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Release & ARC Review: Habit (The Boys of Welles, #3) by Ginger Scott

October 27, 2022October 29, 2022 AJ Book News

  Habit by Ginger Scott is live! A mature YA opposites attract, friends-to-lovers, forbidden sports romance that you won’t want to miss!    Amazon   Blurb Morgan Bentley is good at getting attention, except from […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Folk Around and Find Out (Good Folk, #2) by Penny Reid

October 20, 2022November 21, 2022 Mel Book News

Folk Around and Find out, a small town, contemporary romance from New York Times bestselling author Penny Reid is LIVE!     Grab your copy today! Amazon US  |  Amazon Worldwide  |  iBooks  |  Nook […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Quarterback Sneak (Red Zone Rivals, #3) by Kandi Steiner

October 19, 2022January 30, 2023 Mel Book News

  Quarterback Sneak is LIVE!   Released: October 19, 2022   Grab your copy today! Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide   Blurb Quarterback Holden Moore can have any girl he wants. Except me: the coach’s daughter. With […]

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New Release & ARC Review: House of Curses (Royal Houses, #3) by K.A. Linde

October 18, 2022October 19, 2022 Mel Book News

We return to the Royal Houses series with House of Curses: the story of Kerrigan Argon, a half-Fae, half-human as she seeks her place in an unforgiving world filled with magic, mayhem, and romance.    […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Memories of a Life: Colton & Josie: Part Two (Life Series, Book Four) by Jewel E. Ann

September 19, 2022September 27, 2022 Mel Angsty

  Memories of a Life, part 2 of the new duet in The Life Series by Jewel E. Ann is LIVE!!   Released – September 19, 2022   Grab your copy today! Amazon  |  Amazon […]

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Release: The Rules of Dating by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward

September 19, 2022 AJ Book News

  The Rules of Dating by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward is live!   Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU  |  Paperback  |  Audio   Blurb It all started when […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Northern Stars (Compass, #4) by Brittainy C. Cherry

September 15, 2022September 17, 2022 Mel Book News

  Brittainy Cherry   Released – September 15, 2022   Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide   Blurb Hollywood’s biggest star first belonged to me. Breaking up with your high school sweetheart was one thing. Breaking up […]

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New Release: Bitter Sweet Heart (Lies, Hearts and Truths, #2) by Helena Hunting writing as H. Hunting

September 1, 2022August 28, 2025 Mel Book News

Bitter Sweet Heart, an angsty and sizzling, forbidden age gap New Adult romance from New York Times bestselling author Helena Hunting writing as H. Hunting is LIVE!   Available now, exclusively on Amazon and in […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Second to None (Coastal Chronicles, #3) by K.A. Linde

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 Mel Book News

First love can’t come second.     SECOND TO NONE K.A. Linde   Release Date: August 30   Available now! Amazon  |  B&N  |  iBooks  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook   […]

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New Release: Moody by Penelope Ward

August 22, 2022August 22, 2022 AJ Book News

  Moody, a brand new standalone from Penelope Ward, is now live!   Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU Apple Books  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  Audible  […]

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New Release: The Close-Up (Hollywood Renaissance, #1.5) by Kennedy Ryan

August 16, 2022August 15, 2022 Mel Book News

What began as a tiny flame when we were young now threatens to consume us.   The Close-Up, an all-new riveting and emotional Hollywood Renaissance/HOOPS novella from New York Times bestselling author Kennedy Ryan and […]

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New Release & ARC Review: The Virgin Next Door (The Dating Games, #1) by Lauren Blakely

August 12, 2022September 29, 2023 Mel Book News

HOT NEW RELEASE!! THE VIRGIN NEXT DOOR from #1 NYT bestselling author Lauren Blakely is LIVE! Don’t miss this all-new flirty, dirty, hilarious romance between a clever, book-loving heroine and a hot, nerd of a […]

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New Release: The Blood Magic Series Boxset by L.H. Cosway

August 2, 2022August 3, 2022 Mel Book News

  Blood Magic is an addictive four-book series that melds urban fantasy with paranormal romance!   Grab it today! Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon Worldwide iBooks  |  B&N  |  Smashwords  |  Kobo   […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Tease (Cloverleigh Farms, #8) by Melanie Harlow

July 11, 2022August 28, 2025 Mel Book News

I didn’t mean to say I was engaged to a hot billionaire–it just slipped out.   TEASE, an all new billionaire, fake engagement, small town romantic comedy from USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling author […]

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Release & Excerpt: The Boss Project by Vi Keeland

July 11, 2022July 11, 2022 AJ Book News

  The Boss Project by Vi Keeland is live! A sexy, standalone workplace romance   Amazon  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU  |  Paperback  Apple Books  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google […]

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Excerpt Reveal: Reverse (Bittersweet Symphony, #2) by Kate Stewart

July 6, 2022July 6, 2022 AJ Book News

  REVERSE by USA Today Bestselling author Kate Stewart is coming July 19, 2022 A steamy star-crossed lovers, rockstar romance with all the feels, and we’ve got an excerpt for you!   Blurb Thirty years […]

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New Release: My Professor by R.S. Grey

June 2, 2022June 2, 2022 Mel Book News

 We’re so excited that R.S. Grey is releasing her gorgeous new romcom, My Professor! Check it out and be sure to grab your copy today!     My Professor by R.S. Grey   A Romantic […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Secrets We Whisper After Midnight (Decisions in Durham, #2) by Rachel Higginson

May 24, 2022June 17, 2022 Mel Book News

Secrets We Whisper After Midnight (Decisions in Durham, #2) by Rachel Higginson   Released – 24 May 2022   Buy it today! Amazon     Blurb Eliza English has grown up in the shadow of […]

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First Look: Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1) by Kennedy Ryan

May 13, 2022November 15, 2022 Mel Book News

Before I Let Go, an all-new poignant second chance romance and the first book in the new Skyland Series from USA Today bestselling and RITA® Award-winning author Kennedy Ryan is coming November 15th, and we […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Starry-Eyed Love (Spark House, #2) by Helena Hunting

May 10, 2022August 29, 2025 Mel Book News

Starry-Eyed Love, an all new hilarious and emotional standalone romance from New York Times bestselling author Helena Hunting is AVAILABLE NOW!   Grab your copy today! Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide   |  B&N  |  Kobo  | […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Ten Trends to Seduce Your Bestfriend by Penny Reid

April 12, 2022May 14, 2022 Mel Book News

Ten Trends to Seduce Your Bestfriend, an all-new enemies to lovers romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Penny Reid, is now live!     Fall in love today! Amazon US  |  Amazon Worldwide […]

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Release: Nightingale: An Anthology for Ukraine

April 5, 2022 AJ Book News

Nightingale: A Charity Anthology in support of Ukraine is live!     NIGHTINGALE is a romance anthology with over FIFTY original, never-before-seen stories from bestselling authors. 100% of the royalties will be donated to relief […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Beauty and the Baller (Strangers in Love, #1) by Ilsa Madden-Mills

March 29, 2022August 28, 2025 Mel Book News

Beauty and the Baller, an all-new small-town sports romance from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills is LIVE! Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook   Blurb An NFL quarterback turned small-town coach […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Shut Up and Kiss Me (Happy Endings, #2) by Lauren Blakely

March 25, 2022March 27, 2022 Mel Book News

SHUT UP AND KISS ME by #1 NYT bestselling author Lauren Blakely is NOW LIVE!! Find out what happens when a scorching one-night stand between best friends absolutely, definitely shouldn’t happen again…     Shut […]

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Release: The Secret (Single in Seattle, #1) by Kristen Proby

March 22, 2022August 7, 2024 AJ Book News

The Secret by Kristen Proby is live! This is the first book in the Single in Seattle series – a second generation spin-off from the With Me in Seattle series     Amazon  |  Apple Books  |  […]

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