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Audio Review: Bride by Ali Hazelwood

March 10, 2024March 8, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 5 stars! God, I loved this book! Ali Hazelwood’s first paranormal romance, this is a smart, intriguing, funny, sexy and romantic enemies-to-lovers story that sucked me in, and I got completely wrapped up […]

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Audio Review: Written in the Scars by Adriana Locke

February 3, 2024February 2, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars Well holy feels, this book! I thought I knew what I was getting into with this book, but I was wrong. Well, I was partially right, […]

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Audio Review: Finding Storm (The Storm, #4) by Samantha Towle

December 30, 2023December 30, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars A fantastic bonus for fans of The Storm series, but also a fabulous standalone rockstar romance, this book made me laugh and feel, and I fell in mad love […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Where it Begins (A Pucked Novella) by Helena Hunting

December 5, 2023April 30, 2024 Mel Audio Recommendation

  Where it Begins (A Pucked Novella) by Helena Hunting   Available Now! Amazon Blurb From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Helena Hunting comes a new story in her Pucked series. The untold story of […]

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Audio Review: Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2) by Abby Jimenez

November 26, 2023November 22, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4 stars! This is a fantastic friends-to-lovers, fake relationship romance with humour, emotion, and so much heart. I did struggle with parts of the story, but I fell […]

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Audio Review: The Graham Effect (Campus Diaries, #1) by Elle Kennedy

November 24, 2023November 24, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Audible Review 5 stars! Like most Off-Campus fans, I was so excited when Elle Kennedy announced that she was writing a second-generation book for Gigi Graham – daughter of Hannah and Garrett from […]

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Audio Review: Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2) by Rebecca Yarros

November 19, 2023August 7, 2024 AJ Action

Buy:  Amazon  |  B&N  |  Apple Books  |  Kobo Review “The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity.” 5 stars! […]

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Review: Hopeless (Chestnut Springs, #5) by Elsie Silver

October 26, 2023April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

Buy:  Amazon Review 5 stars! Wow, I loved this book! A dramatic and emotional story for two isolated, tormented people, this is the final book in the Chestnut Springs series, and the much-anticipated book for Beau […]

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Audio Review: Something Unexpected by Vi Keeland

September 23, 2023September 23, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Apple Books  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  Paperback  |  Audio Blurb When my grandmother found out she didn’t have long to live, she embarked on a crazy trip—jumping out […]

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Audio Review: The Proposal (The Brewer Family, #1) by Adriana Locke

September 18, 2023April 22, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Blurb Breaking News: Rugby’s bad boy marries his best friend’s little sister If Renn Brewer would’ve asked me to marry him, I would’ve said no. Why? One, his reputation […]

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Audio Review: Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1) by Kennedy Ryan

September 10, 2023October 6, 2023 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars A heart-wrenchingly emotional second-chance romance that is real, raw, and beautifully written. This book hurt my heart, but healed me in the best of ways, and […]

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Audio Review: Fluke (Carmichael Family, #3) by Adriana Locke

September 2, 2023September 2, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 4.5 stars! Another fabulous friends-to-lovers story from the Carmichael Family series, I am loving these brothers, and their books, so much! Pippa grew up with the Carmichael boys as part of her life. […]

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Review: Reckless (Chestnut Springs, #4) by Elsie Silver

August 17, 2023August 16, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 5 stars! God, I am in a world of romantic heaven after finishing this book! What a beautifully romantic, swoony and emotional read! I was a little nervous going into this one, but […]

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Audio Review: Flaunt (Carmichael Family, #4) by Adriana Locke

June 25, 2023June 24, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

  Flaunt by Adriana Locke is live! A fun and playful frenemies-to-lovers romance with low drama, no angst, an irresistible hero, and a gorgeous romance. I loved this one!   Buy now on Amazon Free […]

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Audio Review: Next in Line (Cake, #6) by J. Bengtsson

June 9, 2023June 9, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars A fun, exciting and gorgeously emotional romance, and a fantastic story of a troubled rockstar on the rise. This series continues to own my heart. This is book six in the […]

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Audio Review: Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) by Rebecca Yarros

May 12, 2023August 7, 2024 AJ 6 Star Reads

  Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros is live, and it’s a 6-star fave for 2023! Rebecca Yarros has burst into the world of fantasy romance with an exhilarating, exciting, and heartstopping read that I could […]

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Audio Review: Both Feet in the Grave (Night Huntress, #10) by Jeaniene Frost

May 7, 2023May 4, 2023 AJ Action

Buy:  Amazon Review 5 stars! OMG, yes, yes, yes, this was everything I was hoping it would be! A fabulously fun, adventurous, sexy and romantic story revisiting Cat and Bones – one of my all-times fave […]

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Review: The Newlyweds (Cake, #4) by J. Bengtsson

April 17, 2023April 17, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4 stars The fourth book in the Cake series, this is the second book for Jake and Casey, the couple from book #1, Cake, following their story beyond the happy ending we saw […]

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New Release & ARC Review: If This Is Love by Jewel E. Ann

April 6, 2023April 11, 2024 Mel Age Gap

If This Is Love by Jewel E. Ann is LIVE!   Released: April 6, 2023   Grab your copy today! Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide     Blurb He’s mine … don’t ever forget that. Milo […]

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Audio Review: Fiercely Emma (Cake, #3) by J. Bengtsson

March 31, 2023April 8, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 5 stars This is the third book in the Cake series, and I am loving these books! I’m completely swept up in the fabulousness of the McKallister family, their unique characters and […]

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Audio Review: Rogue (Prep, #2) by Elle Kennedy

March 24, 2023March 22, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Apple  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  Google  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars I fell in mad love with the Prep series and its characters after reading the fabulous Misfit, and I have […]

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Audio Review: House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City, #2) by Sarah J. Maas

March 8, 2023March 4, 2023 AJ 6 Star Reads

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 6 incredible stars! Just damn. I can’t wrap my head around all that I just read, let alone put it into words for a review. I’m gobsmacked. Once again, I am blown away […]

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Audio Review: Toe the Line by Penelope Ward

March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Apple Books  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  Audible Review 4.5 stars! Oh, I loved this book! A deliciously angsty best-friends-to-lovers story that spans ten years of slow-burning build-up. […]

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Audio Review: End of Story by Kylie Scott

March 5, 2023March 4, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy  Amazon  |  Paperback |  Audio Review 4.5 stars! I love this book! A fun, witty, sexy and heartfelt friends-to-lovers romance that really gets you thinking when our outspoken heroine is faced with some very intriguing […]

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Review: Lover Arisen (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #20) by J.R. Ward

February 25, 2023April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars The latest BDB book brings us the story of Balthazar. Things have been building up for him for a while – he’s possessed by a sexy, manipulative demon, and he’s falling […]

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