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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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Review: Easy for Keeps (Boudreaux, #4.5) by Kristen Proby

November 3, 2017November 18, 2017 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook |  Paperback Review 3.5 stars! Another short, sweet and sexy read from Kristen Proby’s Boudreaux series, this time giving us the story of Adam – best friend and business partner of Callie […]

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Audiobook Review: The Learning Hours (How to Date a Douchebag, #3) by Sara Ney

November 2, 2017October 25, 2017 AJ Audio Recommendation

  Amazon US   |  Amazon UK  |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo   Synopsis He’s not a douchebag; but that doesn’t stop his friends from turning him into one. MY FRIENDS WANT ME TO GET […]

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The Studying Hours

Review: The Studying Hours (How to Date a Douchebag, #1) by Sara Ney

October 24, 2017January 18, 2020 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Brace yourself … I’m going to date the shit out of you.” So much win, I love this book! 4.5 stars This is such a great read! A sports […]

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Review: British Bedmate by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward

October 22, 2017November 27, 2018 AJ Audio Recommendation

Previously published as ‘Dear Bridget, I Want You’ Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 fun, sexy, swoony stars! I freaking LOVE this book! There is something magical about Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward writing […]

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Complicated

Review: Complicated by Kristen Ashley

September 24, 2017January 31, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy: Amazon Review OMG, SO, SO GOOD! Wow, what a great love story – easy, functional, funny, and so freaking hot! With all of the charm, drama, passion and romance of old-school KA, this book […]

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Drunk Dial

Review: Drunk Dial by Penelope Ward

September 4, 2017September 1, 2017 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  iBooks | B&N | Kobo | Paperback | Audio Review 4.5 “Tell me something funny” stars Oh, I loved this book! Irresistible hero, gorgeous romance, functional relationship and dialogue that is just gold, this book […]

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Release Blitz, ARC Review, Excerpt & Giveaway: Most Valuable Playboy (Ballers and Babes, #1) by Lauren Blakely

September 1, 2017November 20, 2019 Mel Audio Recommendation

  From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely comes the swoony and oh-so-romantic title…MOST VALUABLE PLAYBOY! In MOST VALUABLE PLAYBOY, the NFL starting quarterback Cooper Armstrong needs his best friend’s sister to pretend to be […]

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Review: Jake Understood (Jake, #2) by Penelope Ward

August 10, 2017April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

Buy: Amazon | iBooks | B&N | Kobo | Paperback | Audible Review 4 Jake-lovin’ stars This book follows on from Jake Undone, and is part-sequel, part-alternate POV book. It is set 8 years into the future where Jake and Nina are together […]

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Review: Jake Undone (Jake, #1) by Penelope Ward

August 10, 2017August 8, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy: Amazon | iBooks | B&N | Kobo | Paperback | Audible Review 4.5 stars. I loved it! Ever since reading Gemini and being introduced to Jake, I have been looking forward to reading this book. He intrigued me so much and I […]

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Review: Beautiful Mistake by Vi Keeland

July 26, 2017July 26, 2017 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  Paperback Review 4 stars! Sweet, smart and sexy with great characters, an intense, chemistry-filled romance and a delicious twist that adds so much […]

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Review: Shadow’s Claim (Immortals After Dark, #13; Dacians, #1) by Kresley Cole

July 24, 2017 AJ Action

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audio Review 4.5 stars! Once again, Kresley Cole has taken me on another heart-pumping, action-packed journey that is laugh-out-loud funny, deliciously sexy and beautifully romantic, all set within a […]

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Review: Fighting for Flight (Fighting, #1) by J.B. Salsbury

July 13, 2017September 29, 2018 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Fighting gave me my breath, but you brought me back to life.” 4 intense and swoony stars This book has been on my TBR since it was released years […]

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ARC Review: Fierce Obsessions (The Phoenix Pack, #6) by Suzanne Wright

June 24, 2017June 23, 2017 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review Man, I love me some shifter smut! 4.5 stars! I love Suzanne Wright, and the Phoenix Pack books are among my favourites of hers. This is book […]

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Review: Real Sexy (Real Dirty Duet, #2) by Meghan March

May 29, 2017May 29, 2017 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars! Real Sexy is the follow up to the deliciously sexy Real Dirty, and is a beautiful finish for Boone and Ripley’s story! Romantic, emotional, swoony, […]

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Review: Real Dirty (Real Dirty Duet, #1) by Meghan March

May 29, 2017May 29, 2017 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  | Audio Review 4.5 stars I love this one! I love Meghan March’s duets. I know I’m going to be reading something hot and steamy but with a lot of heart. I […]

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Review: Dear Heart, I Hate You by J. Sterling

May 20, 2017May 17, 2017 Mel Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio  Review 4 stars! Dear Heart, I Hate You is the first book I have read by J. Sterling and I know it won’t be my last. Jules is […]

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Release Blitz, Excerpt, Giveaway, & ARC Review: Joy Ride by Lauren Blakely

May 1, 2017August 26, 2018 Mel Audio Recommendation

  JOY RIDE by Lauren Blakely Released May 1, 2017 Get ready for the ride of your life! Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU iBooks | B&N | Kobo | GooglePlay | Paperback ✦The audiobook will be narrated by Sebastian York!✦   Blurb From […]

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Review: Mister Moneybags by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward

April 27, 2017June 12, 2018 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review 4.5 stars! Once again Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward have given us a fun, sexy, swoony, deliciously romantic story with some great twists and turns that had me captivated from […]

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Review: Strange the Dreamer (Stranger the Dreamer, #1) by Laini Taylor

April 13, 2017April 15, 2017 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review What an incredible story! Oh, Laini Taylor you are a magical, magical writer! She creates a wold and drag you into it, allowing you to experience it and making […]

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Review: Friends Without Benefits (Knitting in the City, #2) by Penny Reid

April 6, 2017April 6, 2017 Mel Audio Recommendation

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audio Review 4 “alert level red” stars! Penny Reid has written another fantastically hysterical story for the Knitting in the City series. From the moment I knew there was something happening between Elizabeth […]

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