Gabriel Fallen (Empire Nightclub, #2) by K.A. Tucker

March 20, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars The second book in the Empire Nightclub series, this is a continuation from Sweet Mercy, and the story picks right up where the last book left off, so don’t read this […]

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Audio Review: Sweet Mercy (Empire Nightclub, #1) by K.A. Tucker

March 12, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars This is the first book in KA Tucker’s Empire Nightclub series (previously published under Tucker’s pen-name, Nina West). It’s dark and steamy, and had me completely captivated, and I really […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Billionaire Is Back (Beacon Harbor, #1) by Kaley Loring & Connor Crais

January 25, 2024July 24, 2024 AJ Billionaire

  The Billionaire is Back by Kayley Loring & Connor Crais is live! Funny, sexy, and beautifully romantic, this book made me laugh and swoon, and gave me all the feels. A small town, brother’s […]

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Release & ARC Review: King of Greed (Kings of Sin, #3) by Ana Huang

October 24, 2023October 24, 2023 AJ Billionaire

  He had her, he lost her…and he’ll do anything to win her back.   King of Greed by Ana Huang is now live!    Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide  |  Amazon Paperback  | B&N Paperback […]

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Release & ARC Review: King of Pride (Kings of Sin, #2) by Ana Huang

April 27, 2023November 15, 2023 AJ Billionaire

  King of Pride by Ana Huang is live! She’s his opposite in every way…and the greatest temptation he’s ever known.   This is such a great read!  An opposites-attract, forbidden romance that is sizzling […]

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