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Audio Review: Say You’ll Remember Me (Say You’ll Remember Me, #1) by Abby Jimenez

May 4, 2025November 22, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Blurb From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Just for the Summer comes a playful yet deeply emotional romance where one date is all it takes for two people to know they’re perfect […]

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Audio Review: Anathema (The Eating Woods, #1) by Keri Lake

April 12, 2025September 10, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 5 stars! Wow, what an amazing read! A dark gothic fantasy with elements of horror, a richly detailed world, fantastic characters and a slow burning love story, this atmospheric adventure sucked me […]

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Audio Review: Deep End by Ali Hazelwood

April 3, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars A steamy college sports romcom, this is a fun, clever and sexy romance, and I really enjoyed this one. Scarlett is a student athlete at Stanford. She is studying pre-med […]

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Audio Review: Wild Side (Rose Hill, #3) by Elsie Silver

March 29, 2025March 29, 2025 AJ 6 Star Reads

Buy:  Amazon Review 6 stars! Oh my heart, I adored this read! The third book in the Rose Hill series, it’s a dramatic, emotional and exciting enemies-to-lovers, fake marriage romance that had me swooning, laughing […]

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Audio Review: Variation by Rebecca Yarros

February 28, 2025February 27, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback   Review 3 stars A complete standalone from Rebecca Yarros, this book is primarily a family drama with a touch of mystery and a slow burning second chance romance. It’s not as […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Last Guy on Earth (Hockey Guys, #3) by Sarina Bowen

February 18, 2025February 19, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

    The Last Guy on Earth by Sarina Bowen is live! Book #3 in the Hockey Guys series, Sarina Bowen takes us back to Denver for a second chance m/m forbidden sports romance that […]

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Audio Review: Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3) by Rebecca Yarros

February 8, 2025 AJ Action

Buy:  Amazon |   B&N  |  Apple Books  |  Kobo Review 4 stars Phew! Once again I have finished a book in this series with my mouth wide open and wondering what the hell just happened. It’s a wild […]

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Audio Review: Broken Harbor (Sparrow Falls, #3) by Catherine Cowles

December 26, 2024December 27, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy: Amazon  |  Audiobook  |  People Paperback  |  Alt Paperback Review 3.5 stars The third book in the Sparrow Falls series, this is a gorgeous single parent sports romance with a woman in hiding and an […]

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Audio Review: Surrender To Me (The Wolf Hotel, #4) by K.A. Tucker

November 10, 2024November 10, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Originally published under K.A. Tucker’s pseudonym, Nina West Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars The fourth book in The Wolf Hotel series, and the romance is here! While the chemistry is undeniable and Abby and Henry’s […]

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Audio Review: Teach Me (The Wolf Hotel, #3) by K.A. Tucker

November 3, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Originally published under K.A. Tucker’s pseudonym, Nina West Buy:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars The third book in the Wolf Hotel series, this one picks up right where the last book in the series left off, with […]

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Audio Review: Break Me (The Wolf Hotel, #2) by K.A. Tucker

October 27, 2024November 3, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Originally published under K.A. Tucker’s pseudonym, Nina West Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars Wow. “Break Me” is right! This is the second book in the Wolf Hotel series, following the story of no-longer-so-innocent Abby, who has […]

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Audio Review: Tempt Me (The Wolf Hotel, #1) by K.A. Tucker

October 20, 2024October 23, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Originally published under K.A. Tucker’s pseudonym, Nina West Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars The first book in the Wolf Hotel series, this book has been on my TBR for so long, and I’m so happy I […]

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Audio Review: The Rocker’s Muse (Delirious Jones Rockstar Romance, #1) by Penelope Ward

September 21, 2024January 25, 2025 AJ Age Gap

Buy:  Amazon  |  Apple Books  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play Blurb From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward comes a new, STANDALONE novel… No one but me knew why I was actually in the California desert that day. Nestled […]

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Audio Review: Wild Eyes (Rose Hill, #2) by Elsie Silver

September 19, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Blurb A rugged mountain town seemed like the perfect escape from a life in shambles. But on day one I ran full tilt into the world’s hottest single dad and now all my plans […]

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Audio Review: The Rocker’s Muse (Delirious Jones Rockstar Romance, #1) by Penelope Ward

September 11, 2024January 25, 2025 AJ Age Gap

Buy:  Amazon  |  Apple Books  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |    Paperback  | Amazon – Special Edition Paperback Review 4.5 stars A gorgeous age-gap, forbidden(ish), rockstar romance, and the beginning of a new series […]

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Audio Review: Delicate Escape (Sparrow Falls, #2) by Catherine Cowles

September 9, 2024September 7, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

  ICYMI, Delicate Escape by Catherine Cowles is live! The second book in the Sparrow Falls series, this is such a gorgeous read! A small-town romance with heartwrenching drama and suspense, and the sweetest, most […]

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Audio Review: Mad Love (The Single Dad Playbook, #1) by Willow Aster

August 14, 2024August 14, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon   Review 3.5 stars The first book in a new series from Willow Aster, this is a slow burning, surprise baby love story that is emotional and swoonily romantic, and it’s such a gorgeous […]

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Audio Review: Boy in Luv (In Luv Duet, #2) by Jay Crownover & Rebecca Yarros

August 11, 2024August 10, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 happy ending stars This book is the second part of the In Luv duet, and is a direct continuation of Langley and Iker’s fake relationship, opposites-attract romance, bringing us their beautiful happy […]

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Audio Review: Girl in Luv (In Luv Duet, #1) by Jay Crownover & Rebecca Yarros

August 10, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars Oh, I loved this book! The first in a duet, this is an opposites-attract, fake relationship love story that is sweet and sexy with great characters, and a gorgeously developing romance. […]

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Audio Review: I Could Never by Penelope Ward

July 31, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU Review 5 stars Oh my heart, what a beautiful read! An enemies-to-lovers, close proximity, slow-burning, forbidden romance, this book captivated me from start to finish, and I […]

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Audio Review: From the Grave (The Arcana Chronicles, #6) by Kresley Cole

July 6, 2024July 7, 2024 AJ Action

Buy:  Amazon |  Paperback Review 3.5 stars The long-awaited final book of the Archana Chroicles, this book brings about the conclusion to a wonderfully imaginative, supernatural, post-apocalyptic saga based on the cards of the tarot. Fighting […]

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Audio Review: Legacy (Montgomery Brothers, #1) by Laura Pavlov

June 14, 2024July 19, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars! I’m a huge fan of Laura Pavlov, she has become an auto-buy author for me, and I have eagerly thrown myself into her last few series. So I thought it […]

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Audio Review: Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3) by Abby Jimenez

May 19, 2024November 22, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Blurb A sharp and scintillating summer novel that will make readers laugh out loud and cry happy tears from the New York Times bestselling author of Yours Truly. Justin has a curse, and thanks to […]

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Audio Review: Wild Love (Rose Hill, #1) by Elsie Silver

May 4, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Blurb Rosie Belmont has been driving me wild for years. The good kind of wild. The bad kind of wild. But mostly the kind of wild that comes with wanting your best friend’s […]

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Audio ARC Review: Falling for Gage (Lake Pelion, #2) by Mia Sheridan

April 22, 2024April 23, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Releases 23 April Pre-order:  Amazon Blurb How is it possible that perfect Gage Buchanan is still single after all these years? He can’t quite figure it out himself. Perhaps he hasn’t met the right woman. […]

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