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ARC Review: Gold (The Queen & The Assassin, #3) by Lisette Marshall

February 20, 2022February 22, 2022 AJ Forbidden

Gold, the final book in The Queen & The Assassin trilogy, is live! An exciting, intense and passionate read that completes Runo and Tamar’s story perfectly.   Amazon   Blurb To challenge the Empire is […]

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ARC Review: Iron (The Queen & The Assassin, #1) by Lisette Marshall

November 15, 2021December 10, 2021 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

Iron, the first book in a new trilogy from Lisette Marshall is now live! Amazon   Blurb The Queen Two years ago she poisoned her violent husband. Now Tamar, Queen of Redwood, rules her kingdom […]

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ARC Review: Silk (The Princess & The Spy, #3) by Lisette Marshall

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 AJ Drama

Silk, the final book in The Princess & The Spy trilogy by Lisette Marshall Releases 10 August   Buy from Amazon   Blurb The Princess… Back in Rock Hall, with the horrors of the Floating […]

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Review: Leather (The Princess & The Spy, #2) by Lisette Marshall

July 4, 2021July 4, 2021 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Amazon Review 5 steamy, forbidden stars! I’m becoming a little bit obsessed with this world, and with this book, Lisette Marshall well and truly sucked me in as she brings the romance, and OMG, […]

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Review: The Spinster and the Thief (A Five Kingdoms Novella) by Lisette Marshall

June 10, 2021June 10, 2021 AJ Historical

Available free when you sign up to the author’s website:  https://lisettemarshall.com/  Review 4 stars This is a great little novella, a part of the Five Kingdoms world established in the The Princess and The Spy […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon

April 28, 2020May 4, 2020 Mel 6 Star Reads

  Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon   Available Now! Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook     Blurb In this epic and haunting love story set on the Oregon Trail, a family and their […]

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Release & ARC Review: Across Eternity (Parallel, #4) by Elizabeth O’Roark

April 1, 2020December 19, 2020 AJ Angsty

   Release Day! Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU   Blurb The exciting conclusion to Across Time! Separated from Henri by 20 years,  Amelie discovers that what she thought was […]

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Release & ARC Review: Across Time (Parallel, #3) by Elizabeth O’Roark

December 12, 2019December 19, 2020 AJ Drama

  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU Free in Kindle Unlimited   Blurb In a dangerous time before her own…a dangerous attraction. Amelie Besson is on the cusp of attaining […]

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ARC Review: What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon

February 9, 2019December 31, 2019 Mel 6 Star Reads

WHAT THE WIND KNOWS by Amy Harmon   Buy it today! Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio  |  Hardcover     Blurb In an unforgettable love story, a woman’s impossible journey through the ages could change […]

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Review: From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon

December 11, 2017December 30, 2017 Mel 6 Star Reads

*Top Favorite of 2017* Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audio Review 6 UNFORGETTABLE STARS!!! Brilliantly written and beautifully emotive, From Sand and Ash captivated me and captured my heart from the very first page. […]

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Review: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

November 19, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review A powerful, emotional story, and an epically unforgettable read 5 stars I don’t even know where to begin with this review. And honestly I don’t want to say too […]

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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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Review: A Sorceress of His Own (The Gifted Ones, #1) by Dianne Duvall

February 14, 2016November 20, 2016 AJ Historical

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review Great read, I loved it! 4 stars This is the first book in the Gifted ones series, but it actually ties into Duvall’s Immortal Guardians series, as […]

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