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ARC Review: Off the Air (Running on Air, #1) by L.H. Cosway

March 9, 2019May 21, 2020 Mel Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook Blurb Spending a month filming a reality TV show with your ex is no picnic. Especially when you’ve signed a contract stating that the two of you will not, under any circumstances, […]

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Review: A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1) by Sarah J. Maas

March 3, 2019March 2, 2019 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars After falling in mad love with the Throne of Glass series by this author, I’ve been waiting for just the right time to make a […]

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Review: Undertow by Alessandra Torre

March 1, 2019February 28, 2019 AJ Drama

Previously published as ‘Sex Love Repeat’.  Re-released as ‘Undertow’ 1 March 2019 Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review Whoa, this was an intense read! Yes, it’s a love triangle book, but it is like no love triangle […]

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Blog Tour with ARC Review: Irresistible (Cloverleigh Farms, #1) by Melanie Harlow

February 28, 2019August 29, 2025 Mel Drama

Irresistible, an all-new sexy standalone from USA Today bestselling author Melanie Harlow, is LIVE!   Released – 25 February 2019   Buy it today! Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide  |  Paperback  |  Audio     Blurb […]

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Release Blitz, Excerpt, ARC Review & Giveaway: Tumble (Dogwood Lane, #1) by Adriana Locke

February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 AJ Drama

From USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke comes a witty romance about first love and second chances. This is a standalone, small-town, blue-collar love story.     Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback |  Audio Free in […]

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ARC Review: Second Chance by L.B. Dunbar

February 21, 2019 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 3 stars I like a love story that features older characters – those that are supposedly more mature, and who have had a chance to experience life a bit […]

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Release & ARC Review: Tinsel (Lark Cove, #4) by Devney Perry

February 20, 2019February 14, 2019 AJ Drama

  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon AU  |  Amazon CA Apple Books  |  B&N   Blurb Sofia Kendrick has always cherished her tiara. As the youngest daughter of a wealthy New York family, […]

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Blog Tour, ARC Review & Giveaway: Broken Drift (Drift, #2) by Adrian Hale

February 17, 2019February 10, 2019 AJ Drama

  Today we have the blog tour of BROKEN DRIFT by Adrian R. Hale. This fantastic second-chance contemporary romance will steal your heart! Check it out and be sure to grab your copy today! Amazon  […]

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New Relase & ARC Review: Motion (Laws of Physics, #1) by Penny Reid

February 11, 2019March 11, 2019 Mel Drama

Motion (Laws of Physics, #1)  by Penny Reid   Released – 11 February 2019   Available Now! Amazon  |  Paperback     Blurb Forced to lie to protect her sister . . . From the […]

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Release Blitz, ARC Review, Excerpt & Giveaway: Only a Breath Apart by Katie McGarry

January 22, 2019January 22, 2019 AJ Drama

  Amazon  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  B-A-M  |  B&N  |  Apple Books   Blurb They say your destiny is carved in stone. But some destinies are meant to be broken. The only curse […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Cruel Money (Cruel Trilogy, #1) by K.A. Line

January 22, 2019January 4, 2023 Mel Angsty

  CRUEL MONEY (Cruel Trilogy, #1) by K.A. Linde   Released – 22 January 2019   Buy it today! Amazon  |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  Paperback  |  Audio   Blurb […]

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Audio Review: Repeat (Larsen Bros, #1) by Kylie Scott

January 19, 2019July 13, 2021 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  Apple  |  Paperback  |  Audible Review 4.5 stars! This was one of my most anticipated reads for 2019. I was absolutely captivated by the blurb, and Kylie Scott […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Ruthless King (Kings of Rittenhouse, #3) by Maya Hughes

January 10, 2019January 9, 2019 Mel Drama

  RUTHLESS KING by Maya Hughes   A New Adult Romance – Released 10 January 2019   Available now! Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU  |  Paperback     Blurb My […]

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Review: Dirty (Raw Family, #2) by Belle Aurora

December 29, 2018December 31, 2018 AJ Badasses

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 darkly intense stars Holy damn, what a wildly dark and gritty ride! This book is fast paced, action packed and exciting (and all kinds of dark), with fantastically […]

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Audio Review: Wild Like the Wind (Chaos, #5) by Kristen Ashley

December 23, 2018December 23, 2018 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars! Wow, I loved this book! A sexy and intense romance with a forbidden edge and sizzling chemistry, this story had me captivated from start to […]

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ARC Review: Le Remède by Densie Webb

December 22, 2018 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review A paranormal romance with a difference 3.5 stars Vincent Dubois is a Kindred (vampire). Turned against his will 200 years ago, he has struggled through his immortality as he […]

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ARC Review & Giveaway: Rock Rebel (Nothing But Trouble, #3) by Tara Leigh

December 16, 2018 AJ Drama

  Rock Rebel is now live! Amazon  |  iBooks  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  Paperback   Blurb He’s a rock star with a secret, she’s a pop princess with a painful past – can their […]

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Review: The One You Can’t Forget (The Ones Who Got Away, #2) by Roni Loren

December 9, 2018December 9, 2018 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 stars! This book is the second in the The Ones Who Got Away series, following on from book #1, which completely blew me away. This series of interconnected […]

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ARC Review: All of Me (Confessions of the Heart, #2) by A.L. Jackson

December 3, 2018February 26, 2019 AJ Angsty

  A forbidden stand-alone romance in A.L. Jackson’s Confessions of the Heart Series. Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio   Message from A.L. Jackson My loves! I am so proud to bring you ALL OF ME!! […]

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Review: Cracked Kingdom (The Royals, #5) by Erin Watt

November 29, 2018 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 3.5 YA soap opera stars This book is the final book in the Royals series, and the second part of Easton and Hartley’s story that began in Fallen Heir. […]

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Review: When Time Stands Still by Sara Furlong Burr

November 25, 2018November 20, 2018 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 3.5 stars! I was really intrigued by the blurb for this book, and love the idea for it. A dramatic, heartfelt, sort-of-second-chance romance, as a woman revisits her past, […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: In Her Space (Stars Duet, #2) by Amie Knight

November 20, 2018November 20, 2018 AJ Drama

In Her Space, the stunning conclusion to the Stars Duet by Amie Knight is available NOW!      Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide Download your copy today or read FREE in Kindle Unlimited!   Synopsis I […]

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ARC Review: Tragic (Lark Cove, #3) by Devney Perry

November 13, 2018November 11, 2018 AJ Drama

  Amazon  |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo   Blurb Kaine Reynolds wants nothing more than solitude. After an unthinkable tragedy destroys his family, he’s cut off all ties to his former life so he […]

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Blog Tour, Excerpt & ARC Review: Beneath His Stars (Stars Duet, #1) by Amie Knight

November 7, 2018April 22, 2019 AJ Drama

    Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide  |  Paperback  |  Audio   Blurb I met Adam Nova under the twinkling lights of a nighttime sky. He was hiding, but that gorgeous boy didn’t belong in the […]

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ARC Review & Excerpt: Tick Tock (EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), #1) by Jane Harvey-Berrick

November 3, 2018November 3, 2018 AJ Action

Today we are thrilled to share bestselling author Jane Harvey-Berrick’s all-new highly anticipated military romantic suspense novel, TICK TOCK     Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU  |  Paperback Free […]

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