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Dark & Gritty

Review: Addicted (Outlaws, #2) by Elle Kennedy

July 1, 2016December 19, 2016 AJ Dark & Gritty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “I go where you go” Holy hotness! Elle Kennedy takes us on another ride with her smut-tastic (mildly) dystopian series full of sexy alpha males and sexy, strong women. […]

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Backfire

ARC Review, Blog Tour & Giveaway: Backfire (Vigilantes, #2) by Keri Lake

June 13, 2016January 14, 2017 AJ Dark & Gritty

  Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “I wanted vengeance. To hurt those bastards for the sheer thrill of it. To laugh in their faces as they bled from their wounds. Death. Punishment. Bloodshed. It […]

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All the Rage

Blog Tour & ARC Review & Giveaway: All the Rage by T.M. Frazier

June 11, 2016December 26, 2016 Mel Dark & Gritty

Prologue It was once said that if you love someone enough you should let them go.  If they come back to you, they were always meant to be yours. It’s kind of bullshit. My story […]

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Review: Lead Me Not (Twisted Love, #1) by A. Meredith Walters

May 28, 2016January 1, 2018 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “You’ll miss out on some amazing things in life if you can’t look past your nose to see the beauty that’s out there in the most unconventional places. And […]

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Review: Calico by Callie Hart

April 17, 2016 AJ Dark & Gritty

Buy: Kindle Ebook Review “We joined our fates together so long ago, fused our lives together in such an irrevocable way, and I know there’s no way I’ll ever recover from it.” 4 darkly tragic, […]

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Review: Soulless (King, #4) by T.M. Frazier

March 11, 2016December 26, 2016 Mel Action

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review It was far from a romance. But it was still a love story. And it was ours. 4 stars! Soulless is the third book in the King series and the conclusion […]

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Review: Reap (Scarred Souls, #2) by Tillie Cole

March 10, 2016December 21, 2016 AJ Dark & Gritty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review “You are for me” 4.5 stars Tillie Cole is a master at writing dark and disturbing, yet highly emotional and heart-poundingly gorgeous love stories. Raze, the first book in the Scarred […]

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Review: Lawless (King, #3) by T.M. Frazier

March 9, 2016December 26, 2016 Mel Badasses

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars! Lawless is the third book in the King series written by T.M. Frazier. It is a dark, gritty, raw, emotional read featuring Bear and Thia. After meeting Bear in […]

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ARC Review: Redemptive (Combative, #2) by Jay McLean

March 3, 2016January 2, 2020 Mel Dark & Gritty

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review 4.5 stars! Redemptive is the second book in the Combative Trilogy and Jay McLean has managed to leave me reeling from this portion of the story. This series just gets better […]

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Review: Raze (Scarred Souls, #1) by Tillie Cole

March 3, 2016December 21, 2016 AJ Dark & Gritty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review “Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” 4.5 dark, intense and highly emotional stars I went into this one expecting dark and gritty, and I got […]

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ARC Review: Rescuing Rayne (Delta Force Heroes, #1) by Susan Stoker

February 19, 2016March 31, 2016 Mel Dark & Gritty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook   |   Paperback Review Rescuing Rayne is the first book in the Delta Force Heroes series written by Susan Stoker. Captain Keane “Ghost” Bryson is part of the elite Delta Force military […]

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Review: Rebel (Dead Man’s Ink, #1) by Callie Hart

January 28, 2016January 15, 2017 AJ Bikers

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 3.5 stars I’m a huge fan of Callie Hart’s Blood & Roses series, and I was so excited when she wrote a spinoff series that tells us the story […]

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Review: Sebring (Unfinished Heroes, #5) by Kristen Ashley

January 25, 2016January 29, 2017 AJ Dark & Gritty

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review “I’m gonna make it all okay. You gotta let it go and believe.” Kristen Ashley finishes off her Unfinished Heroes series with the story of (up until now) bad guy, but […]

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Review: Tyrant (King, #2) by T.M. Frazier

January 14, 2016December 26, 2016 AJ Badasses

Buy:  Kindle Ebook |  Paperback Review “You and me… we’re a forever kind of thing.” 4 dark and intense stars Following on from the sensational King, this book picks up right from that shocking ending and gives us […]

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Review: King (King, #1) by T.M. Frazier

January 12, 2016December 26, 2016 AJ Badasses

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review HOLY HELL, WHAT A GREAT READ! 4.5 dark, dangerous and sexy stars I knew this was a darker read going into it, but I honestly wasn’t sure to expect, but I […]

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Review: Out of Plans (The Mercenaries #2) by Stylo Fantôme

January 7, 2016December 18, 2016 Mel Action

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review 4.5 “Lily 2.0” Stars! Out of Plans is the second book in The Merceneries Series. Stylo Fantome delivers another action packed story revolving around the lives of Lily Brewster and Marc […]

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Review: Best Laid Plans (The Mercenaries, #1) by Stylo Fantôme

January 5, 2016December 18, 2016 Mel Action

Buy:  Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review 4.5 Badass Stars! Best Laid Plans is the first book I have read by Stylo Fantome and though I don’t prefer third person POV, it worked well in this book. It […]

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ARC Review: Perfect Ruin (Unyielding, #2) by Nashoda Rose

December 14, 2015January 10, 2017 AJ Badasses

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “I’ll always come for you.” 4.5 kickass, sexy and super romantic stars This book was so much more than what I was expecting! Full of action, excitement, drama, and […]

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Review: Souls Unfractured (Hades Hangmen, #3) by Tillie Cole

September 14, 2015December 21, 2016 AJ Bikers

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “I used to wonder how two people – one broken girl, and one broken boy – could ever move on from their dark and tortured pasts. But now I […]

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Review: Heart Recaptured (Hades Hangmen, #2) by Tillie Cole

September 1, 2015April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars HOLY SHIT, THAT WAS AN INTENSE READ! Descriptively horrific, but absolutely beautiful, this book took me on a wild ride and even though it was hard at […]

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Review: Ricochet (Vigilantes, #1) by Keri Lake

August 18, 2015January 14, 2017 AJ Action

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Eye for an eye, heart for a heart” Holy hell, that was intense! But wow, what a story! 4.5 stars Dark, intense, sexy and romantic this is a story […]

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ARC Review: The Truth About Him (Everything I Left Unsaid, #2) by Molly O’Keefe

August 11, 2015January 8, 2017 AJ Dark & Gritty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Romantic, dramatic, exciting, dark and sexy as all hell, this is a fantastic ending to a unique love story, and I absolutely loved it! 4.5 stars This book is a […]

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Review: The Queen (The Original Sinners: The White Years, #4) by Tiffany Reisz

August 9, 2015April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

Buy:  Kindle Ebook |  Paperback Review “You know what they call a sociopath with a conscience?” … “They call her ‘Mistress’” 4.5 stars and a very satisfying finale to an amazing series More than just a fascinating, […]

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ARC Review: Everything I Left Unsaid (Everything I Left Unsaid, #1) by Molly O’Keefe

July 19, 2015January 8, 2017 AJ Dark & Gritty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “It’s a seduction, Annie. It’s about want. Not need.” “You’ve already seduced me … All I want is you.” 5 “Inevitable” stars A chemistry-filled, intense love story featuring a young […]

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Review: Beyond Innocence (Beyond, #6) by Kit Rocha

June 27, 2015December 18, 2016 AJ Dark & Gritty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audible Review 3.5 stars This is book 6 in the Beyond series, set in a dystopian world where Eden controls all, and in the outlying sectors, life is hard. But in Sector 4, […]

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