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Celebrities

Release Blitz, ARC Review & Excerpt: Kiss Kiss Bang (Iron Clad Security, #3) by Sidney Halston

December 5, 2017December 5, 2017 AJ Celebrities

  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon AU  |  Amazon CA B&N  |  iTunes  |  Kobo   Synopsis Six-foot-two and ripped…with superior computer skills, Josef “Joey” Clad is not your typical ex-Marine. The co-owner […]

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Wardrobe Malfunction

Review: Wardrobe Malfunction by Samantha Towle

November 25, 2017 AJ Celebrities

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 fun, sexy, hilarious stars! I loved this book! After the 5-star wonder that was Breaking Hollywood, I was so impressed with Samantha Towle’s romantic comedy writing that I […]

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Release Blitz & ARC Review: Brock (Las Vegas Sidewinders, #7) by Kat Mizera

November 20, 2017 AJ Celebrities

BROCK by Kat Mizera is NOW AVAILABLE! Grab this standalone hockey romance now!     Amazon  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  iBooks   Synopsis Brock Lassiter has it all: good looks, good health, and the […]

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Review: After All by Karina Halle

November 6, 2017November 6, 2017 AJ Celebrities

Buy:  Amazon  |  Nook  |  iBooks  Review 4 stars! A romantic and super-steamy celebrity romance that is enemies-to-lovers with a fake relationship set-up. So many of my favourite tropes in the one book, and all […]

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Review: Rewritten (Bound, #7) by Bronwyn Green

November 4, 2017November 4, 2017 AJ Celebrities

Buy:    Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “We’re the ones writing this story. We’re in charge of how it ends. And I fucking love you enough to rewrite it until we get it right.” 4.5 […]

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Audio Tour, ARC Review & Excerpt: Sweet Talk by S.L. Scott

October 18, 2017August 29, 2025 AJ Celebrities

Sweet Talk by S.L. Scott Audio Tour “No beginning. No end. Only one. Us together”   Audible US  |  Audible CA  |  Audible UK  |  Audible AUS Amazon US  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon UK  […]

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Breaking Hollywood

ARC Review: Breaking Hollywood by Samantha Towle

October 3, 2017October 3, 2017 AJ Celebrities

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “I licked them, so they’re mine.” 5 Astro-fucking-nomical stars!!! OMG, this is such an awesome read! Laugh-out-loud funny, characters that you can’t help but love from the moment you […]

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Review: We Own Tonight (Second Time Around, #1) by Corinne Michaels

September 30, 2017October 30, 2019 AJ Celebrities

Buy:  Amazon  |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  Paperback Review 4 “Once in a Lifetime” stars! This is such a gorgeous love story – a true fairytale romance between a woman […]

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ARC Review: Delirious (Quantum, #6) by M.S. Force

September 15, 2017August 14, 2018 AJ Celebrities

  Amazon US |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon AU iBooks  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  Google  |  B&N  |  Paperback Order a signed copy from Marie’s Store Blurb As one of Hollywood’s […]

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Release Blitz & ARC Review: Last First Kiss (Iron Clad Security, #2) by Sidney Halston

August 29, 2017 AJ Celebrities

  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  B&N  |  iTunes  |  Kobo  |  Paperback   Synopsis He’s an A-list Hollywood heartthrob. She’s trying to prove herself in a man’s world. For this female bodyguard, protecting […]

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Review: Damaged Like Us (Like Us, #1) by Krista & Becca Ritchie

July 2, 2017July 2, 2017 AJ Celebrities

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review I. LOVE. THIS BOOK! I love it HARD! 5 huge stars! The Ritchie twins have once again given the fans what we want, and have brought us back into […]

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When It's Real

ARC Review: When It’s Real by Erin Watt

May 28, 2017May 28, 2017 AJ Celebrities

Buy:  Amazon | Hardcover | Audio Synopsis Wealth, fame and a real-life romance she never expected—seventeen-year-old Vaughn Bennett lands it all when she agrees to become a pop star’s fake girlfriend in this smart, utterly addictive novel […]

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Promo, Review & Excerpt: Sweet Cheeks by K. Bromberg

November 23, 2016March 5, 2017 AJ Book News

  An all new second chance love story by the New York Times Bestselling author of the Driven series. Sweet Cheeks by K. Bromberg is NOW LIVE! Amazon US | Amazon UK | iBooks |B&N |Kobo Paperback | Audible Blurb […]

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Review: To Hate Adam Connor by Ella Maise

November 2, 2016August 22, 2017 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review I loved it! 4.5 stars!! I loved this book! A fun, sexy and heartfelt enemies-to-lovers romance between a hot, Hollywood superstar and his pervy neighbour that has sworn off […]

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Review: Dirty Love (Dirty Girl Duet, #2) by Meghan March

October 29, 2016March 13, 2017 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 3.5 filthy stars This book picks up right where Dirty Girl left off with that devastating cliffy. Greer Karas had rekindled her relationship with the one man she always […]

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Review: Dirty Girl (Dirty Girl Duet, #1) by Meghan March

October 29, 2016April 15, 2017 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 3.5 dirty, dirty stars Holy hot damn. Ladies, hold on to your ovaries! Meghan March writes wonderfully steamy stories, but she’s outdone herself with this one and it absolutely […]

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Review: Ravenous (Quantum, #5) by M.S. Force

August 30, 2016August 30, 2017 AJ Celebrities

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars! SO SWEET SO FUNNY SO FREAKING HOT! SOOOO FREAKING SWOONY! Such a fantastic read, I loved it! This is book 5 in the Quantum series, but as […]

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Review: Dirty Together (Dirty Billionaire, #3) by Meghan March

August 4, 2016March 13, 2017 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “When did things change? When did this go from being a whim to being…everything?” 3.5 highly satisfying stars! After the hideously irritating ending to the last book, Dirty Pleasures, […]

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Review: Dirty Pleasures (Dirty Billionaire, #2) by Meghan March

August 4, 2016March 13, 2017 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review My thoughts after finishing this book: 1. Damn, this book is hot! 2. Creighton – you’ve a sex-crazed, possessive caveman of epic proportions, yet I adore you 3. Holly […]

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Review: Dirty Billionaire (Dirty Billionaire, #1) by Meghan March

August 4, 2016March 13, 2017 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 3.5 smut-tastic stars! I’m a sucker for a billionaire story. Add in a marriage of convenience, a strong-yet-naive heroine, a controlling alpha hero and a whole heap of steamy […]

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Review: To Love Jason Thorn by Ella Maise

June 14, 2016August 22, 2017 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “My dream boy. My childhood crush. My first love. My only love. And now my pretend husband. “ 4 sweet, sexy and romantic stars This is such a great […]

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ARC Review: Good Girl by Lauren Layne

May 17, 2016May 8, 2016 AJ Celebrities

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review 4 stars! I have loved Lauren Layne’s previous books and was so excited to dive into this one, and once again she has given us a sweet and sexy love story […]

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Player and the Pixie

Review: The Player and the Pixie (Rugby, #2) by L.H. Cosway and Penny Reid

May 10, 2016November 29, 2017 Mel Celebrities

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 5 “Sean + Lucy = Spectacular” stars! “You have this incredible way of showing me new ways to look at things, do you know that, Lucy Fitzpatrick?” The Player […]

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Bounty

Review: Bounty (Colorado Mountain, #7) by Kristen Ashley

April 29, 2016January 29, 2017 AJ Celebrities

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars What else can I say about KA that I haven’t said before? Pretty much, nothing. The woman is amazing, and has proven that she can write anything, […]

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Review: One With You (Crossfire, #5) by Sylvia Day

April 12, 2016March 8, 2017 AJ Billionaire

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Always Mine. Forever Yours.” 3 sadly underwhelmed stars Finally! The finale to the Crossfire series. I’ve been a fan of this series since Bared to You was first released, […]

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