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Release, Excerpt & ARC Review: Hidden Waters (Tattered & Torn, #3) by Catherine Cowles

June 22, 2022August 29, 2025 AJ Age Gap

“Everything amazing about a small town romance…family, secrets, old wounds, unforgettable connections, plus the sweetest love story that had my heart soaring. An absolute must read! Addie and Beckett were magic together!” – A.L. Jackson […]

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Review: We Were Something (Hermosa Beach, #4) by Jillian Liota

June 21, 2022April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU B&N  |  Kobo  |  Apple  |  Books2Read  |  Paperback   Blurb Logan Becker came out of nowhere. After a disastrous first meeting, the handsome […]

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Review: Give My Everything (Hermosa Beach, #3) by Jillian Liota

June 21, 2022June 21, 2022 AJ Drama

Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU B&N  |  Kobo  |  Apple  |  Books2Read  |  Paperback   Blurb Ben Calloway is my new fiancé. When he suggests we get married, I […]

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Review: Be Your Anything (Hermosa Beach, #2) by Jillian Liota

June 21, 2022June 21, 2022 AJ Angsty

Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU B&N  |  Kobo  |  Apple  |  Books2Read  |  Paperback   Blurb Lennon Day is a problem. She was supposed to be a one-time diversion, […]

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Review: Promise Me Nothing (Hermosa Beach, #1) by Jillian Liota

June 21, 2022June 21, 2022 AJ Drama

  FREE ON ALL PLATFORMS! Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU B&N  |  Kobo  |  Apple  |  Books2Read  |  Paperback   Blurb Wyatt Calloway isn’t a good idea.  I didn’t […]

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Release & ARC Review: Help Me Remember (Rose Canyon, #1) by Corinne Michaels

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 AJ Brother/Best Friend

    Help Me Remember, the first book in the Rose Canyon series by Corinne Michaels, is live!   A woman desperate to get her memory back, and her brother’s best friend who is desperate […]

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Release & ARC Review: When Wrecked Meets Ruined (Lost Stars, #4) by Emery Rose

June 9, 2022August 29, 2025 AJ Angsty

  When Wrecked Meets Ruined by Emery Rose is live, and it’s a fave for 2022! This book had my heart pounding, and delivered all the feels from start to finish. I was captivated by […]

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Review: Stone (Pittsburgh Titans, #2) by Sawyer Bennett

June 4, 2022June 4, 2022 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars! The second book in the Pittsburgh Titans series, this is a sweet and gorgeously emotional story about loss, grief and healing, with a beautifully functional romance. I loved it. This series […]

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Release & ARC Review: Timeshare Boyfriend by M.K. Hale

June 3, 2022June 3, 2022 AJ Angsty

  Timeshare Boyfriend by M.K. Hale is live! A fun, angsty and emotional coming of age story for two childhood friends who become enemies who become friends and then lovers, over the course of two […]

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Review: Maybe Now (Maybe, #2) by Colleen Hoover

May 28, 2022 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 3.5 stars This book is like an extended epilogue for both Maybe Someday and the spin-off novella, Maybe Not. It continues the story of Ridge and Sydney right at the point […]

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Release & ARC Review: Unwanted (The Unlucky Ones, #1) by Marley Valentine

May 21, 2022May 21, 2022 AJ Drama

  Unwanted, a m/m second-chance romance, by Marley Valentine is live! Buy on Amazon Free in KU   Blurb Two halves of a whole, Arlo Bishop and I were both unwanted kids brought together by […]

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Release & ARC Review: Love You Like That (Excess All Areas, #4) by Scarlett Cole

May 17, 2022July 22, 2022 AJ Drama

  Love You Like That by Scarlett Cole is now live! An emotional, heartfelt, passionate and functional friends-to-lovers rockstar romance with all the feels! Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Apple  |  Kobo  |  Nook  […]

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Release & ARC Review: Heart of Silk and Shadows (Fae Isles, #0.5) by Lisette Marshall

May 2, 2022May 2, 2022 AJ Drama

  Heart of Silk and Shadows, the prequel novel to an all-new fantasy series by Lisette Marshall is now live, and is my newest fantasy obsession! Buy now – Amazon   Blurb Stealing from a […]

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Retro Review: Sacrifice by Adriana Locke

April 30, 2022April 30, 2022 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 3.5 stars A young widow with a 4-year-old daughter struggling to get by, and her ex-fighter brother-in-law who was her first love, and who loves her still. It’s […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: Reason to Believe (Legacy, #1) by Rebecca Yarros

April 27, 2022August 7, 2024 AJ Angsty

  Reason to Believe by Rebecca Yarros is live! This is the first full-length novel in the Legacy series, a beautiful, emotional friends-to-lovers romance that had me smiling, crying, and falling in mad love with […]

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Release & ARC Review: Always You (The Adair Family, #3) by Samantha Young

April 26, 2022April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  Always You by Samantha Young is live! This is the third book in the Adair Family series, a forbidden-ish, brother’s best friend, friends-to-lovers, age gap romance that is full of drama, emotion and stunningly gorgeous […]

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Audio Review: Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1) by Abby Jimenez

April 24, 2022November 22, 2025 AJ Age Gap

Buy:  Amazon Blurb The New York Times bestselling author of Life’s Too Short delivers a refreshingly modern fairy tale perfect for fans of Casey McQuiston and Emily Henry. After a wild bet, gourmet grilled-cheese sandwich, and cuddle with […]

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Review: Nightshade (Nightshade Duology, #1) by Keri Lake

April 17, 2022April 17, 2022 AJ Dark & Gritty

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Blurb A love so forbidden, it would shake the heavens My father called them messengers. He once told me they walked among us, and that somewhere in this dark and godless […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: Falling Embers (Tattered & Torn, #2) by Catherine Cowles

April 13, 2022August 28, 2025 AJ Brother/Best Friend

“A top must read for 2022” —Samantha Young, New York Times bestselling author   Falling Embers, an all-new must read moving romance from Catherine Cowles, is available now! A friends-to-lovers, brother’s-best-friend, single dad romance with family drama, […]

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Release & ARC Review: Royally Remembered (A Royally Series Companion Novella) by Emma Chase

April 12, 2022April 11, 2022 AJ Drama

  Royally Remembered – A Royally Series Companion Novella by Emma Chase is now LIVE!   Amazon  |  Apple  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |    Paperback   Blurb The lives of the […]

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Review: Sure (Sandalwood, #1) by Jillian Liota

April 1, 2022 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon |  Paperback Review 4 stars This is a gorgeously emotional romance. A single dad/nanny love story that is sweet and slow burning, and I loved it. Colton’s life has just fallen apart. He has […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Difference Between Someday and Forever (The Difference Trilogy, #3) by Aly Martinez

March 24, 2022August 29, 2025 AJ Drama

The Difference Between Someday and Forever, the much anticipated and stunning conclusion to The Difference Trilogy from USA Today bestselling author Aly Martinez is now live!    Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide   Blurb The world took […]

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Release & ARC Review: The War of Two Queens (Blood and Ash, #4) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

March 15, 2022March 15, 2022 AJ Action

  It’s here!  The latest instalment in the best-selling Blood and Ash series, The War of Two Queens by Jennifer L. Armentrout, is live!   Amazon  |  Apple Books  |  Kobo  |  Nook  |  Google […]

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Release & ARC Review: Wishes & Wings (The Birdsong Trilogy, #3) by Nina Lane

March 15, 2022March 15, 2022 AJ Drama

  Wishes & Wings, the heartpounding finish to The Birdsong Trilogy by Nina Lane is live! This series is an epic story of forbidden love, an angsty, dramatic, swoony and emotional romance that captured my […]

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ARC Review: Queen of Shadow and Ash (Seven Kings of Jinn, #3) by S. Young

March 14, 2022March 14, 2022 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon |  Paperback Review 3.5 stars The third book in Samantha Young’s Seven Kings of Jinn series, this book was originally published as Borrowed Ember (Fire Spirits, #3), but like the others in the series, […]

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