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Review: Golden Trail (The ‘Burg, #3) by Kristen Ashley

September 8, 2012January 29, 2017 AJ Action

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review  I freaking ADORED this book!!! And I am now officially out of new ways to say how brilliant Kristen Ashley is and how much I love her and her stories. Once […]

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Review: On Dublin Street (On Dublin Street, #1) by Samantha Young

September 2, 2012December 26, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Absolutely, freaking LOVED IT!!! I read this in a day, unable to put it down. And I don’t think any review I write can fully represent how much I loved […]

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Review: The Mighty Storm (The Storm, #1) by Samantha Towle

August 31, 2012December 26, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  | Paperback Review So awesome, ridiculously swoony and heaps of emotion. I FREAKING LOVED THIS BOOK! Jake Wethers is a heavily tattooed, uber-hot, Alpha rock God, and I absolutely adored him! Tru is […]

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Review: At Peace (The ‘Burg, #2) by Kristen Ashley

August 30, 2012January 29, 2017 AJ Action

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review  “We’re all lost … The best chance we got is to wander this life with the people who matter.”  I am loving this series! For some stupid, crazy reason I […]

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Review: Pushing the Limits (Pushing the Limits, #1) by Katie McGarry

August 4, 2012October 23, 2024 AJ 6 Star Reads

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review ABSOLUTELY, FREAKING AMAZING!!! I cannot gush enough about how much I loved this book. It’s so tempting to rehash the whole story but I could never do it justice, and if […]

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Review: Heaven and Hell by Kristen Ashley

July 5, 2012March 5, 2019 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Absolutely amazing! This was the first stand-alone book of KA’s that I’ve read, and it was a lot more emotionally intense than the other books of hers that I’ve read, […]

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Review: Sweet Gum Tree by Katherine Allred

June 19, 2012April 3, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 5 stars! Absolutely beautiful!!! Beautifully written and gut wrenchingly emotional, this is an absolutely beautiful romance between an idealistic young girl and her best friend from the wrong side of […]

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Review: Rock Chick Regret (Rock Chick, #7) by Kristen Ashley

June 11, 2012June 22, 2016 AJ Action

Buy: Kindle Ebook  | Paperback Review I pretty much gave this one 5 stars before I even opened it. I’m a huge fan of anything and everything Rock Chick and this book didn’t disappoint. However, like […]

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Review: Play it Safe by Kristen Ashley

June 9, 2012April 3, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Loved it! What an absolute swoon-fest!!! As much as I love all of Kristen Ashley’s Alphas, I think she has managed to create the perfect man in Grayson Cody who, apart from […]

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Review: Rock Chick Reckoning (Rock Chick, #6) by Kristen Ashley

June 8, 2012June 22, 2016 AJ Action

Buy: Kindle Ebook  | Paperback Review I absolutely adore this series! I could easily name seven hundred and twenty five thousand things that I adore about this series, but that will take too long, so I’ll […]

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Review: Rock Chick Revenge (Rock Chick #5) by Kristen Ashley

June 4, 2012January 29, 2017 AJ Action

Buy: Kindle Ebook  | Paperback Review “Swear to God, these boys should be locked up. It isn’t safe, men with that much testosterone coursing through their blood free to roam.” AMEN SISTER! 6 MASSIVE STARS!!! This […]

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Review: Take this Regret (The Regret Series, #1) by A.L. Jackson

May 23, 2012July 4, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Wow this was a great read! So deeply emotional, and so beautifully written at times I stopped breathing while reading it! From the synopsis, you think you will really hate […]

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Review: Bared to You (Crossfire, #1) by Sylvia Day

April 28, 2012March 8, 2017 AJ Billionaire

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review HOLY FREAKING INTENSITY!!!! This is the second time I’ve read this book, and I’ve gotta say I enjoyed it more the second time around. I think it overwhelmed me a […]

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Review: Wild Man (Dream Man, #2) by Kristen Ashley

April 20, 2012January 29, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review 4.5 So. Freaking. Functional (but still totally badass) stars My Dream Man series reread continues with book 2, and an absolutely fantastic romance that has become the one that I compare all others […]

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Review: Slammed (Slammed, #1) by Colleen Hoover

April 11, 2012January 3, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Wow, this little book just rocked my world! It’s one of those special books that holds you captive from the first moment, makes you fall in love, makes you […]

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Review: Effortless (Thoughtless, #2) by S.C. Stephens

March 13, 2012March 8, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Following on from the heart-wrenching ordeal of Thoughtless, right from the start of this one we find Keira and Kellan deliriously happy, functional and deeply in love. And it is […]

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Review: Fifty Shades Freed (Fifty Shades, #3) by E.L. James

February 6, 2012March 8, 2017 AJ Billionaire

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review A beautiful finish for this amazing couple! I was breathlessly anticipating the release Fifty Shades Freed, and was so excited when I finally got it that I wiped my entire […]

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Review: Flat-Out Love (Flat-Out Love, #1) by Jessica Park

January 24, 2012February 6, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review OMG this book is amazing!!! I finished it like, literally, 10 minutes ago, and I’ve been sitting up in my bed clutching it to my chest with a huge cheesy […]

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Review: Fifty Shades Darker (Fifty Shades, #2) by E.L. James

January 14, 2012March 8, 2017 AJ Billionaire

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review ABSOLUTELY SENSATIONAL! Having now read all three books in the series, I can confidently say that this is my favourite! This book just blew me away, even more than the […]

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Review: Thoughtless (Thoughtless, #1) by S.C. Stephens

January 9, 2012March 8, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review The ULTIMATE angsty, love triangle book. I have just finished my 3rd/4th (?) reread of this book, and I love it more every time. The story begins with Keira Allen […]

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