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The Ones Who Got Away

ARC Review: The Ones Who Got Away (The Ones Who Got Away, #1) by Roni Loren

January 1, 2018January 1, 2018 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Love, love, love this book! 5 stars! From the moment I read the synopsis of this book, I knew I needed to read this one, and it was just […]

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Review: Lovers Like Us (Like Us, #2) by Krista & Becca Ritchie

December 23, 2017December 24, 2017 AJ Celebrities

Buy:  Amazon  |  iBooks Review I love it, I love it, and I want more! 4.5 stars I feel like I’ve returned from a visit with dear friends after spending time with the Hale, Cobalt […]

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Blog Tour: Team Player: A Sports Anthology

December 22, 2017April 11, 2024 Mel Age Gap

  Eleven authors. Eleven Novellas. This is one thick . . . book. Christmas just became a whole lot merrier… TEAM PLAYER, A Sports Anthology featuring titles by LJ Shen, Kennedy Ryan, Adriana Locke, Mandi Beck, Emma […]

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Review: From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon

December 11, 2017December 30, 2017 Mel 6 Star Reads

*Top Favorite of 2017* Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audio Review 6 UNFORGETTABLE STARS!!! Brilliantly written and beautifully emotive, From Sand and Ash captivated me and captured my heart from the very first page. […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: Behind the Bars (Music Street, #1) by Brittainy C. Cherry

December 11, 2017December 11, 2017 Mel Favourite

Behind the Bars, the first standalone in the all-new Music Street Series from Brittainy C. Cherry is LIVE!!     Behind the Bars by Brittainy C. Cherry A Contemporary Romance Released  December 7th, 2017 Buy […]

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Blog Tour, ARC Review, & Giveaway: Darkness Matters by Jay McLean

December 1, 2017December 1, 2017 Mel Drama

  DARKNESS MATTERS by Jay McLean Released June 26, 2017 BUY NOW! Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU | Paperback *FREE with Kindle Unlimited*     Blurb It’s the same old story, […]

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Tempting Irish

Blog Tour, Excerpt, ARC Review & Giveaway: Tempting Irish (Wild Irish, #2) by C.M. Seabrook

November 24, 2017November 13, 2017 AJ Feeeeeeels

  Tempting Irish (Wild Irish, #2) by C.M. Seabrook is live! New Adult Romance Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback   Synopsis One rock god. One girl from his past. One ocean that can’t keep them apart. […]

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Steadfast

Review: Steadfast (True North, #2) by Sarina Bowen

November 23, 2017November 23, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars! This is a beautiful, beautiful story. A unique second-chance-romance with an edge of the forbidden, a dramatic story about hope and moving on from the past, and […]

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Release & ARC Review Blitz: Constant (The Confidence Game, #1) by Rachel Higginson

November 16, 2017January 4, 2018 Mel Angsty

  Constant The Confidence Game, Part One by Rachel Higginson   Released November 16, 2017   Available now! Kindle Ebook     Blurb Fifteen years ago I met Sayer Wesley. I fell in love with […]

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A Steel Heart

Blog Tour & ARC Review: A Steel Heart (Heart Series, #3) by Amie Knight

November 14, 2017October 27, 2022 AJ Feeeeeeels

  A Steel Heart, an all-new sexy and emotional standalone from Amie Knight is LIVE! Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Paperback Blurb Five seconds. A deafening blast. Pain. Silence. That was all it took […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: A Little Too Late (Austen, #3) by Staci Hart

November 1, 2017January 28, 2020 Mel Drama

  A Little Too Late by Staci Hart A Contemporary Romance Released October 24, 2017 Buy it today! Amazon US | Amazon UK | iBooks | B&N | Kobo | Paperback     Blurb I wasn’t supposed to fall in […]

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The Final Fight

ARC Review & Giveaway: The Final Fight (Fighting, #7) by J.B. Salsbury

October 26, 2017September 29, 2018 AJ Drama

  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon AU  |  iBooks  |  Kobo  |  B&N  |  Smashwords Blurb When life brings you the perfect person at the worst possible time… On a weekend visit to […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: Unloved, a love story by Katy Regnery

October 20, 2017October 19, 2017 Mel Feeeeeeels

  Unloved, a love story by Katy Regnery  AVAILABLE NOW! Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon AU | Amazon CA iBooks | B&N | Kobo | Paperback | Signed Paperback Blurb My name is Cassidy Porter… My father, […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: From This Moment by Melanie Harlow

October 19, 2017October 25, 2017 Mel Angsty

    FROM THIS MOMENT by Melanie Harlow A Contemporary Romance AVAILABLE NOW! Amazon US | Amazon UK | iBooks  | B&N | Kobo   Blurb It was like seeing a ghost. When my late husband’s twin […]

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Release Blitz, ARC Review & Giveaway: Most of All You by Mia Sheridan

October 17, 2017October 16, 2017 Mel Drama

  Most of All You by Mia Sheridan A Contemporary Romance Released October 17, 2017 NOW AVAILABLE! Amazon | B&N | Kobo | iBooks | Google Play Books-a-Million | IndieBound | Paperback | Audio   Blurb A broken woman . . . Crystal learned […]

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Blog Tour, ARC Review & Excerpt: Holding Onto Forever (The Beaumont Series – Next Generation, #1) by Heidi McLaughlin

October 16, 2017April 10, 2018 AJ Drama

  Amazon US  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon AU  |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo   Synopsis The road for Noah Westbury has been carved out for him, long before he knew […]

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Blog Tour, ARC Review & Giveaway: Show Me The Way (Fight For Me, #1) by A.L. Jackson

October 6, 2017October 2, 2017 AJ Drama

The first stand-alone novel in A.L. Jackson’s brand-new Fight for Me series…     Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audible Signed Paperback   Blurb The first sexy, captivating, stand-alone novel in the brand-new FIGHT FOR ME series from […]

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Blog Tour: Scandalous (Sinners of Saint, #3) by L.J. Shen

October 5, 2017June 14, 2018 Mel Feeeeeeels

  Scandalous (Sinners of Saint, #3) by LJ Shen Now Live! Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU *FREE on Kindle Unlimited*     Blurb They call him The Mute for […]

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Blog Tour: From Darkness (Hearts & Arrows, #3) by Staci Heart

October 4, 2017October 3, 2017 Mel Action

Bestselling author Staci Hart brings you an addictive romantic mythology series where love is the ultimate game, and Aphrodite always wins.     FROM DARKNESS (Hearts & Arrows, #3) by Staci Hart A Contemporary Romance […]

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Release Day, ARC Review & Giveaway: Logan (Preston Brothers, #1) by Jay McLean

October 1, 2017October 1, 2017 AJ Drama

  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU   Blurb As a kid, Logan Preston was a brat. Through his teens, he became the bad boy. Now, at nineteen, no one knows […]

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Review: We Own Tonight (Second Time Around, #1) by Corinne Michaels

September 30, 2017October 30, 2019 AJ Celebrities

Buy:  Amazon  |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  Paperback Review 4 “Once in a Lifetime” stars! This is such a gorgeous love story – a true fairytale romance between a woman […]

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Review: Full Tilt (Full Tilt, #1) by Emma Scott

September 20, 2017September 26, 2017 Mel Feeeeeeels

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audio Review 5 “No regrets” stars “Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They are in each other all along.” I have had this book on my kindle for months and […]

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ARC Review: If There’s No Tomorrow by Jennifer L. Armentrout

August 26, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Hardcover Review 4.5 stars! An unexpectedly emotional standalone from JLA, but so profound and beautifully written – along with the humor, wit, sweetness and romance that I have come to expect […]

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ARC Review: The Better Man (Allen Brothers, #2) by Barbie Bohrman

August 25, 2017August 25, 2017 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

Buy:  Amazon Review 4.5 stars! This book! Wow. This book! I’ve just finished it and I’ve gotta admit, I’m kinda speechless just now, but wow, I loved this read! A wonderfully entertaining and sexually charged […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: The Lucky Heart (Jamison Valley, #3) by Devney Perry

August 20, 2017November 9, 2017 AJ Feeeeeeels

  Amazon  |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Paperback   About The Lucky Heart Life on his ranch could be their future. If they can overcome their past. Felicity’s life story reads like the […]

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