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Second-Chance-Romance

Release & ARC Review: Burn (Fuel, #3) by Ginger Scott

July 30, 2021July 30, 2021 AJ Drama

  Burn, the final book in the Fuel Series by Ginger Scott, is LIVE! This second-chance romance completes this angsty, steamy, new adult trilogy.   Amazon   Blurb **Burn is the third and final book […]

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Release & ARC Review: Wreck (Fuel Series, #2) by Ginger Scott

July 16, 2021July 16, 2021 AJ Angsty

  Wreck is LIVE! This is the second book in the brother’s-best-friend, friends-to-lovers Fuel Series by Ginger Scott. Don’t miss this angst-filled read!   Buy on Amazon (free in KU)   Blurb When Dustin Bridges […]

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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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New Release & ARC Review: The Virgin Game Plan (Rules of Love, #2) by Lauren Blakely

June 9, 2021June 14, 2021 Mel Book News

Falling for the coach’s daughter wasn’t part of the game plan…   THE VIRGIN GAME PLAN, an all-new steamy, swoony standalone from #1 NYT Bestseller Lauren Blakely is NOW LIVE! Grab this forbidden sports romance […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Friends With Benedicts: A Small Town Romantic Comedy by Staci Hart

June 8, 2021June 9, 2021 Mel Book News

Friends With Benedicts: A Small Town Romantic Comedy by Staci Hart   Released – 8 June 2021   Grab it today! Amazon |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo     Blurb Timing is everything. Presley Hale […]

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Review: Nova (The Renegades, #2) by Rebecca Yarros

June 5, 2021August 7, 2024 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars! A gorgeously emotional second-chance-romance that is sexy and intense, this book had me feeling all the feels, and I loved it! This is the second book in the Renegades series, following […]

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New Release & ARC Review: For Lucy by Jewel E. Ann

May 23, 2021February 8, 2022 Mel Angsty

  For Lucy by Jewel E. Ann is now live!   Released: May 23, 2021   Buy it today! Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide  |  Paperback   Blurb From USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling […]

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Release & ARC Review: Bright Midnight by Karina Halle

May 6, 2021May 5, 2021 AJ Romance

  Bright Midnight by Karina Halle is now live!     Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide Download today or read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited   Blurb From the New York Times bestselling author of Where Sea […]

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Release & ARC Review: A Wicked and Beautiful Garden (Witches of the Island, #1) by Katie McGarry

May 5, 2021April 29, 2021 AJ Action

  A Wicked and Beautiful Garden by Katie McGarry is my latest favorite read, and it’s available now!!!   Amazon  |  B&N  |  Google Play Apple Books, Kobo and other international etailers   Blurb Twenty-eight […]

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Audio Review: The Crush by Penelope Ward

April 4, 2021April 7, 2021 AJ Brother/Best Friend

Buy:  Amazon  |  Apple Books  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 3 stars A brother’s-best-friend/second-chance romance, this one left me feeling a bit underwhelmed. Farrah has been in love with her brother’s best friend, Jace, since she […]

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Review: Further to Fall by Catherine Cowles

March 19, 2021January 31, 2023 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 3.5 stars An angsty and emotional friends-to-lovers/second-chance-romance with a bit of suspense, this is the debut novel from Catherine Cowles, and it’s an intense and captivating read. After discovering Catherine […]

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Review: Second Chance At Us (Berkeley Hills, #1) by Stacy Travis

March 18, 2021March 18, 2021 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review “People say that when a person meets the love of their life, they just know. Well, what if that happens when you’re sixteen years old and ill-equipped to handle it?” […]

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Release Blitz & ARC Review: Love is Never Lost ~a modern fairytale~ by Katy Regnery

March 15, 2021March 14, 2021 Mel Feeeeeeels

Sometimes, the journey is the love story.     Love Is Never Lost by Katy Regnery is LIVE!   AVAILABLE NOW! Amazon  |  Paperback   Blurb From New York Times bestseller Katy Regnery comes a […]

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Release & ARC Review: Dotted Lines (Runaway, #5) by Devney Perry

March 2, 2021March 2, 2021 AJ Favourite

  Dotted Lines is live! This is the fifth and final book in the Runaway series, a beautifully emotional, sweet and sexy second-chance-romance and an absolutely perfect finish to a series that has completely captured my […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Once We Were Starlight by Mia Sheridan

March 1, 2021March 1, 2021 Mel Angsty

Buy: Amazon Blurb A bed posed on a stage under a dazzling spotlight. An audience of hungry eyes. And him, the other half of my soul, our supple bodies moving as one . . . […]

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Release Blitz & ARC Review: Bet the Farm: an enemies to lovers small town romance by Staci Hart

March 1, 2021February 22, 2021 Mel Enemies-to-Lovers

  Bet the Farm by Staci Hart   Released – 23 January 2021   Available Now! Amazon  |  iBooks  | B&N  |  Kobo  |  Paperback     Blurb Olivia Brent has one summer to save […]

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Release Tour, Excerpt, Author Q&A & ARC Review: Broken by Evelyn Sola

February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 AJ Angsty

  Broken by Evelyn Sola is live! He swept into my life, like an unexpected storm. One minute I’m planning forever and the next, I’m left picking up the pieces. Three years have passed and […]

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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: Return to Us (Willow Creek Valley, #1) by Corinne Michaels

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 AJ Favourite

Return to Us by Corinne Michaels is now live! A blissfully romantic second-chance-single-parent-romance with all the feels!     Amazon  |  Apple Books  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  Audible   Blurb From […]

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Review: Clash (Left Turn, #1) by Belle Aurora

January 28, 2021 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU  Review 3 stars This book was nothing like I was expecting. Looking at that cover and reading the blurb, I was expecting a dark romance, and though […]

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Audio Review: Reckless Memories (Wrecked, #1) by Catherine Cowles

January 8, 2021January 31, 2023 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4 stars This is the start of a new series by Catherine Cowles, set on a small island off the coast of Seattle, for the small-town romance feel that I love. A beautifully […]

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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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Release & ARC Review: Wraith (Masters of Mayhem, #1) by Renee Rocco

December 15, 2020May 3, 2021 AJ Action

  Amazon  |  Paperback   Blurb Welcome to the new world order—where the villains have become the heroes. ERIC ‘WRAITH’ SHAW Once upon a time… Yeah, no. Let’s stop right there. This isn’t a fairytale. […]

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Audio Review: Layla by Colleen Hoover

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4 extraordinary stars! Wow. I’m not too sure what I can say about this book without spoiling anything, but what a unique and intriguing read! Full of the drama, romance, laughs and […]

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Review: Make It Burn (Nashville Outlaws, #1) by L.A. Wayward

December 13, 2020December 29, 2020 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 3.5 stars A messy, complicated and angsty second-chance-romance that is full of emotion, heartache and longing, but that ultimately delivers an intense, passionate love story that I could not stop […]

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