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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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Audio Review: Cake (Cake, #1) by J. Bengtsson

February 7, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars! This book has been on my TBR for the longest time, and I’m so happy that I finally dove in! It’s a fantastic rock star romance that starts off as a […]

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Audio Review: The Rules of Dating (The Law of Opposites Attract, #1) by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward

November 26, 2022November 23, 2022 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars! Oh, what a gorgeous romance! Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward deliver another fun, chemistry-filled, functional, passionate, and swoony love story that completely captured my heart. Billie has […]

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Review: Ripple Effect (Disaster Love, #2) by J. Bengtsson

November 18, 2022January 2, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars! An enemies-to-lovers, grumpy/sunshine romance with a twist, this is an intense and emotional read with a gorgeous love story, and I couldn’t put it down! This is the second book in […]

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Audio Review: Like the Wind (Disaster Love, #1) by J. Bengtsson

November 6, 2022January 2, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 5 stars! Oh, what a gorgeous read! A rockstar/forced proximity new adult romance full of fantastic banter and chemistry, this is a heartfelt and entertaining read that made […]

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Audio Review: Eternal Sunshine by L.J. Shen

September 10, 2022September 10, 2022 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Audio (Audible exclusive available only as an audiobook) Review 4 stars This is a great little short story that I picked up on Audible. It’s a brother’s-best-friend, enemies-to-lovers story that is fun, sexy, and […]

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ARC Review: Bitter Sweet Heart (Lies, Hearts, & Truths, #2) by Helena Hunting writing as H. Hunting

September 6, 2022April 11, 2024 Mel Age Gap

Buy: Amazon   |  Paperback  |  Audiobook Blurb From the outside looking in, I live a charmed life: hockey legend for a father, my own promising future in the league, a great family, awesome friends. It’s not […]

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Review: Blind Side (Red Zone Rivals, #2) by Kandi Steiner

August 14, 2022January 30, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 4.5 sweet, fun, tropey stars! I love this book! A fake-dating, lessons-in-seduction, friends-to-lovers college sports romance that is fun, sexy, and gorgeously emotional. It made me laugh and made me […]

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Audio Review: Misfit (Prep, #1) by Elle Kennedy

August 13, 2022November 19, 2022 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  iBooks  |  Kobo  |  Nook Review 5 stars I love this book! A mature YA read with amazing characters, fantastic dynamics, wonderful banter and chemistry, and a forbidden romance. I was completely captivated […]

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Review: Clarence House by Devney Perry (previously titled Ivy by Willa Nash)

August 6, 2022February 16, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Previously titled Ivy by Willa Nash     Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 3.5 stars Three intertwined stories full of secrets and drama, this is something a little different for Devney Perry (writing as Willa Nash). It’s an […]

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Audio Review: The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

July 22, 2022July 22, 2022 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 5 stars! I adore this book! A funny, quirky and sweet grumpy/sunshine, fake-relationship story with a gorgeous, slow burning romance that simmers with chemistry. These characters completely stole […]

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Release Blitz & ARC Review: Between Hello and Goodbye by Emma Scott

June 26, 2022April 2, 2023 Mel Audio Recommendation

  BETWEEN HELLO AND GOODBYE by Emma Scott is LIVE!   Released: June 26, 2022     Grab it today!! Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide   Blurb She’s a city girl in Seattle. He’s a firefighter in a […]

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Audio Review: Drive (The Bittersweet Symphony Duet, #1) by Kate Stewart

June 11, 2022 AJ 6 Star Reads

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 6 epic stars OMG, this book. I don’t even know where to begin. I finished this book yesterday and I am still a jumble of emotions and I […]

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