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ARC Review: Shattered by You (Tear Assunder, #3) by Nashoda Rose

July 17, 2015January 10, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 Heartachingly beautiful stars I have had such mixed feelings about this series. I liked the previous books, but I haven’t loved them. I’ve struggled with the excessive drama, […]

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Review: Fighting Silence (On The Ropes, #1) by Aly Martinez

June 30, 2015March 16, 2018 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  | Paperback Review You’re okay. I’m okay. We’re okay. Nothing else matters. 5 ‘OMG, the feeeeeels’ stars Emotional, beautiful, funny, heartbreaking and romantic, this book took me on an emotional rollercoaster and I […]

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Review: Chasing River (Burying Water, #3) by K.A. Tucker

June 29, 2015February 18, 2020 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 “Please stay” stars I loved this book! A great romance with some crime drama and a touch of history, it was really well put together and […]

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Review: Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid

June 28, 2015March 31, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy Now: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “There is a larger plan out there. Everything happens for a reason. Isn’t that what they say?” OMG, I love this book!  It’s unique, surprising, engaging from start to […]

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Review: With Every Heartbeat (Forbidden Men, #4) by Linda Kage

June 24, 2015March 8, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review A slow build up to 4 stars I’m a huge fan of this series. I have loved each and every book so far, but after seeing mixed reviews for this […]

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ARC Review: Never Let You Go (a modern fairytale) by Katy Regnery

June 12, 2015September 4, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 “I love you forever” stars I loved this book. A spin on the fairytale of Hansel and Gretel, this book tells the story of Holden and Griselda. Both children of […]

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Review: Conviction (The Consolation Duet, #2 and Salvation, #4) by Corinne Michaels

May 31, 2015April 29, 2017 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Nothing in this world comes easy, but if it’s right, you fight for it.” A beautiful finish for an amazing love story. 5 stars I just read and loved Consolation, […]

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Review: Consolation (The Consolation Duet, #1 and Salvation, #3) by Corinne Michaels

May 26, 2015December 26, 2016 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Loved it. Loved it. LOVED IT! An absolutely beautiful, highly emotional love story. 5 stars. Natalie is a young woman whose life is shattered when she learns that her ex-SEAL […]

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ARC Review: Moonlight on Nightingale Way (On Dublin Street #6) by Samantha Young

May 14, 2015December 26, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Nooooooo, it’s over!!! *sniff* But what a FANTASTIC finish to one of my all-time favourite series. 4 stars. The final book in the On Dublin Street series, this is a bittersweet review […]

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Review: Nowhere But Here (Thunder Road, #1) by Katie McGarry

May 8, 2015January 13, 2017 AJ Bikers

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 5 stars – I love this book! I’m a massive fan of Katie McGarry. She writes wonderful YA romantic drama, and when I heard that she was starting a new […]

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Review: Here’s to Falling by Christine Zolendz

May 4, 2015April 3, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review “It was you from the beginning … you were my horizon. Everything I could ever see.”  Stunning, emotional and an epically beautiful love story. 5 HUGE STARS I read this book […]

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Review: The Traveling Woman (Traveling, #2) by Jane Harvey-Berrick

March 26, 2015December 26, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy:   Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Kes wasn’t safe. He wasn’t a sensible choice. He made my heart race, and swoop, and die a little. When I was near him, I burned … Maybe we’d burn […]

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Review: The Five Stages of Falling in Love by Rachel Higginson

March 24, 2015February 6, 2018 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  | Audio Review 4.5 stars This is a heartachingly beautiful story of a woman who has lost the love of her life and been left alone to raise their four young […]

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Review: Wild Reckless (Harper Boys, #1) by Ginger Scott

March 22, 2015November 14, 2020 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 5 stars – I love, love, love this book!!! From the moment I read the blurb of this book, I had that ‘tingly’ feeling, a sense of anticipation, and I […]

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ARC Review: Perfect Chaos (Unyielding, #1) by Nashoda Rose

March 21, 2015January 10, 2017 AJ Badasses

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 3 badass stars Georgie and Deck were both introduced in the Tear Asunder series. They have an intense backstory, with Deck being the best friend of Georgie’s older brother, […]

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Review: Cement Heart (Viper’s Heart, #1) by Beth Ehemann

March 16, 2015August 15, 2018 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 5 ‘OMG the feeeeels’ stars! OMG, this book has just blown me away! It’s the kind of story that it’s best to just dive in and experience without knowing anything […]

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Review: Confess by Colleen Hoover

March 12, 2015July 27, 2017 Mel Audio Recommendation

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback | Audio Review 4.5 “That could be fate, you know” stars “Are you here to save me?” Confess is an emotional love story that is original and captivating. Colleen Hoover does […]

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Review: Inappropriate (Bristol Island, #2) by Elizabeth Finn

March 12, 2015March 8, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review 4.5 hot, angsty and Inappropriate stars And OMG, I loved it! The second book in the Bristol Island series takes us back to the isolated community of Bristol, and an all-consuming yet forbidden […]

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Review: The Fight for Us (Bristol Island, #1) by Elizabeth Finn

March 4, 2015March 8, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review “I will fight for you every day for the rest of my life.” 4.5 stars OMG, I loved this book! I wasn’t expecting to love it as much as I did, […]

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Review: The Traveling Man (Traveling, #1) by Jane Harvey-Berrick

March 1, 2015December 26, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 5 Magical Stars OMG, this story is so, so beautiful! Jane Harvey-Berrick has painted a magical world (in the non-pnr sense) which sets the stage for an amazing love story […]

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Review: Becoming Rain (Burying Water, #2) by K.A. Tucker

February 22, 2015February 18, 2020 AJ Action

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review “Guilt and happiness go to war inside of me as I fall. I wonder which one will win.” 4 stars KA Tucker has once again given us […]

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Review: Love, in Spanish (Love, in English #1.5) by Karina Halle

February 12, 2015March 29, 2016 AJ Celebrities

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Life is full of hard choices. I chose you.” Following on from Love, in English, this companion novel finishes off Vera and Mateo’s story beautifully! It’s not all sunshine and […]

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Review: Love, in English (Love, in English, #1) by Karina Halle

February 10, 2015April 3, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Love is like a thief, it robs you of all thought and logic, and all you have left is a heart that you can only pray is strong enough to […]

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Review: Hero (Hero, #1) by Samantha Young

February 9, 2015October 5, 2017 Mel Audio Recommendation

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audio Review 4.5 stars! Alexa Holland is the personal assistant to a top photographer assigned to photograph Caine Carraway. When they first meet, Caine is flirty and interested but Alexa […]

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Review: Inked Armor (Clipped Wings, #2) by Helena Hunting

January 21, 2015December 21, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audible Review This is the follow up to Clipped Wings – the heart-wrenching, emotionally intense and slightly edgy story of two people who have been broken by events in their past, […]

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