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Review: The Rules of Dating My Best Friend’s Sister (The Law of Opposites Attract, #2) by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward

April 22, 2023September 6, 2023 AJ Angsty

Buy: Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 3 stars Oh, this book! The second in the The Law of Opposites Attract series, it’s a brother’s-best-friend, friends-to-lovers […]

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Review: The Viper (Black Dagger Brotherhood: Prison Camp, #3) by J.R. Ward

April 18, 2023 AJ Action

Buy:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars! The third book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood: Prison Camp series, this is an exciting and intriguing paranormal read with a beautifully sweet romance. While technically this could stand alone, […]

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Review: The Newlyweds (Cake, #4) by J. Bengtsson

April 17, 2023April 17, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4 stars The fourth book in the Cake series, this is the second book for Jake and Casey, the couple from book #1, Cake, following their story beyond the happy ending we saw […]

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Review: The Blood We Crave: Part 1 (Hollow Boys, #3) by Monty Jay

April 15, 2023April 14, 2023 AJ Dark & Gritty

Buy:  Amazon Review 3 stars The third book in the Hollow Boys series, this is a dark, dramatic, psychologically twisted and confronting story of an emotionless psychopath, and the girl who is obsessed with him. Like […]

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Release & ARC Review: Made For Us (Made For, #3) by Natasha Madison

April 10, 2023April 10, 2023 AJ Drama

  From Wall Street Journal and USA TODAY bestselling author Natasha Madison comes a brand new stand-alone surprise pregnancy single dad sports romance A spin-off from the Only One series & This Is series   […]

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New Release & ARC Review: If This Is Love by Jewel E. Ann

April 6, 2023April 11, 2024 Mel Age Gap

If This Is Love by Jewel E. Ann is LIVE!   Released: April 6, 2023   Grab your copy today! Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide     Blurb He’s mine … don’t ever forget that. Milo […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Summer We Fell by Elizabeth O’Roark

April 6, 2023June 7, 2024 AJ Angsty

  The Summer We Fell by Elizabeth O’Roark is now live!  An angsty and dramatic second-chance-romance full of intrigue and emotion, this is a wild ride.   Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide   Blurb He was […]

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Review: Coen (Pittsburgh Titans, #4) by Sawyer Bennett

March 26, 2023March 23, 2023 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars! The fourth book in the Pittsburgh Titans series, this is an opposites attract, enemies-to-lovers, sports romance that is fun, sexy, and emotional, with a gorgeous love story, and I loved it! […]

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Audio Review: Rogue (Prep, #2) by Elle Kennedy

March 24, 2023March 22, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Apple  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  Google  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars I fell in mad love with the Prep series and its characters after reading the fabulous Misfit, and I have […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Games We Play (Iron Outlaws MC, #2) by S. Cole

March 17, 2023March 22, 2023 AJ Bikers

  The Games We Play by S. Cole is live! This is the second book in the Iron Outlaws MC series, and I am so in love with this book! A gritty MC romance with […]

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Review: The Tragedy of Felix and Jake by J. Daniels

March 14, 2023March 13, 2023 AJ Drama

  The Tragedy of Felix and Jake by J. Daniels is live, and it’s an amazing read!   I have so many feelings about this book. It’s so funny, so emotional, and so heartwrenching, and […]

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Review: A Glorious and Devilish Expanse (Witches of the Island, #3) by Katie McGarry

March 3, 2023March 2, 2023 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon Review 4.5 stars! The third and final book in the Witches of the Island series, this book delivers the epic ending that I was hoping for. From the moment I started this emotional urban […]

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Release & ARC Review: The New Guy by Sarina Bowen

February 28, 2023July 11, 2023 AJ Drama

  The New Guy is live! A new male / male hockey romance from 24-time USA Today bestseller Sarina Bowen! Full of heart, humour, emotion, epic chemistry and heat, the longing-kind-of-angst that I love in […]

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Release, ARC Review & Giveaway: Blanket of Stars (Camp Bexley, #4) by K.K. Allen

February 24, 2023February 24, 2023 AJ Drama

  Blanket of Stars by K.K. Allen is live! The fourth and final book of the Camp Bexley series is the story of youngest Bexley brother, Cayson, and wow, what a romantic hero! He absolutely […]

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Release & ARC Review: Only You (The Adair Family, #5) by Samantha Young

February 21, 2023February 21, 2023 AJ Drama

  Only You by Samantha Young is live! The fifth and final book in the Adair Family series, this is a heartwrenching friends-to-lovers, almost-second-chance romance that really brings the feels, as movie star Brodan Adair […]

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Review: Bittersweet Melody (The Bittersweet Symphony Duet, #2.5) by Kate Stewart

February 19, 2023 AJ Drama

Available free when you sign up for the author’s newsletter Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 4 stars Kate Stewart has released a bonus epilogue to the Bittersweet Symphony duet, a little bit more Easton and […]

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Release & ARC Review: Made For You (Made for #2) by Natasha Madison

February 14, 2023February 14, 2023 AJ Drama

  From Wall Street Journal and USA TODAY bestselling author Natasha Madison comes a brand new stand-alone enemies-to-lovers grumpy/sunshine sports romance. A spin-off from the Only One series   Amazon  |  Books2Read   Blurb Vivienne […]

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Review: If the Sun Never Sets (If Love, #2) by Ana Huang

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 3 stars Before spoilers for the first book in the series – If We Ever Meet Again. The second book in the If Love series, and the final part of Blake and Farrah’s […]

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Audio Review: Cake (Cake, #1) by J. Bengtsson

February 7, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars! This book has been on my TBR for the longest time, and I’m so happy that I finally dove in! It’s a fantastic rock star romance that starts off as a […]

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Review: If We Ever Meet Again (If Love, #1) by Ana Huang

February 5, 2023 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 3.5 stars! I am a big fan of Ana Huang’s work, and am trying to make my way through her back-catalogue, so I was so excited to dive into this series, bringing […]

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Release & ARC Review: Whispers of You (Lost & Found, #1) by Catherine Cowles

January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 AJ Drama

  Whispers of You is live! The start of a new series from Catherine Cowles, this is a beautifully romantic and swoony second chance/forced proximity romance with a feisty heroine, a damaged hero desperate to […]

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Release & ARC Review: Letting Go at 40 (Lakeside Cottage, #4) by L.B. Dunbar

January 26, 2023January 25, 2023 AJ Angsty

  Letting Go at 40 by L.B. Dunbar is live! The fourth and final book in the Lakeside Cottage series, this is the long-awaited story for Anna and Mason. A love-after-loss, unrequited love, friends-to-lovers romance, […]

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Review: Heart of Stone (Camp Bexley, #3) by K.K. Allen

January 21, 2023January 23, 2023 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon Review 4.5 stars! The third book in the Camp Bexley series, this is the story of troubled, mostly absent brother, Benson. It’s an emotional and sexy romance with beautifully written character development, and I […]

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Review: Loving at 40 (Lakeside Cottage, #3) by L.B. Dunbar

January 14, 2023January 14, 2023 AJ Brother/Best Friend

Buy:  Amazon Review 4.5 stars! The third book in the Lakeside Cottage series, this is a gorgeously emotional romance for a widowed single mother, and a complex hero with a secretive life. It’s a beautiful […]

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Release & ARC Review: Until August (Love and Chaos, #3) by Emery Rose

January 6, 2023January 6, 2023 AJ Drama

  UNTIL AUGUST by Emery Rose is live! A standalone story in the Love and Chaos world, this book brings all the feels. A second chance at love story for two lost and broken souls […]

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