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Review: A Crown of Ruin (Blood & Ash, #6.5) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

February 18, 2026February 18, 2026 AJ Drama

Get it free:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars This is a short (161 page) story that falls in between The Primal of Blood and Bone and The Throne of Bone and Ash in the Blood and Ash series. […]

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Audio Review: The Staff and the Blade (Irin Chronicles, #4) by Elizabeth Hunter

February 8, 2026February 8, 2026 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars An emotional and exciting urban fantasy with a second-chance romance that spans hundreds of years, this is a rollercoaster of a read! It’s the fourth book in the Irin Chronicles series, […]

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Release & Audio Review: Cursed Queen (Once Upon Ever After, #2) by Julie Saman

January 26, 2026February 6, 2026 AJ Age Gap

Cursed Queen by Julie Saman is now live!   Amazon  |  Audible Download today or read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited   Blurb We thought we broke the curse. I married King Sebastian of Messalina. […]

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Audio Review: Cursed King (Once Upon Ever After, #1) by Julie Saman

January 25, 2026January 26, 2026 AJ Age Gap

Buy:  Amazon Review 5 stars! I loved this book! A contemporary, non-fantasy or paranormal retelling of Beauty and the Beast, this is a dramatic, fun, sexy, swoony, suspenseful and intense story with the most beautiful romance. […]

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Release & ARC Review: Come What May (Ember Falls, #4) by Corinne Michaels

January 20, 2026 AJ Drama

Come What May by Corinne Michaels is live! This is such a gorgeous read! A steamy, chemistry-filled, age-gap, close proximity, forbidden romance with fabulous twists and the most beautiful love story, I adored every moment […]

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Release & ARC Review: Hart Street Lane (Return to Dublin Street, #3) by Samantha Young

January 15, 2026January 15, 2026 AJ Drama

  Hart Street Lane by Samantha Young is live! A beautiful story of unrequited love with a friends-to-lovers, fake engagement romance that stole my heart.   Amazon   Blurb A steamy fake engagement from New […]

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Release & ARC Review: Only For Love (Only For, #2) by Natasha Madison

January 9, 2026January 9, 2026 AJ Drama

  Only For Love by Natasha Madison is live! This is a beautifully emotional story with the most gorgeous romance and a heartfelt journey for two wonderful characters. I loved this book.   Amazon   […]

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Audio Review: The Secret (The Irin Chronicles, #3) by Elizabeth Hunter

January 4, 2026January 4, 2026 AJ Action

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars for the big finish Wow, what a rollercoaster this story has been. Both an intense and passionate soulmate romance, and a well-developed and in-depth paranormal adventure with strong political themes, this […]

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Audio Review: Worst Wingman Ever by Abby Jimenez

December 24, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars A super short read, but so much fun! This is a part of the Improbable Meet Cute collection, a series of novellas written by different authors writing fabulous first encounters leading […]

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Audio Review: Brimstone (Fae & Alchemy, #2) by Callie Hart

December 14, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 4.5 stars The follow up to the incredible Quicksilver, I have been desperately waiting for this book, and I loved diving back into this world – this time in dual POV! It’s another […]

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Review: The Edge of Forever (The Edge, #2) by J. Saman

December 7, 2025 AJ Brother/Best Friend

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars A second-chance, brother’s-best-friend romance, this is a gorgeous read with so much swoon, and I loved it. This is the second book in The Edge series, and there is some character […]

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Audio Review: The Beloved (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #33) by J.R. Ward

October 31, 2025 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon Review 3 stars We’re 22 books into the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, and it’s time for the second gen! The surprising and devastating events that ended the last book of the series saw us […]

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Release & ARC Review: Stand Your Ground (Kings of the Ice, #5) by Kandi Steiner

October 24, 2025October 24, 2025 AJ Age Gap

  Stand Your Ground by Kandi Steiner is live! This is such a fantastic read! It’s entertaining and wickedly sexy, but it’s also a deeply emotional story of trauma and healing with characters that owned […]

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Release & ARC Review: Half-Light Harbor (Scottish Isles, #1) by Samantha Young

October 23, 2025 AJ Drama

  Half-Light Harbor by Samantha Young is live! A heroine starting over, a broody but protective alpha hero, traumatic pasts, drama, secrets, danger and suspense, with a scene-stealing dog, and the most beautiful love story […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Death-Made Prince (Runewitch Saga, #1) by Lisette Marshall

October 21, 2025 AJ Action

The Death-Made Prince is live! The first book in a new romantasy series, this is a smart, exciting, action-packed read with rich world-building, fantastic characters, and a chemistry-filled, slow burning, enemies-to-lovers romance. It’s a long […]

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Review: Fire Heart (Fire Island, #2) by Alexandra Banks

October 18, 2025October 19, 2025 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon Review 4.5 stars Oh my heart, what a beautiful read! So much emotion, and an epically swoony romance, I loved this book! This book is the follow up to Tender Heart, and cannot be […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Older Brother by Ginger Scott

October 16, 2025October 16, 2025 AJ Age Gap

The Older Brother by Ginger Scott is live! A dramatic and emotional NA romance with an age gap and some twisted family dynamics, it’s a bit older and steamier than Ginger Scott’s usual reads, but […]

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Audio Review: When Life Happened by Jewel E. Ann

October 12, 2025October 11, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy: Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook Review 5 stars Wow. Like many other readers, I was gobsmacked by this book, and really don’t know what to say. It’s funny, it’s beautiful, it’s tragic and romantic, and it’s so […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Little Pieces of Light by Emma Scott

October 7, 2025December 20, 2025 Mel Book News

Little Pieces of Light by Emma Scott   Released – 7 October 2025   Available now! Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook   Blurb At ten years old, they promised each other forever. But his letters […]

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Release & ARC Review: I Dreamt That You Loved Me by Emery Rose

October 2, 2025October 1, 2025 AJ Drama

  I Dreamt That You Loved Me by Emery Rose is live! You know those reads that captivate you, sweep you up, make you feel and don’t let go? This is one of those books. […]

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Release & ARC Review: Undeniably Corrupt (Boston’s Irresistible Billionaires, #7) by J. Saman

September 22, 2025 AJ Drama

Undeniably Corrupt by J. Saman is live! The final book of the Boston’s Irresistible Billionaires series, this is a sexy, emotional and heartfelt second chance romance for mysterious vigilante hacker, Vander.   Amazon     […]

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Audio Review: Hallowed Ground (Flight & Glory, #4) by Rebecca Yarros

September 20, 2025September 20, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 4 stars The fourth book in the Flight & Glory series, this story takes us back to Josh and Ember, the couple from book #1, Full Measures, a few years after we […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Holy Grail by D.E. Daniel

September 16, 2025September 16, 2025 AJ Drama

  The Holy Grail by D.E. Daniel is live! This is a gorgeously romantic read, a functional, heartfelt and fun exploration of a triad relationship (MMF) with fantastic characters, lots of emotion, and a beautifully […]

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Release & ARC Review: Bitten by Destiny (True Immortality, #4) by Samantha Young

August 21, 2025August 21, 2025 AJ Action

  Bitten by Destiny by Samantha Young (writing as S. Young) is now live! An exciting and action-packed paranormal romance, this is a fantastic enemies-to-lovers, fated romance with a gorgeous love story, and it’s a […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Heart We Guard (Iron Outlaws MC: Colorado, #4) by S. Cole

August 7, 2025August 14, 2025 AJ Age Gap

  The Heart We Guard by S. Cole is live! The fourth book in the Iron Outlaws MC: Colorado series, and it’s MC President, Butcher’s story in a close proximity, age gap, opposites attract romance […]

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