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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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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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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: Before We Were Strangers by Renee Carlino

July 27, 2015June 7, 2018 AJ Favourite

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME LOVE, AND AN AMAZING STORY OF RECONNECTION. 5 ‘ALL THE FEELS’ STARS I loved this book! It features two of my favourite kinds of stories – a […]

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Review: Loving the White Liar by Kate Stewart

July 26, 2015April 30, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “The perfect marriage is just two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other” 4.5 ‘against the odds stars This is an absolutely beautiful story of a […]

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Review: King of Hearts (Hearts, #3) by L.H. Cosway

July 20, 2015March 8, 2017 Mel 6 Star Reads

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review The best loves had to suffer the greatest hardships. 6 brilliant stars! King of Hearts is the third book in the Hearts series, and though it can be read as a […]

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ARC Review: Shattered by You (Tear Assunder, #3) by Nashoda Rose

July 17, 2015January 10, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 Heartachingly beautiful stars I have had such mixed feelings about this series. I liked the previous books, but I haven’t loved them. I’ve struggled with the excessive drama, […]

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Review: Fighting Silence (On The Ropes, #1) by Aly Martinez

June 30, 2015March 16, 2018 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  | Paperback Review You’re okay. I’m okay. We’re okay. Nothing else matters. 5 ‘OMG, the feeeeeels’ stars Emotional, beautiful, funny, heartbreaking and romantic, this book took me on an emotional rollercoaster and I […]

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Review: Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid

June 28, 2015March 31, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy Now: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “There is a larger plan out there. Everything happens for a reason. Isn’t that what they say?” OMG, I love this book!  It’s unique, surprising, engaging from start to […]

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ARC Review: Never Let You Go (a modern fairytale) by Katy Regnery

June 12, 2015September 4, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 “I love you forever” stars I loved this book. A spin on the fairytale of Hansel and Gretel, this book tells the story of Holden and Griselda. Both children of […]

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Review: Conviction (The Consolation Duet, #2 and Salvation, #4) by Corinne Michaels

May 31, 2015April 29, 2017 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Nothing in this world comes easy, but if it’s right, you fight for it.” A beautiful finish for an amazing love story. 5 stars I just read and loved Consolation, […]

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Review: Fisher’s Light by Tara Sivec

May 29, 2015March 31, 2016 AJ Epic Romance

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “No matter what, I will always find my way back to you.” A breathtakingly beautiful story of a husband and wife torn apart by the devastation of PTSD, and their […]

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Review: Consolation (The Consolation Duet, #1 and Salvation, #3) by Corinne Michaels

May 26, 2015December 26, 2016 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Loved it. Loved it. LOVED IT! An absolutely beautiful, highly emotional love story. 5 stars. Natalie is a young woman whose life is shattered when she learns that her ex-SEAL […]

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Review: Here’s to Falling by Christine Zolendz

May 4, 2015April 3, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review “It was you from the beginning … you were my horizon. Everything I could ever see.”  Stunning, emotional and an epically beautiful love story. 5 HUGE STARS I read this book […]

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Review: The Shadows (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #13) by J.R. Ward

April 15, 2015May 4, 2016 AJ Feeeeeeels

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 5 Brilliantly devastating stars If you’re a BDB fan, then you’ll know what to expect from this series, and once again, JR Ward totally delivered. This is […]

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Review: Neanderthal Marries Human (Knitting in the City, #1.5) by Penny Reid

April 9, 2015March 29, 2017 Mel Feeeeeeels

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audio Review 4.5 stars! “I know you by heart.” I loved Neanderthal Seeks Human so I was so excited to hear there would be more of Janie and Quinn! And it was fantastic. I loved […]

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Review: The King (The Original Sinners: The White Years, #2) by Tiffany Reisz

April 1, 2015August 14, 2018 AJ Feeeeeeels

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Kingsley Edge. What else is there to say? 5 “brilliant, beautiful and utterly debauched” stars Featuring my favourite of the Original Sinners, this book takes us back 20 years to […]

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Review: The Traveling Woman (Traveling, #2) by Jane Harvey-Berrick

March 26, 2015December 26, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy:   Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Kes wasn’t safe. He wasn’t a sensible choice. He made my heart race, and swoop, and die a little. When I was near him, I burned … Maybe we’d burn […]

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Review: The Five Stages of Falling in Love by Rachel Higginson

March 24, 2015February 6, 2018 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  | Audio Review 4.5 stars This is a heartachingly beautiful story of a woman who has lost the love of her life and been left alone to raise their four young […]

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Review: Wild Reckless (Harper Boys, #1) by Ginger Scott

March 22, 2015November 14, 2020 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 5 stars – I love, love, love this book!!! From the moment I read the blurb of this book, I had that ‘tingly’ feeling, a sense of anticipation, and I […]

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