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Release & ARC Review: Forever the Highlands (The Highlands, #6) by Samantha Young

December 5, 2024December 5, 2024 AJ Angsty

Forever the Highlands, the final book in The Highlands series by Samantha Young is now live! Oh my heart, what an amazing read! An angsty and emotional brother’s-best-friend, friends-to-lovers romance, this is such a beautiful […]

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Release & ARC Review: Crossover (The Cross Duet, #2) by Kathy Lockheart

December 5, 2024December 4, 2024 AJ Action

  Crossover, the second book in the Cross Duet by Kathy Lockheart, is live! This is a thrilling and suspenseful read with drama and romance, and a great finish for Grayson and Ivy’s story.   […]

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Release & ARC Review: Legacy of Chaos (Demonica Birthright, #2) by Larissa Ione

December 3, 2024December 4, 2024 AJ Action

  Legacy of Chaos by Larissa Ione is live, and OMG, what an amazing read! This is the second book in the Demonica Birthright series, a second-gen spin-off from the original  Demonica/Lords of Deliverance series […]

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Audio Review: Own Me (The Wolf Hotel, #5) by K.A. Tucker

November 17, 2024 AJ Billionaire

Buy:  Amazon Review 3 stars The final book in The Wolf Hotel series, and I enjoyed this book, though it wasn’t quite what I was expecting. Firstly, these books are one continuous story, so be sure […]

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ARC Review: You Can Kill (Laurel Snow, #4) by Rebecca Zanetti

November 7, 2024November 5, 2024 AJ Dark & Gritty

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars The fourth book in the Laurel Snow series, Rebecca Zanetti delivers another exciting ride as genius FBI Special Agent Laurel Snow goes on the hunt for a new killer… this one […]

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Release & ARC Review: Wrath of an Exile (River Styx Heathens, #1) by Monty Jay

October 30, 2024December 14, 2025 AJ Angsty

  Wrath of an Exile by Monty Jay is live! This is the first book in the River Styx Heathens series, a second-gen The Hollow Boys spin-off.  This book grabbed hold of me and did […]

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Review: Risking it All (Pushing the Limits Next Generation, #1) by Katie McGarry

October 26, 2024 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon Review 5 stars! Oh, what a delight to come back into this world! Pushing the Limits remains one of my all-time favourite reads, even 12 years after its publication. It’s an incredible YA […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Deals We Make (Iron Outlaws MC, #9) by S. Cole

October 17, 2024 AJ Bikers

  The Deals We Make by S. Cole is live! The final book of the Iron Outlaws MC series, this is Vex’s story. A childhood-best-friends-reunited love story that is beautifully emotional with great character development […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Downside to Forever (Cedar Point, #5) by Jillian Liota

October 10, 2024October 9, 2024 AJ Drama

The Downside to Forever by Jillian Liota is live! The fifth and final book in the Cedar Point series, this is a sweet and heartfelt single parent, age gap, friends-to-lovers romance that brings the feels, and […]

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Release & ARC Review: Undeniably Infatuated (Boston’s Irresistible Billionaires, #3) by J. Saman

September 23, 2024September 23, 2024 AJ Angsty

  Undeniably Infatuated by J. Saman is live! Wow, I loved this book! A gorgeously heartfelt romance with angst, drama and wild chemistry, and brilliantly overlapping tropes – billionaire, popstar/celebrity, brother’s ex-girlfriend, forbidden romance, close […]

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Audio Review: The Rocker’s Muse (Delirious Jones Rockstar Romance, #1) by Penelope Ward

September 21, 2024January 25, 2025 AJ Age Gap

Buy:  Amazon  |  Apple Books  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play Blurb From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward comes a new, STANDALONE novel… No one but me knew why I was actually in the California desert that day. Nestled […]

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Audio Review: The Rocker’s Muse (Delirious Jones Rockstar Romance, #1) by Penelope Ward

September 11, 2024January 25, 2025 AJ Age Gap

Buy:  Amazon  |  Apple Books  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |    Paperback  | Amazon – Special Edition Paperback Review 4.5 stars A gorgeous age-gap, forbidden(ish), rockstar romance, and the beginning of a new series […]

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Audio Review: Delicate Escape (Sparrow Falls, #2) by Catherine Cowles

September 9, 2024September 7, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

  ICYMI, Delicate Escape by Catherine Cowles is live! The second book in the Sparrow Falls series, this is such a gorgeous read! A small-town romance with heartwrenching drama and suspense, and the sweetest, most […]

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Release & ARC Review: A Dawn of Gods & Fury (Fate & Flame, #4) by K.A. Tucker

September 3, 2024 AJ Action

  A Dawn of Gods & Fury, the final book in the Fate & Flame series by K.A. Tucker, is live! I have been waiting desperately for this book, and it did not disappoint. Exciting, […]

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Release & ARC Review: Should Have Been (Lake Spark Inn, #3) by Evey Lyon

August 29, 2024August 29, 2024 AJ Angsty

  Should Have Been by Evey Lyon is live! An emotional second-chance-romance set in the most complicated of circumstances, this heartfelt love story is a really sweet read. This is the third and standalone in […]

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Release & ARC Review: Bitter Rival (Sutton Ridge, #1) by Emery Rose Andrews

August 24, 2024August 21, 2024 AJ Drama

  Bitter Rival by Emery Rose Andrews is live! The first standalone in a new series, this is an opposites attract, enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity romance. It’s fun, sexy and heartfelt with great chemistry, and I really […]

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Release & ARC Review: Alone With You by Aly Martinez

August 22, 2024August 22, 2024 AJ Dark & Gritty

  Alone With You by Aly Martinez is live! Aly Martinez knows how to pull on my heartstrings, and wow, she had me feeling so much with this book! A devastatingly emotional yet beautiful story […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Fates We Tame (Iron Outlaws MC, #8) by S. Cole

August 16, 2024August 15, 2024 AJ Bikers

  The Fates We Tame by Scarlett Cole, writing as S. Cole is live! OMG, this book! A dark, exciting, emotional and beautifully romantic story with a grumpy/sunshine fake marriage, amnesia and a warring family […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Bridges I’ve Burned (By the Bay, #6) by J.L. Berg

August 15, 2024August 15, 2024 AJ Drama

  The Bridges I’ve Burned by J.L. Berg is live! A flirty, chemistry-filled, almost-rockstar romance, this book brings the feels as two people figuring out their place find a gorgeous, but very unexpected, love.   […]

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Audio Review: Mad Love (The Single Dad Playbook, #1) by Willow Aster

August 14, 2024August 14, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon   Review 3.5 stars The first book in a new series from Willow Aster, this is a slow burning, surprise baby love story that is emotional and swoonily romantic, and it’s such a gorgeous […]

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Release & ARC Review: Born of Blood and Ash (Flesh and Fire, #4) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

August 13, 2024August 13, 2024 AJ Action

Born of Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout is live! OMG, what a ride! The conclusion to the Flesh and Fire series, JLA delivers an amazing read that is everything I was hoping it […]

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Audio Review: Boy in Luv (In Luv Duet, #2) by Jay Crownover & Rebecca Yarros

August 11, 2024August 10, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 happy ending stars This book is the second part of the In Luv duet, and is a direct continuation of Langley and Iker’s fake relationship, opposites-attract romance, bringing us their beautiful happy […]

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Release & ARC Review: Rally (Treasure State Wildcats, #3) by Devney Perry

August 6, 2024August 7, 2024 AJ Angsty

  Rally by Devney Perry is live! The third book in the Treasure State Wildcats series, this is an emotional and angsty accidental pregnancy sports romance. It’s raw and real, and will have you feeling […]

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Release, ARC Review & Giveaway: King of Nothing by Aurora Rose Reynolds

July 29, 2024July 29, 2024 AJ Billionaire

  King of Nothing by Aurora Rose Reynolds is live!   Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU Free on KU   Blurb I met him when my ship was sinking, […]

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Release & ARC Review: Where We Ended (Stone Riders MC, #4) by Ashley Munoz

July 26, 2024 AJ Bikers

  Where We Ended by Ashley Munoz is live! The fourth and final instalment in the Stone Riders MC series, this book has been building from the very beginning. A dramatic, dark and emotional story, […]

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