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Steamy

Promo, Review & Excerpt: Sweet Cheeks by K. Bromberg

November 23, 2016March 5, 2017 AJ Book News

  An all new second chance love story by the New York Times Bestselling author of the Driven series. Sweet Cheeks by K. Bromberg is NOW LIVE! Amazon US | Amazon UK | iBooks |B&N |Kobo Paperback | Audible Blurb […]

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Review: Scoring the Billionaire (Billionaire Bad Boys, #3) by Max Monroe

November 23, 2016March 12, 2019 Mel LOL Funny

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |   Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars!! Another Billionaire Bad Boy? Yes please! Max Monroe got me hooked with Tapping the Billionaire, the first book in the series, and my love […]

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Release Blast, ARC Review, Excerpt & Giveaway: Consolation Prize (Forbidden Men, #9) by Linda Kage

November 21, 2016April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  B&N  |  iBooks  |  Kobo Blurb Don’t you just hate it when someone destroys all your carefully made plans? I mean, I had goals: college to graduate in one […]

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Review: Rendezvous with Yesterday (The Gifted Ones, #2) by Dianne Duvall

November 20, 2016November 20, 2016 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4 stars! I love Dianne Duvall’s Immortal Guardians series, and this prequel series, The Gifted Ones is an exciting, intriguing and entirely different story arc which can […]

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ARC Review: Ex Games by Stella Rhys

November 18, 2016November 18, 2016 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

Buy:  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK Blurb What’s ice-cold but hotter than hell? Rebounding with your ex’s older brother, of course. A perfect storm led me to this place. Ghosted by my fiancé, I was […]

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Blog Tour, ARC Review, Excerpt, & Giveaway: Filthy Rich (Blackstone Dynasty, #1) by Raine Miller

November 18, 2016June 29, 2018 AJ Book News

Are you ready for Caleb Blackstone? Filthy Rich by Raine Miller is NOW AVAILABLE! #BlackstoneDynasty Amazon US | Amazon UK | Paperback | Audible Blurb Billionaire Caleb Blackstone lives in the glamorous world of wealth and success, with every material luxury. […]

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ARC Review & Excerpt: Heat Wave by Karina Halle

November 16, 2016November 16, 2016 AJ Angsty

  Buy:  Amazon Ebook  |  Paperback  |  iBooks  |  B&N Blurb They say when life closes one door, another one opens. This door happens to lead to paradise. And a man I can never, ever […]

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A Thousand Boy Kisses

Review: A Thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie Cole

November 15, 2016July 23, 2024 Mel 6 Star Reads

Buy:  Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review 6 “forever always” stars Live hard, love harder. Chase dreams, seek adventures … capture moments. Live beautifully. After reading most of Tillie Cole’s books, I can confidently say that her stories are nothing […]

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Release Blitz, Excerpt, and ARC Review: Managed (VIP, #2) by Kristen Callihan

November 15, 2016October 23, 2018 AJ Rockers

  Buy:  Amazon | iBooks | B&N | Kobo | Paperback  Blurb It started off as a battle of wits. Me: the ordinary girl with a big mouth against Him: the sexy bastard with a big…ego. I thought I’d hit […]

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Review: Beneath These Shadows (Beneath, #6) by Meghan March

November 12, 2016March 13, 2017 AJ Romance

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “You wanna get dirty in NOLA, cupcake?” With Bishop? Yes please! 4 stars! Meghan March writes wonderfully alpha heroes, and she’s done it again with the gruff and broody, […]

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ARC Review: Pull Me Close (Panic, #1) by Sidney Halston

November 5, 2016May 21, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review 4.5 “Pull me close and hold me tight” stars This book really took me by surprise. I went into it not knowing much, and I was completely swept away in an […]

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ARC Review: Halo by R.C. Stephens

November 4, 2016December 17, 2019 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon US  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon AU  |  B&N  |  iTunes  |  Kobo Blurb I fell in love with Thomas Wells and knew he was my forever. I was sixteen […]

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Preppy

Blog Tour, Giveaway, Excerpt, & ARC Review: Preppy: The Life & Death of Samuel Clearwater, Part 1 (King, #5) by T.M. Frazier

November 3, 2016January 7, 2017 Mel Book News

The Bow Tie is Back! PREPPY by T.M. Frazier is LIVE! ORDER NOW! Amazon US | Amazon UK | iBooks | Nook | Kobo | Paperback   Blurb Samuel Clearwater, A.K.A Preppy, likes bowties, pancakes, suspenders, good friends, good times, good drugs, and a good […]

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Review: To Hate Adam Connor by Ella Maise

November 2, 2016August 22, 2017 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review I loved it! 4.5 stars!! I loved this book! A fun, sexy and heartfelt enemies-to-lovers romance between a hot, Hollywood superstar and his pervy neighbour that has sworn off […]

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Release Blitz & Review: Say You Want Me (Hennington Brothers, #2) by Corinne Michaels

October 31, 2016November 21, 2022 Mel Drama

NOW LIVE! Amazon | iBooks | B&N | Kobo Paperback Amazon | Books A Million    Blurb From New York Times Bestseller, Corinne Michaels, comes a new friends to lovers standalone romance. There’s no way I’ll fall for Wyatt Hennington. He can keep his Southern drawl, […]

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Review: Honor (The Breaking Point, #1) by Jay Crownover

October 30, 2016December 15, 2017 AJ Badasses

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “You aren’t in my world … You are the center of it. You always have been.” 4 stars This is a dark and edgy read with strong characters, unique […]

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Review: Dirty Love (Dirty Girl Duet, #2) by Meghan March

October 29, 2016March 13, 2017 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 3.5 filthy stars This book picks up right where Dirty Girl left off with that devastating cliffy. Greer Karas had rekindled her relationship with the one man she always […]

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Review: Dirty Girl (Dirty Girl Duet, #1) by Meghan March

October 29, 2016April 15, 2017 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 3.5 dirty, dirty stars Holy hot damn. Ladies, hold on to your ovaries! Meghan March writes wonderfully steamy stories, but she’s outdone herself with this one and it absolutely […]

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ARC Review & Excerpt: Tricked (Dark Protectors, #7.75) by Rebecca Zanetti

October 28, 2016October 25, 2016 AJ Action

  Buy:  Amazon US |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon AU  |  Amazon CA Review 4 stars Aaaahhh, Rebecca Zanetti – you never fail to deliver. A feisty heroine, an alpha hero, hot vampire sex and […]

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Review: Love in the Light (Hearts in Darkness, #2) by Laura Kaye

October 27, 2016June 7, 2019 Mel Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audio Review 4 stars! Love in the Light is the second book in the Hearts in Darkness Duet and the conclusion to Makenna and Caden’s story. This book has the sweet and sexy […]

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Review: Turbulence (inc. Epilogue) by Whitney G.

October 27, 2016May 8, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review “I know, once again, that all is lost. All is us. All is Turbulence.” 4 stars This was a surprising read – a hot and steamy, ‘no-strings’, forbidden affair with wonderful […]

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Review: Hearts in Darkness (Hearts in Darkness, #1) by Laura Kaye

October 26, 2016June 7, 2019 Mel Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio  Review 4.5 stars! What a wonderful little treat this was. Hearts in Darkness is Book One in the duet of the same name and the first book I […]

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Blog Tour, Giveaway & ARC Review: Beard Science (Winston Brothers, #3) by Penny Reid

October 26, 2016February 14, 2017 Mel Feeeeeeels

Beard Science (Winston Brothers, #3) by Penny Reid BUY NOW! Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU iBooks | Kobo | Nook | Googleplay | Smashwords Amazon Paperback Blurb Make a deal with the devil and you might get what you want, but will it […]

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Review: Maybe Not: A Novella (Maybe, #1.5) by Colleen Hoover

October 25, 2016January 10, 2017 Mel LOL Funny

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audio Review 4 stars! Maybe Not is a fantastic little novella that was a great addition to Maybe Someday. It’s sweet, sexy and a whole lot of fun. Warren shares an apartment with […]

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Blog Tour, Giveaway, Excerpt & ARC Review: Between Here and the Horizon by Callie Hart

October 24, 2016April 11, 2024 Mel Age Gap

Betrayal. Lust, Unrequited Love. Redemption. Between Here and the Horizon is an Epic Love Story by Callie Hart! AVAILABLE NOW! Amazon US | Amazon UK | iBooks | Nook | Kobo Blurb Ophelia Lang needs money, and she needs it bad. Her […]

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