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Review: Storm (Ashes & Embers, #1) by Carian Cole

May 14, 2018April 4, 2019 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 stars! This series has been on my radar for a while now. I’m a sucker for rockstar romances, and I loved the set-up for this one, and I’m […]

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Review: Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren

May 12, 2018 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars! I loved this one! A beautiful, slow-burning friends-to-lovers YA love story that becomes a swoony and emotional second-chance romance. Something different from CLo, but they nailed it! […]

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Review: Off the Record (Record, #1) by K.A. Linde

April 25, 2018June 28, 2018 Mel Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audio Review 4 stars! Liz Dougherty works for the college newspaper and has the opportunity to attend Senator Brady Maxwell’s press conference. When she is chosen to ask one question, […]

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Review: Blush For Me (Fusion, #3) by Kristen Proby

April 25, 2018May 8, 2018 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 3.5 sweet and sexy stars This is the third book in the Fusion series and though it’s been a while since I read the last book in this series, […]

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Review: Rebel Heir (Rush Series Duet, #1) by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward

April 15, 2018 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy: Amazon | iBooks | B&N | Kobo | Google Play | Paperback | Audio Review “You ever look at someone and know that if you let them, they could turn your life upside down… completely ruin you?” 5 […]

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Review: The Dark Calling (The Arcana Chronicles, #5) by Kresley Cole

April 8, 2018July 6, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 stars! OMG, it’s all happening!!! I devoured the first four books in this series, and then had to wait for this one, and I’ve been dying to get […]

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Review: On Hart’s Boardwalk (On Dublin Street, #6.7 & Hart’s Boardwalk, #2.5) by Samantha Young

March 24, 2018March 24, 2018 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review “I’ll never stop fighting for you, Liv. Love of my fucking life.” He swiped away my tears. “We’ll make this right.” 4 stars! Oh Nate Sawyer, book boyfriend of my dreams, […]

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Review: The Farthest Edge (Honey, #2) by Kristen Ashley

March 18, 2018March 18, 2018 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4 stars! This one was a surprise! Kinky, yes, but also heartfelt, emotional and beautifully romantic. I loved it a lot more than I thought I would, […]

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Review: All In (Full Tilt, #2) by Emma Scott

March 10, 2018March 10, 2018 Mel Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audio Review 5+ “Love her” stars! There is beauty everywhere, even in the things that scare you the most… Devastated and utterly heartbroken at the end of Full Tilt, I […]

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Audio Review: Dane’s Storm by Mia Sheridan

March 8, 2018September 17, 2018 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  iBooks  |  Kobo  |  Audiobook Review “You weren’t just my first love, you were my once in a lifetime.” 4.5 stars As a huge fan of both Mia Sheridan, and a second-chance-romance, […]

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Review: His Turn (Turning, #3) by J.A. Huss

February 25, 2018 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review Ummmmmm…. I’ve devoured this series in a week, completely sucked into the decadent, hedonistic world of three sexual, sinful, but very different men and the games they […]

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Review: A Place in the Sun by R.S. Grey

February 23, 2018February 24, 2018 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook Review 4 stars! This is a really sweet read. An easy, cute, funny, sexy romance set in the glorious Italian Riviera with a chemistry-filled, slow burning romance, I […]

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Review: Turning Back (Turning, #2) by J.A. Huss)

February 23, 2018February 24, 2018 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4 stars! The second book in the Turning series, and we are thrust (pardon the pun) right back into the sensual world of the characters that I […]

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Review: Taking Turns (Turning, #1) by J.A. Huss

February 18, 2018 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 twisted fuckery stars Wow, what a fantastic read! A smart, sexy, unique and wickedly seductive story about one woman and three men all seeking pleasure, but […]

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Review: Sweet Ruin (Immortals After Dark, #16) by Kresley Cole

February 17, 2018 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audio Review 5 epic stars! Wow, I loved this book! I’m a huge fan of Immortals After Dark, and this book takes everything I love about this series and […]

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Review: The Law of Moses (The Law of Moses, #1) by Amy Harmon

February 12, 2018 Mel Audio Recommendation

Buy: Amazon | Paperback | Audio Review 5 “The Law of Moses and The State of Georgia” STARS! A story of before and after, of new beginnings and never-endings. A story of flawed and fractured, crazy […]

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Review: Without Merit by Colleen Hoover

February 12, 2018 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Hardcover |  Audible Review 4 stars Colleen Hoover’s unique storytelling has made her a must-read author, and once again she has delivered a clever, original and compelling story about […]

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ARC Audio Review: Wanderlust by Lauren Blakely

February 10, 2018January 17, 2020 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon | iBooks | Kobo | Nook | Google Play |  Paperback  Buy Audiobook:  Amazon Audio  |  Audible Review 4.5 wanderlusty stars Oh, I loved this book. Take Lauren Blakely’s fun, heartfelt, sexy and addictive romance and put it in one […]

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Review: Something Borrowed, Something You (previously titled Sex, Not Love) by Vi Keeland

January 23, 2018March 18, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  GooglePlay  |  Papeback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars! Aaaaahh, Vi Keeland. You can always be counted on for smart, sweet and sexy romance, and this book […]

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Release Blitz, ARC Review, Excerpt & Giveaway: Most Likely to Score (Ballers and Babes, #2) by Lauren Blakely

January 8, 2018November 20, 2019 Mel Audio Recommendation

  From #1 NYT Bestselling author Lauren Blakely, comes the hot, new sports romance, MOST LIKELY TO SCORE! This sexy, standalone forbidden romance about a sports star and the woman who’s off limits is now available […]

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Review: The Hookup (Moonlight & Motor Oil, #1) by Kristen Ashley

December 24, 2017March 20, 2022 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 stars This is such a gorgeous read.  Old-school KA with a great hero, a loveable heroine, an intense, passionate, functional romance with very little drama and full of […]

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Release Blitz, Excerpt, & ARC Review: The V Card (Good Love, #1) by Lauren Blakely & Lili Valente

December 13, 2017May 10, 2021 Mel Audio Recommendation

​ A brand new sinfully sexy standalone romantic comedy from bestselling authors Lauren Blakely and Lili Valente, THE VCARD is about all of the seduction and emotions that come when one woman is ready to ditch her V card and enlists her […]

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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: Missing From Me (Sixth Street Bands #3) by Jayne Frost

November 26, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Angsty and dramatic second-chance rockstar romance This is the third book in the Sixth Street Bands series, but it can standalone. It’s the first book I’ve read, and I […]

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Review: Bittersweet (True North, #1) by Sarina Bowen

November 18, 2017 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 stars! The first book in Sarina Bowen’s True North series, this is a gorgeous story with a grouchy, Vermont farmer and a spirited chef trying hard to make […]

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