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Blog Tour & ARC Review: Ruckus (Sinners of Saint, #2) by L.J. Shen

June 5, 2017June 5, 2017 Mel Drama

RUCKUS (Sinners of Saint, #2) by L.J. Shen A Contemporary Romance Available Now! $0.99/Kindle Unlimited Amazon US | Amazon CA | Amazon UK | Amazon AU | Paperback   Blurb Rosie They say that life is a beautiful lie and death a painful truth. […]

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ARC Review: Sheets and Secrets by Liv Moore

May 31, 2017June 1, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review This is a really quick read, a fast-moving, intense love story between a cop and a writer/stripper with a touch of danger and excitement. Ellie’s career as a journalist imploded when […]

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ARC Review Tour & Giveaway: A Girl Like Me (Like Us, #2) by Ginger Scott

May 27, 2017May 28, 2017 AJ Drama

A Girl Like Me by Ginger Scott Book 2 in the Like Us Duet A mature YA romance, and a little something more… Amazon  |  iBooks  |  Kobo  |  B&N Blurb I’m not supposed to […]

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ARC Review: Stand (Bleeding Stars, #6) by A.L. Jackson

May 25, 2017May 25, 2017 AJ Drama

  Amazon  |  iBooks  |  Kobo  |  Nook  |  Google Play  |  Paperback  |  Signed Paperbacks   Synopsis Zachary Kennedy has never been known as a fighter, but he’ll never regret fighting for her… I’m […]

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Review: Resisting Love (Behind Blue Lines, #1) by Christine Zolendz

May 13, 2017May 13, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 3.5 stars This is a quick read and a dramatic and angsty ‘childhood crush/best-friend’s-brother’ love story. It’s the first in Christine Zolendz’s Behind Blue Lines series which features characters […]

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ARC Review: Riot Street by Tyler King

May 10, 2017May 9, 2017 AJ Drama

  Riot Street, an all-new standalone from Tyler King is now live! Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  iBooks  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  Paperback Synopsis Sometimes, getting in too deep is […]

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ARC Review: NORMAL (Something More, #1) by Danielle Pearl

May 6, 2017May 6, 2017 Mel Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 “I got you” stars Aurora Pine heads to Port Woodmere in Long Island, NY to finish out her senior year of high school. There she has a chance to […]

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Review: Split by J.B. Salsbury

May 4, 2017September 29, 2018 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review There are hearts big enough to love those who are different than them, who are hard to understand. And I, by some freak accident, found her. 4.5 uniquely beautiful […]

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Review: Mister Moneybags by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward

April 27, 2017June 12, 2018 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review 4.5 stars! Once again Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward have given us a fun, sexy, swoony, deliciously romantic story with some great twists and turns that had me captivated from […]

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180 Seconds

ARC Review: 180 Seconds by Jessica Park

April 24, 2017April 15, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars! Oh wow. What a stunningly beautiful, emotional and unexpected NA read! Sweet, heartbreaking and heartwarming with a romance that had me swooning, this little read took me […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: Damnable Grace (Hades Hangmen, #5) by Tillie Cole

April 22, 2017April 21, 2017 AJ Bikers

  DAMNABLE GRACE (Hades Hangmen, #5) by Tillie Cole AVAILABLE NOW! Amazon | Nook | Kobo | iBooks   Synopsis EVEN THE BROKEN, THROUGH LOVE, CAN FIND GRACE… Secrets never stay hidden. The burden of guilt never lifts from the […]

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Tortured

Blog Tour, ARC Review & Excerpt: Tortured by Nicole Williams

April 12, 2017April 10, 2017 AJ Drama

  Kindle Ebook  |  iBooks  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  Paperback   Synopsis When he left for a twelve-month deployment, she knew it would feel like forever before they saw each other again. She didn’t […]

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Review: Love Hacked (Knitting in the City, #3) by Penny Reid

April 12, 2017April 12, 2017 Mel Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audio Review 4.5 “ZING! ZING! ZING!” stars Love Hacked by Penny Reid is another unique and hilarious story in the Knitting in the City series. The quirky characters will draw you into the […]

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Blog Tour, ARC Review & Giveaway: Maybe Never by Sadie Allen

April 9, 2017April 9, 2017 AJ Drama

  Amazon US  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon AU  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  iBooks   Synopsis One golden boy… Judd Jackson had it all—star football player with a college scholarship, perfect […]

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Review: The Brave Line by Kate Stewart

April 8, 2017April 5, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars! This was such a great read! Gritty and intense, yet funny, sweet, super sexy and romantic with wonderfully developed characters and lots of emotion. I was captivated […]

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Review: Gemini by Penelope Ward

April 4, 2017August 3, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy: Amazon | iBooks | B&N | Kobo | Paperback | Audible Review 4 stars! This is a really sweet, romantic read with lots of emotion and a nice twist. It’s beautifully heartwarming and left me with a huge grin on my face. I […]

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Holding onto Hope

Review & Excerpt: Holding Onto Hope (Beyond the Mathews Family, #2) by Beverly Preston

March 29, 2017April 7, 2017 AJ Drama

  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU  |  Paperback   Blurb The biggest gifts often require the greatest sacrifices. Italian winemaker, Antonio Giovanni is tall, dark, and handsome with an […]

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ARC Review: Take Me Back by Meghan March

March 21, 2017March 21, 2017 AJ Drama

  Amazon Ebook  |  Amazon Paperback  |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo   Blurb We fell in love on a beach, got married in paradise, and I carried her off into the sunset. It should […]

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Review: See Through Heart (Heart Series, #1) by Amie Knight

March 19, 2017October 27, 2022 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review A beautiful story of first love and second chances. 4 stars and all the feels I’m always a sucker for a story where childhood best friends fall in love […]

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ARC Review: Rooke by Callie Hart

March 14, 2017April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Blurb Watchmaker. Car thief. Heartbreaker extraordinaire. Rooke Blackheath has spent enough time in juvie to know that he really doesn’t want to go to jail. The food sucks, the clothes itch, and […]

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ARC Review: Mister Wrong by Nicole Williams

March 12, 2017March 22, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 2 *big sigh* stars OK, so clearly I am going to have the unpopular opinion here because there’s a lot of love for this book, and I’m really glad […]

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New Release, ARC Review & Giveaway: A Boy Like You (Like Us, #1) by Ginger Scott

March 3, 2017April 25, 2017 AJ Drama

  A BOY LIKE YOU by Ginger Scott YA Contemporary Romance Buy:  Amazon |  iBooks  |  Barnes and Noble  |  Kobo Add to Goodreads   Blurb They say everyone’s a superhero to someone. I’m not sure who […]

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ARC Review: Jordan Reclaimed (Preload, #1) by Scarlett Cole

February 28, 2017February 26, 2017 AJ Drama

  Kindle Ebook  | B&N  |  iBooks  |  Kobo  |  Google Play   Synopsis Jordan Steele’s life began when he was ten. When he was taken from his parents and a house that was never […]

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ARC Review: Wait For It (Everything I Left Unsaid, #4) by Molly O’Keefe

February 25, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review 4 stars! Intense and intriguing, this book features a damaged yet strong heroine, a strong yet damaged hero, and one complicated love story. It’s sexy and messy with great chemistry and […]

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Review: Kissed by Elizabeth Finn

February 25, 2017February 23, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review 4.5 stars and all the feels!!! I love Elizabeth Finn’s writing! She writes intense, emotional romance that sucks you in and grips hold of your heart from start to finish, and […]

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