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ARC Review: Coast (Kick Push, #2) by Jay McLean

June 7, 2016December 11, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “I’m Becca Owens – a broken girl. And he’s Josh Warden – the boy who broke me.” Wow, Jay McLean, you’ve just rocked my world! I loved Josh and […]

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Review: Loving Mr. Daniels by Brittainy C. Cherry

May 25, 2016 Mel Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 5 “forever forever and always always” stars! “You’re doing it.” “Doing what?” “Bringing me back to life.” I absolutely adored this book. Loving Mr. Daniels, written by Brittainy C. […]

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Review: Asa (Marked Men, #6) by Jay Crownover

May 15, 2016December 13, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 3.5 ‘The Cop and the Ex-Con’ stars This is the sixth and final book in The Marked Men series, and I have been really excited to get to it. […]

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Review: Collared by Nicole Williams

May 6, 2016May 9, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “I would have waited for you no matter how long you took. A month, a year, an eternity. I would have waited.” 4.5 stars Wow, this was such a […]

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Review: Nash (Marked Men, #4) by Jay Crownover

May 3, 2016December 13, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 ‘For the love of Nash’ stars Just when I think I’ve met my favourite Marked Man, along comes another book and I fall madly in love all over […]

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Review: Jet (Marked Men, #2) by Jay Crownover

April 27, 2016December 13, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 3.5 stars This is the second book the Marked Men series, and is the story of bad boy rocker with a huge heart, Jet. Jet is best buddies with […]

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The Purest Hook

ARC Review: The Purest Hook (Second Circle Tattoos, #3) by Scarlett Cole

April 26, 2016December 26, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review 4.5 stars I loved it! Scarlett Cole made me an instant fan of this series with her amazing debut novel, The Strongest Steel. This is the third book in the series, […]

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Review: Try (Temptation, #1) by Ella Frank

April 23, 2016January 2, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Stop fighting so hard… And just try.” 4 stars I’ve been meaning to read this book for so long! It’s only my second foray into the world of m/m, […]

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Review: Calico by Callie Hart

April 17, 2016 AJ Dark & Gritty

Buy: Kindle Ebook Review “We joined our fates together so long ago, fused our lives together in such an irrevocable way, and I know there’s no way I’ll ever recover from it.” 4 darkly tragic, […]

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Review: One Day Soon (One Day Soon, #1) by A. Meredith Walters

April 9, 2016January 1, 2018 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook |  Paperback Review 4.5 beautifully heart-wrenching stars A. Meredith Walters writes the most beautiful, heart-wrenching, emotional stories, and she has given us another very special read with this one. It’s an amazing […]

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Review: Paper Princess (The Royals, #1) by Erin Watt

April 7, 2016March 28, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Such a fantastic book! I loved it!!! Erin Watt is the pseudonym for the writing team that is Elle Kennedy and Jen Fredericks, and for their debut novel they […]

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Review: RoomHate by Penelope Ward

April 4, 2016January 5, 2017 Mel Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 “Bea-u-tiful” stars! The way it was meant to Bea. RoomHate is another enjoyable read by Penelope Ward. I loved that she combined so many of my favorite book […]

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Review: Breaking Her (Love is War, #2) by R.K. Lilley

April 3, 2016January 29, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review “I’m tired of hating you … When all my heart has ever needed is to love you.” 4 painful yet healing stars This book follows on from the love/hate-fest […]

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Review: Breaking Him (Love is War, #1) by R.K. Lilley

April 3, 2016January 29, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook |  Paperback Review “I do believe in love … I believe it’s the most destructive force on earth.” 4 bitter, twisted and angsty stars I love R.K. Lilley! She writes brilliantly angsty, […]

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ARC Review: The Fire Between High & Lo (Elements, #2) by Brittainy C. Cherry

April 1, 2016January 4, 2017 Mel 6 Star Reads

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 6 “For Always” stars I once loved a boy… And for a few breaths, a few whispers, and a few moments, I think he loved me, too. There is […]

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Review: Sweet Hope (Sweet Home, #3) by Tillie Cole

March 27, 2016December 21, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review “You are my hope … You’re every hope I’ve ever dared to have.” OMG, I LOVE THIS BOOK!! Absolutely, freaking love it! It’s an absolutely BEAUTIFUL story of heartache […]

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ARC Review: Ginger’s Heart (a modern fairytale) by Katy Regnery

March 24, 2016July 24, 2017 Mel Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 3.5 stars! Once upon a time there were two cousins: one golden like the sun, one dark like midnight, one a protector, one a predator, one a Woodsman and one […]

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Review: Walk the Edge (Thunder Road, #2) by Katie McGarry

March 16, 2016January 13, 2017 AJ Bikers

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars “The boy everyone sees but nobody knows … the girl who everybody knows but nobody sees. Katie McGarry is my go-to author for YA drama/romance. She writes highly […]

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Review: Sweet Fall (Sweet Home, #2) by Tillie Cole

February 1, 2016December 21, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review 4.5 heart-shattering stars After reading (and LOVING) Sweet Home, I was really excited to continue on with this series and thought I knew exactly what to expect. Oh, how […]

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Fighting Solitude

Review: Fighting Solitude (On the Ropes, #3) by Aly Martinez

January 27, 2016February 17, 2020 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook  | Paperback Review “Every. Single. Day. Forever.” 5 stars! Loved it, loved it, loved it! This is the final book of the On the Ropes series, a wonderful friends-to-lovers romance with lots of […]

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Review: Beholden (Belonging Duet, #2) (Salvation, #2)

January 24, 2016December 26, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review 2.5 angsty, overly dramatic stars Mixed feelings again for this book. Picking up immediately after the nasty cliffy of Beloved, I was right into the story and really enjoyed the emotion and […]

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Review: Sweet Rome (Sweet Home, #1.5) by Tillie Cole

January 23, 2016December 21, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review “Sometimes you just know when a person is meant for you, and I always had with her. She got me… She fucking saved me.” Rome Prince, I love you!!! […]

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Review: Beloved (Belonging Duet, #1) (Salvation, #1) by Corinne Michaels

January 20, 2016December 26, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review I really wanted to love this, but… 2.5 stars I absolutely loved the Consolation / Conviction duet by this author, and went into those books not knowing that these […]

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Review: Sweet Home (Sweet Home, #1) by Tillie Cole

January 18, 2016December 21, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review OMGOMGOMG! I LOVE IT!!! 5 huge stars. Why the hell did it take me so long to read this book? Gorgeous, manwhoring quarterback and an intelligent ‘good girl’, both […]

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Review: A Pound of Flesh (A Pound of Flesh, #1) by Sophie Jackson

January 14, 2016May 8, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 stars This is a gorgeous romance featuring a strong and determined heroine, a damaged bad boy with a heart of gold and their amazing, ‘against-the-odds’ love story. The […]

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