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New Release & ARC Review: I Thought of You by Jewel E. Ann

May 2, 2024May 8, 2024 Mel Book News

  I Thought of You by Jewel E. Ann   Released – 2 May 2024   Available now! Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide *FREE on Kindle Unlimited*   Blurb I wanted to conquer the world. She […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Quiet Types (Quiet Love, #1) by L.H. Cosway

April 23, 2024April 30, 2024 AJ Book News

  Quiet Types by L.H. Cosway is live! A slow burning, friends-to-lovers romance, and the first in the new Quiet Love series    Download today or read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited! Amazon   Blurb […]

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New Release & ARC Review: What I Should’ve Said (Red Bridge, #1) by Max Monroe

April 19, 2024July 1, 2025 Mel Book News

What I Should’ve Said by Max Monroe   Released – 19 April 2024   Buy it today or read for FREE on Kindle Unlimited! Amazon  |  Paperback Audio: Coming soon     Blurb When grumpy, […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Loves We Lost (Iron Outlaws MC, #6) by S. Cole

March 8, 2024March 6, 2024 AJ Bikers

  The Loves We Lost by S. Cole is live! This is the most beautiful story! A passionate, intense and heartfelt second-chance-romance set within the MC world, this book sucked me in and didn’t let […]

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Release & ARC Review: Tempting Promises (Whitlock Family, #3) by Corinne Michaels

February 22, 2024February 21, 2024 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  Tempting Promises by Corinne Michaels is live! The third book in the Whitlock Family series, this is the most amazing enemies-to-lovers romance! Full of chemistry and epic banter, it’s fun, heartfelt and wildly sexy […]

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Release & ARC Review: Falling (Landmark Mountain, #4) by Willow Aster

January 4, 2024January 24, 2024 AJ Favourite

  Falling by Willow Aster is live!   When Little Miss Sunshine and a hot, grumpy rancher are forced to live together, what could possibly go wrong?   Amazon Both covers will be available in […]

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Release & ARC Review: Broken Dreams (Whitlock Family, #2) by Corinne Michaels

December 1, 2023August 29, 2025 AJ Drama

  Broken Dreams by Corinne Michaels is live! I loved this book! A fun, emotional, swoony and sexy friends-to-lovers, fake dating romance between two widowed single parents. I was so completely wrapped up in this […]

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Audio Review: Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2) by Rebecca Yarros

November 19, 2023August 7, 2024 AJ Action

Buy:  Amazon  |  B&N  |  Apple Books  |  Kobo Review “The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity.” 5 stars! […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Because of Her (A Jack & Jill Standalone) by Jewel E. Ann

November 2, 2023November 12, 2023 Mel Angsty

Because of Her by Jewel E. Ann is now live!    Released: November 2, 2023   Available today! Amazon     Blurb “If sin weren’t pretty, it wouldn’t be so tempting.” I was an accomplished music professor. […]

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New Release & ARC Review: My Boyfriend is a Vampire by Helena Hunting writing as Eva Knight

October 19, 2023October 19, 2023 Mel Fantasy

My Boyfriend is a Vampire by Helena Hunting writing as Eva Knight   Released – 19 October 2023   Available now! Amazon UK  |  Paperback     Blurb Hazy Florence is on track to graduate […]

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New Release & ARC Review: The Problem with Dating (Problem, #1) by Brittainy C. Cherry

October 12, 2023January 31, 2025 Mel Book News

The Problem with Dating by Brittainy C. Cherry   Released – 12 October 2023   Available Now! Amazon |  Paperback     Blurb If I had to choose a person to hate, Alex Ramírez would’ve […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Shattered Truths (Lies, Hearts, & Truths, #3) by Helena Hunting writing as H. Hunting

August 28, 2023September 1, 2023 Mel Book News

Shattered Truths (Lies, Hearts, & Truths, #3) by Helena Hunting writing as H. Hunting   Released – 28 August 2023   Available today! Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook Alternate Paperback     Blurb The first […]

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Release & ARC Review: Shucked (The Loew Brothers #1) by Kate Canterbary

August 22, 2023August 26, 2023 AJ Brother/Best Friend

  Shucked by Kate Canterbary is live! Oh, I love this book! A brother’s best friend, enemies-to-lovers, grumpy/sunshine romance, this story is funny, sweet, sexy, heartfelt, and beautifully romantic, with wonderful characters who I absolutely […]

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Release & Review: Glimmers of You (Lost & Found, #3) by Catherine Cowles

August 1, 2023July 29, 2023 AJ Brother/Best Friend

  Glimmers of You by Catherine Cowles is live! An oh, so beautiful brother’s-best-friend, friends to lovers, fake-relationship romance with mystery, suspense, and all the feels, this book and its characters owned my heart, and […]

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Release & Review: In the Likely Event by Rebecca Yarros

July 31, 2023August 7, 2024 AJ Angsty

In the Likely Event by Rebecca Yarros is live, and wow, what a read! An emotional, angsty, heartfelt second-chance military romance, this book completely swept me away with its emotion and intensity, and I adored […]

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Release & ARC Review: Meet Your Match (Kings of the Ice, #1) by Kandi Steiner

July 7, 2023July 7, 2023 AJ Favourite

  Meet Your Match by Kandi Steiner is live, and oh wow, what a story! The first book in the Kings of the Ice series, this is a fun, playful, chemistry-filled sport romance with the […]

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Release & ARC Review: Grace Note (Cake, #7) by J. Bengtsson

June 28, 2023August 29, 2025 AJ Drama

Grace Note by J. Bengtsson is live! What a way to finish the Cake series! The potential was there for epic, I was hoping for epic, and J. Bengtsson has delivered. This story is epic! […]

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ARC Review: Planes, Trains, and All the Feels by Livy Hart

May 16, 2023May 16, 2023 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

Planes, Trains, and All the Feels by Livy Hart is coming 23 May, and it’s an absolute gem of a read!   Funny, smart, emotional and gorgeously romantic this book made me laugh and swoon, […]

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Audio Review: Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) by Rebecca Yarros

May 12, 2023August 7, 2024 AJ 6 Star Reads

  Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros is live, and it’s a 6-star fave for 2023! Rebecca Yarros has burst into the world of fantasy romance with an exhilarating, exciting, and heartstopping read that I could […]

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New Release & ARC Review: The Coldest Winter by Brittainy Cherry

April 13, 2023April 16, 2023 Mel Book News

  The Coldest Winter by Brittainy Cherry is now live!      Download today or read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited Amazon | Amazon Worldwide | Paperback   Blurb I didn’t know he was forbidden […]

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New Release & ARC Review: If This Is Love by Jewel E. Ann

April 6, 2023April 11, 2024 Mel Age Gap

If This Is Love by Jewel E. Ann is LIVE!   Released: April 6, 2023   Grab your copy today! Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide     Blurb He’s mine … don’t ever forget that. Milo […]

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Release Blitz & Review: Before Us by Jewel E. Ann

February 2, 2023March 21, 2023 Mel Angsty

  Before Us by Jewel E. Ann is now live!   Released – 2 February 2023    Download today or read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide   Blurb I never saw […]

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Audio Review: House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, #1) by Sarah J. Maas

January 28, 2023January 28, 2023 AJ Fantasy

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 5 “Light it up” stars Sarah J. Maas creates the most incredible fantasy worlds, and this time she’s delivered a contemporary urban fantasy full of magic, lore and […]

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Release & ARC Review: A Light in the Flame (Flesh and Fire, #2) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

November 15, 2022August 28, 2025 AJ Action

The only one who can save Sera now is the one she spent her life planning to kill. A Light in the Flame, the much-anticipated second installment of the captivating Flesh and Fire series from #1 […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Memories of a Life: Colton & Josie: Part Two (Life Series, Book Four) by Jewel E. Ann

September 19, 2022September 27, 2022 Mel Angsty

  Memories of a Life, part 2 of the new duet in The Life Series by Jewel E. Ann is LIVE!!   Released – September 19, 2022   Grab your copy today! Amazon  |  Amazon […]

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