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Friends-to-Lovers

Audio Review: The Proposal (The Brewer Family, #1) by Adriana Locke

September 18, 2023April 22, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Blurb Breaking News: Rugby’s bad boy marries his best friend’s little sister If Renn Brewer would’ve asked me to marry him, I would’ve said no. Why? One, his reputation […]

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Audio Review: Fluke (Carmichael Family, #3) by Adriana Locke

September 2, 2023September 2, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 4.5 stars! Another fabulous friends-to-lovers story from the Carmichael Family series, I am loving these brothers, and their books, so much! Pippa grew up with the Carmichael boys as part of her life. […]

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Release & ARC Review: Tyrant by R.K. Lilley

August 29, 2023April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  Tyrant by R.K. Lilley is live! What a delight of a read! Written entirely from the hero’s perspective, we get to watch a proudly debauched playboy fall madly and completely in love for the […]

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Review: Fling (Carmichael Family, #2) by Adriana Locke

August 12, 2023August 11, 2023 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

Buy:  Amazon Review 4.5 stars! The second book in the Carmichael Family series, this is Maddox and Ashley’s story, a deliciously fun and sexy friends-to-lovers romance. Ashley has just called off her wedding to her douchebag […]

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Release & Review: Glimmers of You (Lost & Found, #3) by Catherine Cowles

August 1, 2023July 29, 2023 AJ Brother/Best Friend

  Glimmers of You by Catherine Cowles is live! An oh, so beautiful brother’s-best-friend, friends to lovers, fake-relationship romance with mystery, suspense, and all the feels, this book and its characters owned my heart, and […]

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Review: Powerless (Chestnut Springs, #3) by Elsie Silver

July 29, 2023 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon Review 4.5 stars The third book in the Chestnut Springs series, this is an emotional and heartfelt friends-to-lovers romance with all the feels. Since the moment she met him when they were children, Sloane […]

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Review: Flirt (Carmichael Family, #1) by Adriana Locke

July 16, 2023 AJ Fake Relationship

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars The first book in the Carmichael Family this series, this book is a great introduction to a family that I know I am going to love, and a fun friends-to-lovers/fake relationship […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Plays Well With Others (How to Date, #2) by Lauren Blakely

July 12, 2023July 16, 2023 Mel Book News

Plays Well With Others (How to Date, #2) by Lauren Blakely   Released – 12 July 2023   Available Now! Amazon |  Paperback  |  Audiobook     Blurb Am I fake dating my best friend? […]

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Release & ARC Review: Someday (Landmark Mountain, #2) by Willow Aster

June 29, 2023June 27, 2023 AJ Feeeeeeels

  Someday by Willow Aster is live! Oh my heart, this is the most beautiful, swoony and emotional second-chance-romance! I was blissfully sucked into Theo and Sofie’s book, and I absolutely loved their heartwrenching story. […]

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Audio Review: Flaunt (Carmichael Family, #4) by Adriana Locke

June 25, 2023June 24, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

  Flaunt by Adriana Locke is live! A fun and playful frenemies-to-lovers romance with low drama, no angst, an irresistible hero, and a gorgeous romance. I loved this one!   Buy now on Amazon Free […]

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Release & ARC Review: Forbidden Hearts (Whitlock Family, #1) by Corinne Michaels

June 5, 2023October 5, 2023 AJ Drama

  Forbidden Hearts by Corinne Michaels is live! Oh, my heart, what a swoonfest! This is such a gorgeous read! A forbidden romance full of chemistry and intensity, and a gorgeously sweet love story (and […]

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Release & ARC Review: Good As Gold (Giltmaker, #1) by Sarina Bowen

May 31, 2023May 28, 2024 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

  Good As Gold by Sarina Bowen is available now! A fun, steamy and chemistry-filled friends-to-lovers romance with a newly divorced woman trying to have a baby, and her childhood best friend only too happy […]

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ARC Review: Darkhearts by James L. Sutter

May 27, 2023June 7, 2023 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

Releasing 6 June 2023 Buy:  Amazon Blurb Perfect for fans of Alice Oseman and Red, White, & Royal Blue, Darkhearts is a hilarious, heartfelt, enemies-to-lovers romance about love, celebrity, and what happens when the two collide. When David quit his band, […]

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Release & ARC Review: Under the Stars (Cottonwood Cove, #2) by Laura Pavlov

May 18, 2023May 17, 2023 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  Under the Stars by Laura Pavlov is live! The second book in the Cottonwood Cove series, this is a fun, enemies-to-lovers romance that is full of emotion, beautifully romantic and super swoony. I loved […]

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ARC Review: Planes, Trains, and All the Feels by Livy Hart

May 16, 2023May 16, 2023 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

Planes, Trains, and All the Feels by Livy Hart is coming 23 May, and it’s an absolute gem of a read!   Funny, smart, emotional and gorgeously romantic this book made me laugh and swoon, […]

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ARC Review: Pick Six (Seattle Phantom Football, #1) by Maggie Rawdon

May 8, 2023May 4, 2023 AJ Drama

  Pick Six by Maggie Rawdon is now available! This is a steamy, fake dating, sports romance, you won’t want to miss!   Amazon  |  Special Edition Paperback   Blurb What’s worse than playing a […]

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Release & ARC Review: Beyond the Thistles (Highlands, #1) by Samantha Young

May 2, 2023April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  Beyond the Thistles, the first book in the Highlands series by Samantha Young, is live! Oh, my heart, what a read! So many feels in this book, a grumpy/sunshine, age gap, single parent romance […]

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Release & ARC Review: Echoes of You (The Lost & Found, #2) by Catherine Cowles

May 2, 2023May 1, 2023 AJ Drama

  Echoes of You by Catherine Cowles is live! Oh, be still my heart! This is a beautifully swoony friends-to-lovers romance with a wonderfully protective hero and all the feels. This book captured my heart, […]

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Review: The Rules of Dating My Best Friend’s Sister (The Law of Opposites Attract, #2) by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward

April 22, 2023September 6, 2023 AJ Angsty

Buy: Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 3 stars Oh, this book! The second in the The Law of Opposites Attract series, it’s a brother’s-best-friend, friends-to-lovers […]

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Review: Heart of Gold (Heart Series spin-off) by Amie Knight

April 14, 2023 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

  Heart of Gold, a Hearts series spin-off novella, is live! A best-friends-to-lovers story, this is a super sweet read as two childhood friends now in college finally get the courage to act on their […]

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Release & ARC Review: Worth the Chance (Lake Spark, #2) by Evey Lyon

April 12, 2023April 11, 2023 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  Worth the Chance by Evey Lyon is live! The second book in the Lake Spark series, this is a fun and feisty enemies-to-lovers, single dad, forced-proximity, sports romance full of snark and passion, with […]

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Release & ARC Review: Made For Us (Made For, #3) by Natasha Madison

April 10, 2023April 10, 2023 AJ Drama

  From Wall Street Journal and USA TODAY bestselling author Natasha Madison comes a brand new stand-alone surprise pregnancy single dad sports romance A spin-off from the Only One series & This Is series   […]

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New Release & ARC Review: If This Is Love by Jewel E. Ann

April 6, 2023April 11, 2024 Mel Age Gap

If This Is Love by Jewel E. Ann is LIVE!   Released: April 6, 2023   Grab your copy today! Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide     Blurb He’s mine … don’t ever forget that. Milo […]

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Release & ARC Review: Coach (Treasure State Wildcats, #1) by Devney Perry

April 6, 2023April 6, 2023 AJ Forbidden

  Coach by Devney Perry is live and it’s a 5-star read! Oh, I love this book! A single dad sports romance, almost-second-chance, friends to lovers romance, it’s chock-full of some of my favourite tropes, […]

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ARC Review: The Tryst (The Virgin Society, #2) by Lauren Blakely

April 5, 2023April 11, 2024 Mel Age Gap

Buy: Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook   Review 4.5 stars!! The Tryst is a fun, forbidden, addictive read that will not only have you fanning yourself but also laughing and falling in love.  It follows Layla […]

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