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Review: Tempt the Ex (Tempt, #2.5) by Natasha Madison

September 14, 2020 AJ LOL Funny

Buy:  Amazon  |  iBooks  |  Kobo Review 4 short and fun stars! This is a quick, fun little NA read. Romantic and laugh-out-loud funny, it’s 58 pages of pure entertainment, and I really enjoyed it. […]

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Review: Foundations (The Walshes Bonus Content) by Kate Canterbary

September 10, 2020 AJ Novella

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars This is a great little bonus for fans of The Walshes series. A novella for the couple that started it all – Matt and Lauren – set three months after […]

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Review: The Layover (Love Is…, #5) by Cassie Cross

September 3, 2020September 20, 2020 AJ Novella

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars This is such a sweet little read! A super-short second-chance romance that manages to bring the feels and had me falling in love. It’s book #5 in the Love Is… series, […]

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Release & ARC Review: Professional Development (Benchmarks, #1) by Kate Canterbary

August 18, 2020August 18, 2020 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  Fantastically fun new series starter from Kate Canterbary now live!   Amazon  |  Apple Books  |  B&N  |  Kobo   Blurb Tara Treloff and Drew Larsen hate each other. They really hate each other. This would […]

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ARC Review: Lead Player (The Everyday Heroes World) by Alex Grayson

August 13, 2020August 12, 2020 AJ Novella

  Lead Player by Alex Grayson is now live!  Don’t miss this spicy, one-night stand, contemporary romance written in K. Bromberg’s Everyday Heroes Worlds project   Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide   Blurb Would you spend […]

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Blog Tour, Excerpt & ARC Review: Vixen (Dark Protectors, #11.5; Rebels, #2) by Rebecca Zanetti

August 12, 2020August 12, 2020 AJ Action

Vixen, an all new novella in the Dark Protectors/Rebels series by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Zanetti is available now!   Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide   Blurb Tabi Rusko has a […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Teaching Hours (How to Date a Douchebag, #5.5) by Sara Ney

May 5, 2020May 2, 2020 AJ LOL Funny

  How to Date a Douchebag: The Teaching Hours is now live!    Amazon  |  Apple  |  Nook  |  Kobo Previously published in the Team Player 2: Sports Anthology   Blurb Everyone says Rex Gunderson isn’t boyfriend […]

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Review: King of the Causeway (King, #9.5) by T.M. Frazier

January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 AJ Dark & Gritty

  Amazon  |  Apple Books  |  Nook  |  Kobo   Blurb A massive hurricane looms off the coast of Florida while a different kind of storm is brewing in Logan’s beach. A mysterious newcomer is […]

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Review: Christmas in the City co-write anthology

December 24, 2019December 24, 2019 AJ Anthology

Christmas in the City, an all-new holiday anthology featuring 12 of your favorite bestselling authors, is available NOW, but for a limited time! These are brand new stories and available FREE on all platforms!    […]

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Review: Where Winter Finds You (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #17.5) by J.R. Ward

December 19, 2019December 19, 2019 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook |  Paperback  |  Audio Review Happy endings for the win! 4 stars The Shadows brought us Trez’s story, which just about shattered every BDB fan out there. I still remember the trauma coma that book threw me […]

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Release & Review: Breaking Defenses (BSU Football, #1) by J.B. Salsbury

December 15, 2019October 12, 2020 AJ New Adult

  Breaking Defenses is live! This is Carey Slade’s book! (Fighting for Flight‘s Jonah and Raven’s now 21yr old son)    Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU  |  B&N  |  […]

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Release & ARC Review: Valley of the Shadow (Elemental World, #4.5) by Elizabeth Hunter

December 10, 2019December 19, 2019 AJ Novella

Buy:  Amazon  |  Apple  |  Nook  |  Kobo Review 4.5 stars Woohoo! We’re back in the Elemental World series, and I love it! This novella is a follow up story for Baojia and Natalie, and […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: Wonder With Me (With Me in Seattle, #12.5) by Kristen Proby

December 8, 2019December 19, 2019 AJ Novella

  From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kristen Proby comes a new story in her With Me In Seattle series… “Get lost in the magic of the season with Wonder With Me!” […]

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Release & ARC Review: Holiday Ever After Anthology

December 3, 2019December 3, 2019 AJ Anthology

A fun collection of quick Christmas-themed reads from a fantastic group of authors!   Baby, It’s Cold Outside by Kimberly Kincaid Planes, Trains, and Head Over Heels by Erika Kelly That Snowy Night by JH […]

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Audio Review: Most Irresistible Guy (Ballers and Babes, #0.5) by Lauren Blakely

November 29, 2019November 29, 2019 Mel Audio Recommendation

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Audio Review 4 stars!! Violet has crushed on her best guy friend, Cooper, for nearly two decades but their friendship means too much to her to make a move and risk […]

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ARC Review: The One Night Stand Before Christmas (Reindeer Falls, #3) by Jana Aston

November 26, 2019November 20, 2019 Mel LOL Funny

Buy: Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU Blurb Dear Santa, Please stop by my house and pick up your suit. If you thought I was going to run it to […]

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ARC Review: If You Give a Jerk a Gingerbread (Reindeer Falls, #2) by Jana Aston

November 16, 2019November 20, 2019 Mel LOL Funny

Buy: Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU Blurb Dear Santa, I do not want Keller James for Christmas. I will not fall for him, no matter how charming or irresistible […]

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ARC Review: The Boss Who Stole Christmas (Reindeer Falls, #1) by Jana Aston

November 9, 2019November 8, 2019 Mel Enemies-to-Lovers

Buy: Amazon US  |  Audiobook Blurb Dear Santa, Please bring me a new boss for Christmas. Mine is the worst. The worst, hidden in a six foot tall package of male perfection. It’d be easier if […]

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ARC Review: Rough Sketch (Talbott’s Cove, #3.5) by Kate Canterbary

October 31, 2019 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  This crazy-hot enemies-to-lovers standalone novella pits boss lady Neera Malik against arrogant artist Gus Guillmand, and they fight dirrrrrty! Amazon Read for free in Kindle Unlimited   Blurb Smart, successful, and sitting pretty at […]

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Review: A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #4) by Sarah J. Maas

October 26, 2019March 5, 2026 AJ Fantasy

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review “To the stars who listen, and the dreams that are answered.” 4 stars! I really enjoyed this novella. It’s a follow up to the initial story arc in the A Court […]

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Blog Tour with ARC Reviews: Team Player 2: A Sports Anthology

September 25, 2019September 25, 2019 Mel Anthology

  TEAM PLAYER 2: A SPROTS ANTHOLOGY by Mandi Beck, Ella Fox, Teagan Hunter, Ilsa Madden-Mills, Sara Ney, Rochelle Paige, Meghan Quinn, Charleigh Rose, Kennedy Ryan, Emma Scott, and Kate Stewart   AVAILABLE NOW!! Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU […]

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Audio Review: All Stars Fall (Seaside Pictures, #3.5; Big Sky, #4.5) by Rachel Van Dyken

September 8, 2019December 17, 2019 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4 stars! ✓ Single Dad ✓ Rock Star ✓ Off Limits Nanny ✓ New Beginnings ✓ Melt Your Heart Swoonfest This is such a cute read! A […]

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ARC Review: The Candle Palace (Jamison Valley, #6) by Devney Perry

August 20, 2019 AJ Drama

  Amazon |  Apple  |  Nook  |  Kobo   Blurb Sometimes a single flame can ignite a love that lasts a lifetime. Milo Phillips knows the meaning of pain. Suffering through the most intense physical […]

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ARC Review: Ceifador X (Prison Saints, #1.5) by Demi Vice

August 19, 2019 AJ Dark & Gritty

  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU   Blurb Feared like death, worshipped like light; He was my breath, and I was poisoned at first sight. Just as the earth […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: The King (A Wicked Trilogy, #3.6) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

July 27, 2019July 25, 2019 AJ Action

  Amazon   Blurb From #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes the next installment in her Wicked series. As Caden and Brighton’s attraction grows despite the odds stacked […]

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