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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: 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: I’ll Meet You There by Heather Demetrios

January 2, 2015March 31, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review An emotional yet sweet and ultimately uplifting story featuring a strong-willed girl battling against her life’s circumstances, and a wounded Marine returned from war struggling to find his place in […]

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Review: Eyes Turned Skyward (Flight & Glory, #2) by Rebecca Yarros

December 21, 2014August 7, 2024 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “I’ve seen love burn someone to the ground, and I’ve seen it make sense of the ridiculous. I won’t settle for less than that kind of fire.” OMG, yes! Jagger […]

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Review: Come Back to Me (Come Back to Me, #1) by Mila Gray

December 21, 2014May 8, 2017 AJ Brother/Best Friend

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Hardcover Review This is a beautifully heartfelt story that captivated me from the very start. It’s a sweet, funny, sexy, and deeply emotional romance combining some of my favourite types of stories – […]

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Review: Full Measures (Flight & Glory, #1) by Rebecca Yarros

November 27, 2014August 7, 2024 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “The fire you have within you is impossible to kill. The first breath you take when you’re free of all this, it will come roaring back. That’s what is so […]

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Review: Cherry Girl (A Blackstone Affair Novel) by Raine Miller

November 24, 2014August 22, 2017 AJ Military

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 dreamy second-chance stars If you’ve read the Blackstone Affair books, then you will already know about Neil and Elaina. Neil is the best friend of Ethan Blackstone, and […]

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Review: Worth the Fall (The McKinney Brothers, #1) by Claudia Connor

September 12, 2014September 14, 2024 AJ Epic Romance

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review “Hear me. I love you, and nothing and no one could keep me from you.” I absolutely loved this sweet and beautiful romance. It’s an amazing ‘against-the-odds’ love story with lots […]

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Review: Broken (Redemption, #1) by Lauren Layne

September 5, 2014March 8, 2017 AJ Military

Buy: Kindle Ebook  Review 4.5 sweet, angsty, sassy stars I love this book! Both sweet and angsty, it’s a wonderful love story with great banter, lots of chemistry and a nice amount of steam. But […]

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Review: Finally Finding Faith (The Reed Brothers, #3.5) by Tammy Falkner

August 16, 2014March 8, 2017 AJ Military

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review “You have to grab hold to love when it finds you,” he says. “Sometimes it’s work. And sometimes it’s wonderful. But never take it for granted. Because when your life is […]

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Review: Fighting Redemption by Kate McCarthy

December 7, 2013August 19, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “You’re all I see. Nothing holds more beauty in my eyes than you do. No one will ever love you the way I do.” Oh. My. God. What an incredible, […]

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Review: Stinger by Mia Sheridan

November 29, 2013March 28, 2016 AJ Badasses

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Sometimes you don’t even realize anything is wrong until someone comes along and changes you, and makes you want more.” I LOVE THIS BOOK! Not only is it a beautiful, […]

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Review: Making Faces by Amy Harmon

October 25, 2013July 24, 2019 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review ABSOLUTELY, AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL! “Making Faces is the story of a small town where five young men go off to war, and only one comes back. It is the […]

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Review: The Education of Caroline (The Education of…, #2) by Jane Harvey-Berrick

July 14, 2013March 8, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review A beautiful continuation of an incredible love story! Well, 10 years has passed since the clusterfuck ending of The Education of Sebastian, and our swoony hero is now all grown […]

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Review: In the Stillness by Andrea Randall

April 15, 2013June 26, 2016 AJ 6 Star Reads

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 6 incredible stars! ABSOLUTELY FREAKING PHENOMENAL! Oh my God, this is a powerful, powerful book, and an instant addition to my favourites shelf. The characters are fantastic, the storyline […]

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Review: Raid (Unfinished Heroes, #3) by Kristen Ashley

February 27, 2013January 29, 2017 AJ Military

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review 4.5 stars ABSOFUCKINGMAZING!!! KA brings us yet another gorgeous, swoony, sexy and tortured Alpha to obsess over in former Marine and all-round badass, Raiden Ulysees Miller. “Wearing a skin tight army […]

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