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Dark & Gritty

ARC Review: Destructive (Combative, #3) by Lay McLean

January 9, 2020January 8, 2020 Mel Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars! The Combative Trilogy is complete!! I devoured Combative and Redemptive, so it’s no surprise that I would devour the last book in the trilogy. Destructive is a […]

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Blog Tour with ARC Review: White Knight (Dirty Mafia Duet, Book 2) by Meghan March

October 4, 2019October 3, 2019 Mel Dark & Gritty

WHITE KNIGHT (Dirty Mafia Duet, Book 2) by Meghan March   Released –  1 October 2019   BUY IT TODAY! Amazon  |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  Paperback  |  Audio   […]

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Blog Tour with ARC Review: Black Sheep (Dirty Mafia Duet, Book 1) by Meghan March

August 31, 2019August 31, 2019 Mel Dark & Gritty

BLACK SHEEP (Dirty Mafia Duet, Book 1) by Meghan March   Released – 27 August 2019   BUY IT TODAY!  Kindle Ebook  |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  Paperback  |  Audible   […]

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ARC Review: Ceifador X (Prison Saints, #1.5) by Demi Vice

August 19, 2019 AJ Dark & Gritty

  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU   Blurb Feared like death, worshipped like light; He was my breath, and I was poisoned at first sight. Just as the earth […]

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Release & ARC Review: Revenge at Raleigh High (Raleigh Rebels, #2) by Callie Hart

August 13, 2019January 27, 2020 AJ Dark & Gritty

Buy:  Amazon Blurb The second installment in the best-selling Raleigh Rebels Series, by USA Today Bestselling Author Callie Hart. SILVER Kiss me. Hold me. Claim me. Love me. It’s hard to remember what life was like […]

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Audio Review: White Knight (Dirty Mafia Duet, #2) by Meghan March

August 10, 2019August 10, 2019 AJ Dark & Gritty

Now live as an Audible Original Audible Ebook and paperback release 1 October 2019 Pre-order: Kindle Ebook  |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo   Blurb New York Times bestselling author Meghan March continues the story of untold truths and […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: The King (A Wicked Trilogy, #3.6) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

July 27, 2019July 25, 2019 AJ Action

  Amazon   Blurb From #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes the next installment in her Wicked series. As Caden and Brighton’s attraction grows despite the odds stacked […]

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Audio Review: Black Sheep (Dirty Mafia Duet, #1) by Meghan March

July 9, 2019August 29, 2019 AJ Audio Recommendation

Now live as an Audible Original Audible Ebook and Paperback release 27 August 2019 Pre-order: Kindle Ebook  |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo   Blurb Every family has a black sheep. In the infamous Casso […]

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Audio Review: Heartbreak Warfare by Kate Stewart & Heather M. Orgeron

July 5, 2019July 5, 2019 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review “We are perfect, and we are impossible.” 4 stars Straight up – I’m not usually a fan of overly angsty books, and I put off reading this […]

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Blog Tour, ARC Review & Giveaway: Key to Hell (Hell Night, #4) by Alex Grayson

July 3, 2019June 29, 2019 AJ Dark & Gritty

  Amazon  |  Universal   Blurb Death. Destruction. Pain. A soulless void. It’s his life. It’s his reality. Emo doesn’t feel. Anything. His soul is dark and filled with hatred. People in the small town […]

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Blog Tour, Excerpt & ARC Review: Raphael (Deadly Virtues, #1) by Tillie Cole

June 26, 2019June 25, 2019 AJ Dark & Gritty

  Amazon  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  iBooks   Unable to rate Synopsis They are the Fallen. A brotherhood of murderers whose nature compels them to kill. But guided by their leader, Gabriel, the Fallen […]

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Blog Tour, Excerpt & ARC Review: Nine: The Tale of Kevin Clearwater (King, #9) by T.M. Frazier

June 19, 2019 AJ Badasses

  “Nine was just as hilarious as it was dark and violent. Just as deep and emotional as it was smoking hot. NINE stars!!!”– BB Easton, bestselling author   Nine: The Tale of Kevin Clearwater, […]

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Blog Tour, Excerpt & ARC Review: The Fallen: Genesis (A Deadly Virtues Prequel, #0.5) by Tillie Cole

June 7, 2019June 7, 2019 AJ Dark & Gritty

  Amazon  |  iBooks  |  Nook  |  Kobo     Blurb The Fallen: Genesis is a prequel novella in The Deadly Virtues Series and MUST be read before RAPHAEL (DV: book one) THE FALLEN: GENESIS (A […]

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Release & ARC Review: Corrupt Savior (Wages of Sin Duet, #2) by Tara Leigh

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019 AJ Badasses

  Corrupt Savior is live, and the Wages of Sin duet is complete! Amazon Free in Kindle Unlimited   Blurb I am a corrupt king, ruling a sinful empire. I wasn’t born to the crown. […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Rebel of Raleigh High (Raleigh Rebels, #1) by Callie Hart

April 28, 2019January 27, 2020 AJ Dark & Gritty

  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon AU  |  Amazon CA   Blurb Silver Hit me. Kick me. Hurt me. Hate me. There’s nothing that the students of Raleigh High can do to Silver […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: Bad Boys Don’t Die (Bad Boys Don’t Die, #1) by BB Easton

April 17, 2019August 29, 2025 Mel Action

* Previously published under the title Praying for Rain*   “None of this matters, and we’re all going to die.”   Praying for Rain by BB Easton   The all-new powerful and emotional romantic standalone is LIVE! […]

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ARC Review: Judge of Hell (Hell Night, #3) by Alex Grayson

April 4, 2019April 4, 2019 AJ Dark & Gritty

  Amazon  |  iTunes  |  B&N  |  Kobo   Synopsis The Hell Night Series continues with Judge’s story… Fierce, loyal, controlled. Three things Judge became at a young age. Enduring unimaginable horrors no child should, […]

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Blog Tour, Excerpt, ARC Review & Giveaway: Cruel Sanctuary (Wages of Sin Duet, #1) by Tara Leigh

March 26, 2019March 25, 2019 AJ Billionaire

  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback   Synopsis They say New York City is the Devil’s Playground. They’re wrong. This city belongs to me. And so does Aislinn Granville. She is a pampered politician’s daughter. A […]

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Release Blitz, Excerpt & ARC Review: Darkness Embraced (Hades Hangmen, #7) by Tillie Cole

January 23, 2019November 9, 2019 AJ Bikers

  Amazon  |  Nook  |  Kobo   Blurb THE DEEPEST LOVE CAN BE BORN FROM THE FIERCEST HATE… Born to sit on opposing thrones. They were never meant to fall. Tanner Ayers is the heir […]

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Blog Tour, ARC Review & Giveaway: Bitter Sweet Hell (Hell Night, #2) by Alex Grayson

January 12, 2019January 11, 2019 AJ Dark & Gritty

  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU   Blurb As the Sheriff of Malus, Texas, JW takes his oath to protect its citizens very seriously. Born from an ugly past, […]

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Blog Tour, Excerpt, & ARC Review: The Kiss Thief by L.J. Shen

January 11, 2019January 11, 2019 Mel 6 Star Reads

  THE KISS THIEF by L.J. Shen   Available now! Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU  |  Paperback  |  Audio     Blurb They say your first kiss should be […]

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Release Blitz & ARC Review: Raw: Rebirth (Raw Family, #3) by Belle Aurora

January 2, 2019January 2, 2019 AJ Badasses

  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU  |  B&N  |  Kobo   Synopsis It had been six years since my world was turned upside down. He exposed me to the […]

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Review: Dirty (Raw Family, #2) by Belle Aurora

December 29, 2018December 31, 2018 AJ Badasses

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 darkly intense stars Holy damn, what a wildly dark and gritty ride! This book is fast paced, action packed and exciting (and all kinds of dark), with fantastically […]

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Blog Tour, Excerpt & ARC Review: Permission (The Perversion Trilogy, #3) by T.M. Frazier

December 12, 2018March 29, 2019 AJ Badasses

  PERMISSION, the highly anticipated conclusion of the dark and gritty Perversion Trilogy from USA Today bestselling author T.M. Frazier is available now!    Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide  |  Apple Books  |  Nook  |  Kobo […]

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Review: Long Shot (Hoops, #1) by Kennedy Ryan

November 22, 2018November 20, 2018 Mel Audio Recommendation

Buy: Kindle ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 5 stars! “If you were mine, Iris, there would be no doubt what position you’d hold in my life. You’d be center. I’d play you at the […]

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