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Friends-to-Lovers

Release & ARC Review: Living at 40 (Lakeside Cottage, #1) by L.B. Dunbar

June 3, 2021 AJ Brother/Best Friend

An all-new contemporary romance from L.B. Dunbar centered around lifelong friendships, a lake house, and second chances at love over 40     Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon AU  |  Amazon CA   […]

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Release & ARC Review: Break Up With Him, For Me by Whitney G.

May 31, 2021 AJ Billionaire

Break Up With Him, For Me by Whitney G is LIVE and available in Kindle Unlimited     Amazon US |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  | Amazon AU Blurb Please leave your message at […]

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ARC Review Blitz: Love in Secrets (Love Distilled, #3) by Scarlett Cole

May 26, 2021May 26, 2021 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

Love in Secrets by Scarlett Cole is live! The third and final book in the Love, Distilled series, and my favorite of the three, this is a fun, heartfelt and chemistry-filled friends-to-lovers romance that is […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Tie Me Down (Bellamy Creek, #4) by Melanie Harlow

May 24, 2021August 29, 2025 Mel Book News

Tie Me Down, an all new friends-to-lovers sexy small town romance from USA Today bestselling author Melanie Harlow is LIVE!   Grab your copy today! Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide     Blurb Just friends. That’s […]

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Blog Tour, Excerpt & ARC Review: Falling For You (Berkeley Hills, #2) by Stacy Travis

May 21, 2021August 29, 2025 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

Is it a mistake? Yes. Do I regret it? Maybe. Falling for You, an all-new friends-to-lovers romance that delivers all-the-feels from Stacy Travis is available now!   Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide   Blurb When brilliant, […]

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Release & ARC Review: Courage For Fools by Monty Jay

May 20, 2021May 20, 2021 AJ Drama

  Courage for Fools by Monty Jay is live! An emotional and heartfelt roadtrip story about a rock star searching to reconnect with his music, and a young woman desperate to break out of her […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: Reckless Refuge (Wrecked, #4) by Catherine Cowles

May 12, 2021May 12, 2021 AJ Drama

  “Beautiful, emotional, and riveting. Catherine Cowles pens a romantic masterpiece that remained in my heart long after the final page was turned.” –K.C. Lynn, bestselling author of the Men of Honor series    Reckless Refuge, […]

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Audio Review: Not Pretending Anymore by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward

May 1, 2021May 1, 2021 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU  |  Paperback  Review 3 stars The latest book from Keeland and Ward, this is a fun roommate/friends-to-lovers romance with just the kind of chemistry-filled, entertaining and heartfelt […]

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Release & ARC Review: From the Embers by Aly Martinez

April 28, 2021August 28, 2025 AJ Drama

Our love was born from the embers, and together we would go up in flames. From The Embers, an all-new standalone catastrophic romance from USA Today bestselling author Aly Martinez is available now!   Amazon  |  […]

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Release & ARC Review: Could Have Been Us (Willow Creek Valley, #2) by Corinne Michaels

April 27, 2021April 27, 2021 AJ Brother/Best Friend

Could Have Been Us by Corinne Michaels is live! An emotional and heartwrenching read with the most amazingly swoony second-chance/brother’s-best-friend romance. This book had me feeling all the feels, and I freaking loved it!   […]

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ARC Review: Under the Southern Sky by Kristy Woodsen Harvey

April 19, 2021April 20, 2021 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars This is a beautiful story. An emotional story of love, loss, grief and moving on, friendship and family, and finding where you truly belong. It’s sweet, romantic and […]

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Review: River Wild by Samantha Towle

April 17, 2021April 17, 2021 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars A beautifully emotional story with all the feels, this book is darkly intense with moments of humor and lightness, and a gorgeous, slow burning romance. I […]

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New Release & ARC Review: The Virgin Rule Book (Rules of Love, #1) by Lauren Blakely

April 16, 2021April 20, 2021 Mel Book News

THE VIRGIN RULE BOOK, a sexy, friends-to-lovers standalone sports romance from #1New York Times bestseller Lauren Blakely, is AVAILABLE NOW!   Things you don’t want to miss:  ✔️ Sexy times in a limo ✔️ A hot athlete […]

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Audio Release & ARC Review: Pause (Larsen Bros, #2) by Kylie Scott

April 14, 2021July 13, 2021 AJ Audio Recommendation

Pause by Kylie Scott is now live! Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio    Blurb An unpauseable new romance from New York Times bestselling, Audie Award winning author Kylie Scott—available in audio first! Narrated by the awesome […]

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Release, Excerpt & ARC Review: Bombshells (Brooklyn Hockey, #5) by Sarina Bowen

April 13, 2021November 4, 2024 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

  The next Brooklyn Bruisers book is live!   Amazon  |  Apple  |  Kobo  |  Nook  |  Google   Blurb The women’s league is in the house!  And Brooklyn will never be the same again […]

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Review: One Last Wish (Shooting Stars, #3) by Aurora Rose Reynolds

April 10, 2021April 10, 2021 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 3 stars This is the third and final book in the Shooting Stars series, a sweet and heartfelt friends-to-lovers romance that is emotional and swoony, with a gorgeous alpha hero. […]

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Review: Over the Top (Maverick Montana, #4) by Rebecca Zanetti

March 27, 2021March 27, 2021 AJ Brother/Best Friend

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 3.5 stars The final book in the Maverick Montana series, this is a brother’s-best-friend/friends-to-lovers story with a touch of suspense and excitement, and a whole lot of hilarious old-lady interference. […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: The Muse (Beautiful Magic, #1) by Lauren Blakely

March 26, 2021March 7, 2023 Mel Book News

Midnight in Paris meets Night at the Museum!     A sweeping romance set in a modern-day Paris that’s full of magic, art, mysteries, and passion from #1 NYT Bestseller Lauren Blakely, THE MUSE is […]

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Blog Tour, Excerpt & ARC Review: Frayed (Willow Springs, #1) by Laura Pavlov

March 24, 2021August 29, 2025 AJ Drama

“What I didn’t expect was to fall in love with the broody football player. The boy who I wasn’t supposed to be with—but had somehow become my everything.”   Frayed, an all-new angst-filled standalone romance from […]

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Review: Rising Assets (Maverick Montana, #3) by Rebecca Zanetti

March 20, 2021 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review “Friends with benefits was never the plan.” 4 stars This is the third book in the Maverick Montana series, and a gorgeously sweet and romantic best-friends-to-lovers story. Colton and Melanie […]

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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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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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ARC Review: The Dream Guy Next Door (The Guys Who Got Away, #4) by Lauren Blakely

March 14, 2021March 14, 2021 Mel Book News

An all-new sexy, swoony falling-for-the-neighbor standalone romance, THE DREAM GUY NEXT DOOR  is LIVE! BUY IT TODAY! Amazon  |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook   Blurb A sexy, […]

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Release, Excerpt & ARC Review: Used by Kate Dunbar

March 8, 2021March 8, 2021 AJ Angsty

  “This is all of me. The good, the bad, the used, and the broken…” USED, a brand new standalone romantic suspense from debut author Kate Dunbar is out now! Heartbreakingly beautiful and completely engrossing, […]

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Release Blitz & ARC Review: The Last Piece of His Heart (Lost Boys, #3) by Emma Scott

March 7, 2021March 7, 2021 Mel Epic Romance

From USA Today and Wall St. Journal bestselling author, Emma Scott, comes the third and final novel in the Lost Boys series–a gritty, angsty love story about two lost souls searching for their place in […]

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