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Blog Tour: Team Player: A Sports Anthology

December 22, 2017April 11, 2024 Mel Age Gap

  Eleven authors. Eleven Novellas. This is one thick . . . book. Christmas just became a whole lot merrier… TEAM PLAYER, A Sports Anthology featuring titles by LJ Shen, Kennedy Ryan, Adriana Locke, Mandi Beck, Emma […]

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Review: Bountiful (True North, #4) by Sarina Bowen

December 12, 2017September 27, 2023 AJ Romance

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 stars! I loved this book. A gorgeous second-chance-romance between a prickly single mother who doesn’t really believe in love, and the sweet, funny and sinfully sexy NHL player […]

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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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Audiobook Review: The Learning Hours (How to Date a Douchebag, #3) by Sara Ney

November 2, 2017October 25, 2017 AJ Audio Recommendation

  Amazon US   |  Amazon UK  |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo   Synopsis He’s not a douchebag; but that doesn’t stop his friends from turning him into one. MY FRIENDS WANT ME TO GET […]

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Review: The Failing Hours (How to Date a Douchebag, #2) by Sara Ney

October 29, 2017October 24, 2017 AJ New Adult

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars! Two books in and this series is already developing into a favourite! With smart, addictive writing that is hilarious and lots of fun, yet deep and emotional […]

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The Studying Hours

Review: The Studying Hours (How to Date a Douchebag, #1) by Sara Ney

October 24, 2017January 18, 2020 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Brace yourself … I’m going to date the shit out of you.” So much win, I love this book! 4.5 stars This is such a great read! A sports […]

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Blog Tour, ARC Review & Excerpt: Holding Onto Forever (The Beaumont Series – Next Generation, #1) by Heidi McLaughlin

October 16, 2017April 10, 2018 AJ Drama

  Amazon US  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon AU  |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo   Synopsis The road for Noah Westbury has been carved out for him, long before he knew […]

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ARC Review: Bad Reputation (Bad Boys of Sports, #1) by Nicole Edwards

September 28, 2017October 1, 2017 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review 4 fun, sexy, friends-to-lovers stars I really enjoyed this book! It’s fun, funny and seriously sexy with a bad-boy NHL player that you can’t help but love, and a gorgeous best-friends-to-lovers […]

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Review: Fighting Fate (Fighting, #6) by J.B. Salsbury

September 7, 2017September 29, 2018 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 angsty, emotional stars The long-anticipated book for Killian and Axelle! We knew it was coming, the anticipation has been building, and the scene has been set for an […]

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Review: Fighting For Forever (Fighting, #5) by J.B. Salsbury

September 6, 2017September 29, 2018 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 stars! Another great read from J.B. Salsbury , the fifth in her Fighting series as Baywatch finally gets his HEA. Mason is originally from California and moved to […]

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Review: A Father’s Fight (Fighting, #4.5) by J.B. Salsbury

September 6, 2017September 29, 2018 AJ Novella

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review  “I’d walk through hell and back if it meant the rest of the life with you.” 4 ‘Happily Ever After’ stars! I loved this novella. Essentially an epilogue to […]

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Review: Fighting the Fall (Fighting, #4) by J.B. Salsbury

September 3, 2017September 29, 2018 AJ Romance

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 stars! The fourth book in the Fighting series brings us the story of UFL CEO, Cameron Kyle, and OMG, it’s a heartbreaker! Cam’s backstory is revealed early on […]

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Blog Tour, ARC Review & Excerpt: Something So Perfect (Something So, #2) by Natasha Madison

August 3, 2017September 16, 2020 AJ LOL Funny

  Amazon  |  iBooks  |  Nook  |  Koko   Synopsis Matthew Drafted first round pick when I was seventeen, playing first line at eighteen, branded NHL’s bad boy at nineteen. At twenty-three I was cut […]

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Review: Fighting to Forgive (Fighting, #2) by J.B. Salsbury

July 23, 2017September 29, 2018 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Everyone needs someone fighting in their corner 4 stars! A beautifully romantic story with one of my favourite tropes – cocky manwhore and a single mother.  This book wasn’t […]

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Review: Fighting for Flight (Fighting, #1) by J.B. Salsbury

July 13, 2017September 29, 2018 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Fighting gave me my breath, but you brought me back to life.” 4 intense and swoony stars This book has been on my TBR since it was released years […]

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The Catch

New Release & ARC Review: The Catch (The Player Duet, #2) by K. Bromberg

June 29, 2017June 24, 2017 Mel Angsty

  The Catch (The Player Duet, #2) by K. Bromberg Released June 29, 2017 Available Now! Amazon | iBooks | B&N | Kobo | Paperback Blurb After an unexpected twist of fate, All-Star catcher Easton Wylder is left questioning the loyalty […]

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ARC Review: Until it Fades by K.A. Tucker

June 26, 2017June 26, 2017 AJ Romance

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars! Love, love, loved it! A sweet and romantic slow burner with no angst, and a couple that you can’t help but root for. I loved every moment […]

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ARC Review: Stay (WAGs, #2) by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy

June 20, 2017June 20, 2017 AJ LOL Funny

Buy:   Kindle Ebook Review “The best things in life are the ones you don’t expect.” I loved it! 4.5 stars! There’s something special about Elle Kennedy and Sarina Bowen together, and in this book they […]

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Release Blitz & ARC Review: The Last Guy by Ilsa Madden-Mills & Tia Louise

June 12, 2017June 12, 2017 Mel LOL Funny

  One Uptight Reporter. One Ex-NFL Star. Too Much Fireball. The Last Guy is a new standalone romance from Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author Ilsa Madden-Mills & International Selling author Tia Louise.   ONLY $0.99 […]

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Review: Something So Right by Natasha Madison

April 2, 2017September 14, 2020 AJ Romance

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 beautifully romantic and SUPER steamy stars! I’ve read and enjoyed all of Natasha Madison’s other books, so I figured I would go back and see where it all […]

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New Release, ARC Review & Giveaway: A Boy Like You (Like Us, #1) by Ginger Scott

March 3, 2017April 25, 2017 AJ Drama

  A BOY LIKE YOU by Ginger Scott YA Contemporary Romance Buy:  Amazon |  iBooks  |  Barnes and Noble  |  Kobo Add to Goodreads   Blurb They say everyone’s a superhero to someone. I’m not sure who […]

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ARC Review: Good Boy (WAGs, #1) by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy

January 29, 2017January 28, 2017 AJ LOL Funny

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 Cheezus! stars This book is so much fun! Sexy, romantic and laugh-out-loud funny, I read with a big smile on my face, reveling in the hilariousness of the […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Downed (Gridiron, #3) by Jen Frederick

December 7, 2016October 3, 2017 Mel Book News

Downed (Gridiron, #3) by Jen Frederick NOW LIVE!! Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA Blurb He’s the guy no one likes… Despite winning two national championships, JR “Ace” Anderson was sent packing from his old school […]

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ARC Review, Excerpt & Giveaway: Hit the Spot (Dirty Deeds, #2) by J. Daniels

December 5, 2016December 17, 2016 AJ Romance

  Buy:  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Audible  |  B&N  |  iBooks  |  Nook  |  Kobo Blurb Is this love or just a game? Tori Rivera thinks Jamie McCade is rude, arrogant, and worst […]

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Review: Us (Him, #2) by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy

December 2, 2016January 12, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “It’s us. And it’s perfect.” 4.5 stars! This book is the continuation of the love story between Ryan Wesley and Jamie Canning that began in Him. While the first […]

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