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Release & ARC Review: Heart of the Sun by Mia Sheridan

May 20, 2025 AJ Drama

Heart of the Sun by Mia Sheridan is live! A post-apocalyptic drama with a childhood friends to lovers romance, this is an emotional and heartfelt read. It’s something very different for Mia Sheridan, but I […]

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Release & ARC Review: Stolen Dreams (Dream Series, #4) by Natasha Madison

May 9, 2025 AJ Drama

  Stolen Dreams by Natasha Madison is live! This is the most beautiful read! A slow burn, grumpy/sunshine romance between two emotionally damaged people who secretly love each other but who, for their own reasons, […]

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Audio Review: Say You’ll Remember Me (Say You’ll Remember Me, #1) by Abby Jimenez

May 4, 2025November 22, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Blurb From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Just for the Summer comes a playful yet deeply emotional romance where one date is all it takes for two people to know they’re perfect […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Quietly Yours (Quiet Love, #3) by L.H. Cosway

April 29, 2025May 2, 2025 Mel Book News

Quietly Yours by L.H. Cosway is now live!   Released – April 29, 2025   Amazon US  |  Amazon Worldwide     Blurb Ada Rose never expected to find herself homeless in her thirties. Then […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Hot Shot (Roseville Ramblers, #2) by Staci Hart

April 25, 2025May 13, 2025 Mel Book News

  Hot Shot by Staci Hart   Released – 25 April 2025   Available Now! Amazon  |  Paperback   Blurb Never thought I’d agree to a marriage of convenience to my hot, firefighter ex boyfriend. […]

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New Release & ARC Review: If You Stayed by Brittainy Cherry

April 22, 2025May 13, 2025 Mel Book News

If You Stayed by Brittainy Cherry   Released – 22 April 2025   Available today! Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook     Blurb There once was a man who loved me, until he forgot every […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Shadow Path (Shadowlands, #2) by Elizabeth Hunter

April 22, 2025April 22, 2025 AJ Action

  The Shadow Path by Elizabeth Hunter is live! A romantic fantasy adventure with great characters, action and intrigue in an all-encompassing magical world, Elizabeth Hunter has once again transported me with her writing and […]

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Review: Predator (Stope Packs, #4) by Rebecca Zanetti

April 19, 2025 AJ Action

Buy:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars! Book #4 in the Stope Packs series, this is a fun and actiony wolf shifter romance with great chemistry and a sweet love story, and I really enjoyed this read. Jackson […]

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Review: Beautiful Exile (Sparrow Falls #4) by Catherine Cowles

April 16, 2025April 15, 2025 AJ Brother/Best Friend

Buy:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars A small town, brother’s-best-friend, billionaire romance with drama and suspense, this is the fourth book in the Sparrow Falls series, and it’s a really enjoyable read. Arden is the youngest of […]

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Audio Review: Anathema (The Eating Woods, #1) by Keri Lake

April 12, 2025September 10, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 5 stars! Wow, what an amazing read! A dark gothic fantasy with elements of horror, a richly detailed world, fantastic characters and a slow burning love story, this atmospheric adventure sucked me […]

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Release & ARC Review: Wicked Love (Single Dad Playbook, #4) by Willow Aster

April 10, 2025April 10, 2025 AJ Romance

  Wicked Love by Willow Aster is live! The fourth book in the Single Dads Playbook series, this is a beautifully romantic grumpy/sunshine, single dad, surprise pregnancy story. It has all the feeling and build-up […]

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Review: Shifter (Stope Packs, #3) by Rebecca Zanetti

April 8, 2025 AJ Action

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars An exciting, fun, dramatic and actiony shifter story with a sexy and heartfelt romance, I loved this book! This is the third book in the Stope Pack series. Erik is the […]

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Audio Review: Merit (Treasure State Wildcats, #3) by Devney Perry

April 6, 2025 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

Buy:  Amazon Review 4.5 stars The fourth and final book in the Treasure State Wildcats series, this is a childhood best friends-to-enemies-to lovers story with a fake relationship and lots of heartfelt emotion. It’s fun, sweet, […]

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Audio Review: Deep End by Ali Hazelwood

April 3, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars A steamy college sports romcom, this is a fun, clever and sexy romance, and I really enjoyed this one. Scarlett is a student athlete at Stanford. She is studying pre-med […]

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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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Audio Review: Wild Side (Rose Hill, #3) by Elsie Silver

March 29, 2025March 29, 2025 AJ 6 Star Reads

Buy:  Amazon Review 6 stars! Oh my heart, I adored this read! The third book in the Rose Hill series, it’s a dramatic, emotional and exciting enemies-to-lovers, fake marriage romance that had me swooning, laughing […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Oath We Take (Iron Outlaws MC: Colorado, #2) by S. Cole

March 27, 2025March 27, 2025 AJ Bikers

  The Oath We Take by S. Cole is live! A gorgeously romantic MC President’s daughter/childhood friends/forbidden romance with, action, drama, a strong heroine, a cowboy biker hero, and a beautifully emotional love story, this […]

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New Release & ARC Review: The Girlfriend Zone (Love and Hockey, #4) by Lauren Blakely

March 26, 2025April 8, 2025 Mel Age Gap

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely, comes the next standalone hockey romance in her Love and Hockey series, THE GIRLFRIEND ZONE! This sexy, coach’s daughter, one who got away, age gap, forbidden […]

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Review: First Light (Shadowlands, #1) by Elizabeth Hunter

March 22, 2025March 22, 2025 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars The first book in the Shadowlands series, this is a light fantasy novel with a great heroine, a broody hero, a murder mystery, and a complex romance. It’s the beginning […]

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Release & ARC Review: Save Your Breath (Kings of the Ice, #4) by Kandi Steiner

March 20, 2025March 19, 2025 AJ Celebrities

  Save Your Breath by Kandi Steiner is live! The fourth book in the Kings of the ice series, this is a beautifully emotional best-friends-to-lovers, fake relationship, celebrity/sports romance that is full of chemistry and […]

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Release & ARC Review: My Silver Lining (Rosewood River, #2) by Laura Pavlov

March 19, 2025March 20, 2025 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  My Silver Lining by Laura Pavlov is live! A fake dating, enemies-to-friends-to-lovers romance, this is a fun and sexy read with great chemistry, fantastic characters, and a gorgeous romance, and I loved it!   […]

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Review: Because the Night by Kylie Scott

March 18, 2025 AJ LOL Funny

Buy:  Amazon Review 3 stars A vampire romance from one of my favourite authors, this is a short book with a light-hearted story and it moves quickly, but it’s an entertaining read and I enjoyed […]

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Audio Review: The Drummer’s Heart (Delirious Jones Rockstar Romance, #2) by Penelope Ward

March 16, 2025 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU  |  Special Edition Paperback Review 3.5 stars A second-chance rockstar romance with drama and feels, this is an emotional love story with a […]

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Release & ARC Review: Buried Dreams (Dream Series, #3) by Natasha Madison

March 14, 2025March 13, 2025 AJ Drama

  Buried Dreams by Natasha Madison is live! An emotional and angsty second-chance romance that had me all up in my feels, this is such a gorgeous read!    Amazon   Blurb Montgavin Township will […]

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Release & ARC Review: Love You Always (Buttercup Hill, #5) by Stacy Travis

March 12, 2025 AJ Celebrities

Love You Always by Stacy Travis is live! A sweet and sexy grumpy/sunshine, celebrity romance   Amazon   Blurb A sexy, small-town, grumpy-sunshine romance by bestselling author Stacy Travis Ever heard the one about the […]

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