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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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Release & ARC Review: Coach (Treasure State Wildcats, #1) by Devney Perry

April 6, 2023April 6, 2023 AJ Forbidden

  Coach by Devney Perry is live and it’s a 5-star read! Oh, I love this book! A single dad sports romance, almost-second-chance, friends to lovers romance, it’s chock-full of some of my favourite tropes, […]

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Release & ARC Review: Duke: Faking the Play (Boston Tomcats, #3) by Kayley Loring & Connor Crais

March 30, 2023March 29, 2023 AJ Celebrities

  Duke: Faking the Play by Kayley Loring and Connor Crais is live! An opposites attract, celebrity/sports fake romance that is funny and sexy, with epic banter and chemistry, and a gorgeously heartfelt romance. It’s […]

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Review: Play Fake (Plays & Penalties, 1) by Maggie Rawdon

March 20, 2023 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 2.5 stars The first book in the Plays & Penalties series, this is an enemies-to-lovers, college sports romance that is a well-written debut, but that frustrated me no end with the characters’ inability […]

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Release & ARC Review: He’s a Charmer (San Francisco Strikers, #3) by Stacy Travis

March 15, 2023 AJ Brother/Best Friend

  He’s a Charmer by Stacy Travis is live! This is a really sweet read! A forced proximity, brother’s-best-friend, sports romance that is fun and heartfelt with an honest, emotional and chemistry-filled love story.   […]

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Review: Pregame (Plays & Penalties, #0.5) by Maggie Rawdon

March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

Available:  Free on Author’s Website Review 3 stars This is a prequel novella to the Plays & Penalties series – specifically for the first book, Play Fake, showing us the very first meeting of book […]

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Release & ARC Review: Reverse Pass (Plays & Penalties, #4) by Maggie Rawdon

March 2, 2023April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  Reverse Pass by Maggie Rawdon is live! A best-friend’s-brother, friends-to-lovers, NA sports romance that is fun, playful and sexy, with fantastic characters and a love story that stole my heart! I love this one! […]

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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: 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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Release & ARC Review: How to Lose at Love (Campus Legends, #1) by Sara Ney

January 19, 2023September 15, 2023 AJ Fake Relationship

  How to Lose at Love by Sara Ney is live! A college sports, fake relationship, enemies-to-friends-to-lovers romance that is fun, heartfelt and laugh-out-loud funny. With a strong and feisty heroine and an adorably clueless, […]

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ARC Review: Worth the Risk (Lake Spark, #1) by Evey Lyon

January 10, 2023April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  WORTH THE RISK by Evey Lyon is live!! A swoony and beautifully romantic age-gap sports romance with a slightly forbidden twist, this is a gorgeous read that is both sexy and sweet, and I […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: He’s A Player (San Francisco Strikers, #2) by Stacy Travis

November 16, 2022January 15, 2023 AJ Fake Relationship

  The last time I saw Tim Cheltenham, he was an eighteen-year-old soccer hottie with an irresistible English accent, a painfully gorgeous face, and an enormous . . . ego.   He’s A Player, a spicy […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Princess and the Player (Strangers in Love, #2) by Ilsa Madden-Mills

November 8, 2022November 9, 2022 Mel Book News

Can this tormented prince accept love, or will he push his princess away forever?     Princess and the Player, an all-new neighbors-to-lovers romance featuring an NFL football player and a masquerade ball from Wall […]

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New Release & ARC Revew: Two A Day (The Dating Games, #2) by Lauren Blakely

November 8, 2022January 23, 2023 Mel Forbidden

TWO A DAY from #1 NYT bestselling author Lauren Blakely is LIVE! Don’t miss this all-new sexy, MF forbidden sports romance TODAY!!   AVAILABLE NOW! Amazon  |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google  | […]

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Review: Gage (Pittsburgh Titans, #3) by Sawyer Bennett

November 4, 2022November 5, 2022 AJ Romance

Buy:  Amazon Review 3 stars Book #3 in the Pittsburgh Titans series, this is a sweet, heartfelt, and angst-free romance for NHL veteran, Gage Heyward. Gage came out of retirement to help the Pittsburgh Titans NHL […]

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Review: The Marriage Effect (Washington Wolves, #3) by Karla Sorensen

October 23, 2022October 23, 2022 AJ Fake Relationship

Buy:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars This is such a cute read! Chock full of fun tropes, this is a grumpy/sunshine, marriage of convenience, single parent, sports romance that is fun and heartfelt, and full of […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Quarterback Sneak (Red Zone Rivals, #3) by Kandi Steiner

October 19, 2022January 30, 2023 Mel Book News

  Quarterback Sneak is LIVE!   Released: October 19, 2022   Grab your copy today! Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide   Blurb Quarterback Holden Moore can have any girl he wants. Except me: the coach’s daughter. With […]

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Release & ARC Review: A Little Too Wild (Madigan Mountain, #3) by Devney Perry

October 16, 2022 AJ Brother/Best Friend

  A Little Too Wild by Devney Perry is live! A fantastically entertaining, passionate and romantic story that combines brother’s-best-friend, it-started-with-a-hookup, small-town and sports romance. I adored these characters, I loved their story, and this […]

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Review: Forbidden (Ward Sisters, #4) by Karla Sorensen

October 9, 2022April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars! The fourth and final book of the Ward Sisters series, this is a forbidden-ish age-gap romance between a single dad and widower who is an ex-MMA fighter, and the girl who […]

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Review: Floored (Ward Sisters, #3) by Karla Sorensen

October 2, 2022 AJ Romance

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 3.5 stars The third standalone in the Ward Sisters series, this is a surprise pregnancy sports romance for Lia, and it’s such a sweet read. Lia Ward is living the dream, spending a […]

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Release & ARC Review: Dash: Rushing the Play (Boston Tomcats, #2) by Kayley Loring & Connor Crais

September 15, 2022September 14, 2022 AJ LOL Funny

  Dash: Rushing the Play The second book in the Boston Tomcats series by Kayley Loring & Connor Crais is live!   Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU Free in […]

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Review: Focused (Ward Sisters, #1) by Karla Sorensen

September 12, 2022October 23, 2022 AJ Forbidden

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 3.5 stars This is a really sweet read. A grumpy/sunshine, forbidden, sports romance between two characters with a murky past, suddenly forced back together. Molly and Logan’s love story is gorgeously emotional, and […]

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Review: Blind Side (Red Zone Rivals, #2) by Kandi Steiner

August 14, 2022January 30, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 4.5 sweet, fun, tropey stars! I love this book! A fake-dating, lessons-in-seduction, friends-to-lovers college sports romance that is fun, sexy, and gorgeously emotional. It made me laugh and made me […]

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Release & ARC Review: Love Lessons (Brooklyn Hockey, #7) by Sarina Bowen

July 12, 2022November 4, 2024 AJ LOL Funny

  Love Lessons by Sarina Bowen is live! A no-strings, lessons-in-seduction sports romance with an irresistible hero, a relatable heroine and a stunning Italian backdrop, this book was the perfect reading escape, and I loved […]

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Release & ARC Review: Ever Mine (Honey Mountain, #2) by Laura Pavlov

June 23, 2022 AJ Romance

  Ever Mine, the second book in the Honey Mountain series by Laura Pavlov, is live! A second-chance sports romance that is fun and emotional, with great chemistry and lots of feels, and I loved […]

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