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Review: Collared by Nicole Williams

May 6, 2016May 9, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “I would have waited for you no matter how long you took. A month, a year, an eternity. I would have waited.” 4.5 stars Wow, this was such a […]

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ARC Review: Wicked Heart (Starcrossed, #3) by Leisa Rayven

April 29, 2016March 2, 2017 Mel Epic Romance

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 5 fated stars! After reading and loving Bad Romeo and Broken Juliet, I was so excited to get my hands on Wicked Heart. I hate going into books with extremely […]

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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: One Day Soon (One Day Soon, #1) by A. Meredith Walters

April 9, 2016January 1, 2018 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook |  Paperback Review 4.5 beautifully heart-wrenching stars A. Meredith Walters writes the most beautiful, heart-wrenching, emotional stories, and she has given us another very special read with this one. It’s an amazing […]

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Review: Paper Princess (The Royals, #1) by Erin Watt

April 7, 2016March 28, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Such a fantastic book! I loved it!!! Erin Watt is the pseudonym for the writing team that is Elle Kennedy and Jen Fredericks, and for their debut novel they […]

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ARC Review: The Fire Between High & Lo (Elements, #2) by Brittainy C. Cherry

April 1, 2016January 4, 2017 Mel 6 Star Reads

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 6 “For Always” stars I once loved a boy… And for a few breaths, a few whispers, and a few moments, I think he loved me, too. There is […]

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Review: Sweet Hope (Sweet Home, #3) by Tillie Cole

March 27, 2016December 21, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review “You are my hope … You’re every hope I’ve ever dared to have.” OMG, I LOVE THIS BOOK!! Absolutely, freaking love it! It’s an absolutely BEAUTIFUL story of heartache […]

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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: 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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Review: Leo’s Chance (Leo, #2) by Mia Sheridan

March 1, 2016January 1, 2018 AJ Feeeeeeels

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars This book is a companion novel to Leo – it’s essentially the same story, but from the hero perspective. I admit that when this book came out, I […]

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Review: The Vixen and the Vet (a modern fairytale) by Katy Regnery

February 20, 2016July 24, 2017 AJ Epic Romance

Buy:  Kindle Ebook |  Paperback Review “This isn’t the sort of love that ends … It’s forever.” I loved it! What an absolutely beautiful love story! This is book 1 in Katy Regnerey’s Modern Fairytale […]

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Review: Sweet Fall (Sweet Home, #2) by Tillie Cole

February 1, 2016December 21, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review 4.5 heart-shattering stars After reading (and LOVING) Sweet Home, I was really excited to continue on with this series and thought I knew exactly what to expect. Oh, how […]

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Review: Sweet Rome (Sweet Home, #1.5) by Tillie Cole

January 23, 2016December 21, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review “Sometimes you just know when a person is meant for you, and I always had with her. She got me… She fucking saved me.” Rome Prince, I love you!!! […]

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Review: Pulled by A.L. Jackson

December 23, 2015March 31, 2016 Mel Feeeeeeels

Buy:  Kindle Ebook   |  Paperback Review 4 stars! Pulled is a second chance romance that is told in dual POVs. We get both sides of the story in the present as well as in flashbacks. […]

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Review: Beyond What is Given (Flight & Glory, #3) by Rebecca Yarros

December 6, 2015August 7, 2024 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Such a beautiful story! 4.5 stars. The third book in the Flight & Glory series, these books are focussed around a group of friends who are training to be military […]

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Review: One More Chance (Rosemary Beach, #8; Chance, #2) by Abbi Glines

November 23, 2015March 8, 2017 AJ Feeeeeeels

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 heartachingly beautiful stars Book 8 in the Rosemary Beach series gives us the second and final part of Grant and Harlow’s story, and it is one emotional ride! Grant […]

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Review: November 9 by Colleen Hoover

November 11, 2015January 14, 2017 Mel Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio  Review 5 stars! It seems so complicated, when in fact, it’s very simple. Everything relates. Everything is connected. And it all begins on November 9th. How can anyone write […]

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Review: More than Enough (More Than, #5) by Jay McLean

November 8, 2015December 20, 2024 AJ Feeeeeeels

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review “I’ll show you our reality. Just you and me. And it’ll be perfect. You’ll see.” 5 stars I am a huge fan of this series, and have been eagerly awaiting the […]

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The Play

Review: The Play by Karina Halle

November 6, 2015April 19, 2016 Mel Feeeeeeels

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review 5 “smitten kitten” stars! Karina Halle writes wonderful stories and The Play is no different. It is a gorgeous romance that is funny, sexy, sweet, and slightly angsty about a couple who are […]

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Review: Semper Fi (The Education Of…, #3) by Jane Harvey-Berrick

October 23, 2015March 8, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook |  Paperback Review “I was looking at her. I felt grateful to be here: this woman, this time, this place. Second chances didn’t come any better.” 3.5 stars. The Education of Sebastian / The […]

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Review: A Lover’s Lament by K.L. Grayson & B.T. Urruela

October 19, 2015March 30, 2016 AJ Epic Romance

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS BOOK! A breathtakingly beautiful second-chance-romance that is full of emotion and kept me enthralled from start to finish. What an incredible love story! “I am yours, […]

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Review: Walk Through Fire (Chaos, #4) by Kristen Ashley

October 8, 2015January 29, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Are you saying we should start up where we left off?” … “Did it ever end for you?” 4.5 SECOND-CHANCE, FULL. OF. FEELS STARS OMG, this book took me on […]

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Review: The Space in Between by Brittainy C. Cherry

September 25, 2015July 29, 2016 Mel Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 “Soda pop” stars! I can basically assume that I will love everything that Brittainy Cherry puts on paper and the Space in Between is no exception. It’s a […]

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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: Ashes to Ashes (Experiment in Terror, #8) by Karina Halle

September 13, 2015December 11, 2020 Mel Epic Romance

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review HOLY HELL! THAT WAS AWESOME! I just finished this book and my heart is pounding! In terror, in happiness, in shock! It’s all happening in EIT-land! We’re back in Perry […]

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