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Review: The Situationship (Part of Your World, #3.5) by Abby Jimenez

February 20, 2026February 21, 2026 AJ LOL Funny

Buy:  Amazon Review 3 stars (only because it’s too short to be higher) This is a super short (37 pages) read and shows us the meet-cute of Doug and Maddie, side characters from Just for […]

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Review: A Crown of Ruin (Blood & Ash, #6.5) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

February 18, 2026February 18, 2026 AJ Drama

Get it free:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars This is a short (161 page) story that falls in between The Primal of Blood and Bone and The Throne of Bone and Ash in the Blood and Ash series. […]

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Audio Review: Worst Wingman Ever by Abby Jimenez

December 24, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars A super short read, but so much fun! This is a part of the Improbable Meet Cute collection, a series of novellas written by different authors writing fabulous first encounters leading […]

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Release & ARC Review Snow Place Like Home (Home Sweet Holidays) by Laura Pavlov

November 20, 2025November 22, 2025 AJ Brother/Best Friend

  Snow Place Like Home by Laura Pavlov is live! Laura Pavlov’s Snow Place Like Home is part of Home Sweet Holidays, a cookie-sweet collection of holiday romances sure to bring color to your cheeks. Read or listen […]

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Release & ARC Review: Merrymaker (Name in Lights, #4) by Kayley Loring

October 27, 2025October 27, 2025 AJ LOL Funny

Merrymaker by Kayley Loring is live! This is a short, fun, laugh-out-loud Christmas novella with a grumpy/sunshine, single dad romance, and all the hilarity that I love from a Kayley Loring romcom.   Amazon   […]

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Release & ARC Review: Booked for Holidays by Erin Hawkins

October 24, 2025October 25, 2025 AJ Brother/Best Friend

Booked for the Holidays by Erin Hawkins is live! A spicy, brother’s-best-friend, sort-of-second chance romance, this Christmas novella is a fun read.   Amazon     Blurb Last Christmas, I gave Liam Hargrove my heart… […]

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Review: Bride of the Fae Duke (Wayfarer Fae) by Lisette Marshall

July 12, 2025July 18, 2025 AJ Novella

Buy:  Amazon Review 3.5 short and steamy stars A novella in the Wayfarer Fae series, this is a complete standalone, and a sexy and mysterious grumpy/sunshine, marriage of convenience romance. Nellie is a housemaid whose life […]

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Release & Review: The Fall Risk by Abby Jimenez

March 2, 2025November 22, 2025 AJ Novella

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars This is such a gorgeous little read! At just 82 pages it’s a short story, but it packs a big punch with great characters, a fun set-up and a gorgeously […]

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Release & ARC Review: Hostile for the Holidays by Erin Hawkins

November 27, 2024October 25, 2025 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

Hostile for the Holidays by Erin Hawkins is live! This is such a cute read! A laugh-out-loud-funny, sweet and sexy romance, and a gorgeous little holiday novella. I loved it.   Amazon     Blurb […]

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Review: Moments With Him (Cole Creek, #0.5) by Molly McLain

November 23, 2024November 25, 2024 AJ New Adult

Buy:  Amazon Review 3 stars This is a short novella, a prequel for the full-length novel, and first book of the Cole Creek series, We’re Made of Moments. It tells the story of Jesse and […]

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Release & ARC Review: Holidating by Sarina Bowen

November 11, 2024November 10, 2024 AJ Novella

  Holidating by Sarina Bowen is live! Featuring two previously-released and one brand new novella, these are not strictly holiday-related stories, but they are great reads that can all standalone, and I loved this collection. […]

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Review: A Vampire’s Mate (Dark Protectors, #16.5/Rebels, #5) by Rebecca Zanetti

September 29, 2024 AJ Action

Buy:  Amazon Review 4.5 stars This is the fifth novella in the Dark Protectors spin-off series Rebels, and it’s the second book featuring the Maxwell brothers. It’s a short, sexy and action-packed romance with a possessive […]

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Release & Review: Hit Me With Your Best Shot Anthology

March 15, 2024March 19, 2024 AJ Novella

The Hit Me With Your Best Shot Anthology is live! Featuring all new sports romance stories from six bestselling authors!   Saffron A. Kent  |  Becca Steele  |  Ki Stephens  |  Jay McLean  |  Maggie […]

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Review: The Storm (The Storm, #3.5) by Samantha Towle

December 26, 2023 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars! I love The Storm series and am a huge fan of all things Jake and Tru. I can’t believe I’ve waited this long to read this novella, but I’m […]

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Review: Once Upon a Holiday Anthology

December 21, 2023December 20, 2023 AJ Anthology

  The Once Upon a Holiday collection is available for a limited time! Featuring brand new holiday-themed novellas from six best-selling authors!   Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward  |  Elsie Silver  |  Susan Stoker  |  […]

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Release & ARC Review: Fangs, Frost and Folios (Elemental Mysteries, #5) by Elizabeth Hunter

December 5, 2023December 5, 2023 AJ Mystery/Suspense

  Fangs, Frost and Folios by Elizabeth Hunter is live! An all-new holiday mystery for your favorite book-hunting vampires, Giovanni and Beatrice from the Elemental Mysteries series!   Amazon  |  Apple Books  |  Nook  |  […]

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Review: Same Time Next Year by Tessa Bailey

November 29, 2023November 30, 2023 AJ Fake Relationship

To be released 1 December Pre-order:  Amazon Review 3 stars This is a quick and easy read, a marriage-of-convenience story. Britta works at a bar which is the hangout for the local ice hockey team, […]

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Review: Holiday Rebel (The Anna Albertini Files, #5.5) by Rebecca Zanetti

November 5, 2023 AJ Novella

Buy:  Amazon Review 3 short and sweet stars This is a fun little novella in the Anna Albertini Files series, this book features Albertini cousin, Rory, whose story was hinted at during the last book of […]

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Review: Jingle Bell Fling by Scarlett Cole

October 29, 2023October 28, 2023 AJ Celebrities

Buy:  Amazon Review “You were the only place I wanted to come to.” 4 stars! This is such a cute read! A best-friends-to-lovers celebrity romance it’s sweet, sexy, gorgeously romantic and blessedly angst-free, and I […]

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Review: Anywhere But Here (Hermosa Beach novella) by Jillian Liota

August 6, 2023August 6, 2023 AJ Fake Relationship

Buy:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars This is a short and sweet story, a fake relationship for two of the very minor side characters from the Hermosa Beach series (you could easily read this one as a […]

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Review: Nowhere Like This (Hermosa Beach novella) by Jillian Liota

July 15, 2023 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

Buy:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars This is a really quick read, a fun little novella that is a bonus for the Hermosa Beach series, giving side-character, Otto a sweet love story. With only minimal interaction […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Dandelion Diary (A Maysen Jar novella) by Devney Perry

July 11, 2023July 11, 2023 AJ Forbidden

The Dandelion Diary by Devney Perry is live! A beautiful short story that is sweet and sexy with a gorgeous love story, all the chemistry and all the feels!   Amazon  |  Special Edition   […]

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Review: All We Want (Alabama Summer, #6) by J. Daniels

July 8, 2023July 8, 2023 AJ Feeeeeeels

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4 stars! This is a gorgeous little addition to the Alabama Summer series, a novella revisiting Luke and Tessa, from book #2 in the series All I Want), […]

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Review: Rescue: Rancher Style (Redemption Wyoming, #3) (part of the He’s My Cowboy collection) by Rebecca Zanetti

July 5, 2023July 5, 2023 AJ Novella

Rescue: Rancher Style is the third book in the Redemption Wyoming series by Rebecca Zanetti, available in the He’s My Cowboy collection   The Hawk’s Shadow by Diana Palmer Rescue: Rancher Style by Rebeca Zanetti […]

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Review: Rescue: Hero Style (Redemption Wyoming, #2) (part of the Peril collection) by Rebecca Zanetti

June 19, 2023 AJ Badasses

Rescue: Hero Style is the second book in the Redemption Wyoming series by Rebecca Zanetti, available in the Peril collection   From the romantic thriller powerhouses behind the instant USA Today bestseller Pivot, comes three new interwoven stories […]

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