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Release Blitz & ARC Review: The Bet (Winslow Brothers, #1) by Max Monroe

July 17, 2021August 29, 2025 Mel Book News

THE BET, an all new hilarious opposites attract rom com from New York Times bestselling author Max Monroe is LIVE! Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide   Blurb When it comes to life’s fun and games, always […]

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ARC Review: Funny Business (Brodie Brothers, #1) by Kayley Loring

July 16, 2021July 16, 2021 AJ Celebrities

Funny Business is live! Funny, sweet and snarky with a gorgeous romance, it’s a sort-of-enemies-to-lovers/celebrity/single-dad/nanny romance, and I loved it.   Amazon US  |  Amazon Universal Audiobook will release on August 5th. MULTICAST DUET NARRATION! Narrated […]

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Audio ARC Review: The Stand-In by Lily Chu

July 14, 2021May 5, 2022 AJ Audio Recommendation

The Stand-In by Lily Chu An Audible Original – now live in ebook and paperback!     Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio   Blurb HOW TO UPEND YOUR LIFE: Get fired by gross, handsy boss […]

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ARC Review: Just Folking Around (Good Folk, #0.5) by Penny Reid

July 1, 2021July 5, 2021 Mel LOL Funny

Just Folking Around (Good Folk, #0.5) by Penny Reid   Released – 1 July 2021   Grab it today! Amazon     Review 4.5 stars! Just Folking Around is such a fantastic set up the […]

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New Release & ARC Review: The Next Mrs. Russo by Jana Aston

June 22, 2021June 23, 2021 Mel Book News

  The Next Mrs. Russo by Jana Aston   Released – 22 June 2021   Grab it today! Amazon  |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo     Blurb I was not looking for a date. […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Broody Billionaire: The Wes Lancaster Collection by Max Monroe

June 19, 2021August 29, 2025 Mel Book News

Meet the broodiest billionaire of all time in one sexy, steamy, downright hilarious, and binge-worthy romantic comedy collection (all for the price of one novella, too!)   Broody Billionaire, an all new epic broody and steamy […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Friends With Benedicts: A Small Town Romantic Comedy by Staci Hart

June 8, 2021June 9, 2021 Mel Book News

Friends With Benedicts: A Small Town Romantic Comedy by Staci Hart   Released – 8 June 2021   Grab it today! Amazon |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo     Blurb Timing is everything. Presley Hale […]

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Release Blitz & ARC Review: Grumpy Cowboy (Single Dad Collection, #3) by Max Monroe

May 22, 2021August 29, 2025 Mel Book News

Grumpy Cowboy, an all new hilarious city girl meets cowboy laugh out loud rom com from New York Times bestselling author Max Monroe is LIVE!   Buy it today! Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide   Blurb ATTENTION: If […]

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Release & ARC Review: So Not My Type (So Far, So Good, #4) by Amelia Kingston

May 18, 2021April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

So Not My Type by Amelia Kingston is live! This is a fun and quirky read. A super entertaining opposites-attract romance with a lot of heart that made me laugh out loud!    Amazon  |  […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: Good to Be Bad (Good Love, #3) by Lauren Blakely and Lili Valente

May 13, 2021May 23, 2021 Mel Book News

GOOD TO BE BAD, a rivals-to-lovers, sexy standalone romance in the Good Love series from bestselling authors Lauren Blakely and  Lili Valente is AVAILABLE NOW!! Get ready to fall hard for this swoony Brit and […]

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ARC Review: Charming Billionaire: The Thatcher Kelly Collection by Max Monroe

April 25, 2021June 18, 2021 Mel Billionaire

Charming Billionaire, an all-new swoon-worthy romantic comedy collection of Banking the Billionaire, Banking Her, and the all new novella, Crazy Fluffing Love from New York Times bestselling author Max Monroe is available now!   Grab your copy […]

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New Release & ARC Review: The Virgin Rule Book (Rules of Love, #1) by Lauren Blakely

April 16, 2021April 20, 2021 Mel Book News

THE VIRGIN RULE BOOK, a sexy, friends-to-lovers standalone sports romance from #1New York Times bestseller Lauren Blakely, is AVAILABLE NOW!   Things you don’t want to miss:  ✔️ Sexy times in a limo ✔️ A hot athlete […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Love Interest by Kayley Loring

April 16, 2021April 14, 2021 AJ Favourite

  The Love Interest by Kayley Loring is a fave for 2021, and it’s live! Amazon  |  Paperback   Audio will be released April 26th and be narrated by Teddy Hamilton and Mackenzie Cartwright, featuring […]

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Audio Release & ARC Review: Pause (Larsen Bros, #2) by Kylie Scott

April 14, 2021July 13, 2021 AJ Audio Recommendation

Pause by Kylie Scott is now live! Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio    Blurb An unpauseable new romance from New York Times bestselling, Audie Award winning author Kylie Scott—available in audio first! Narrated by the awesome […]

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Review: End of Day (Jack & Jill, #1) by Jewel E. Ann

April 9, 2021April 7, 2021 Mel Favourite

Buy: Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook Review 5+ badass sexy stars! End of Day is exciting, thrilling, and unputdownable. Everything in this story is complex. The characters, the emotion, and the plot are all meticulously thought […]

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Review: To Have and to Hate by R.S. Grey

April 3, 2021April 2, 2021 Mel Fake Relationship

Buy: Amazon Review 4 stars!! I love books with fake marriages and this one delivers its own take on the trope. It’s witty, sweet and swoony, and really enjoyed it. Walt is a workaholic and […]

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Review: The Rules of Friends with Benefits (Rules of Love, #0.5) by Lauren Blakely

March 28, 2021March 27, 2021 Mel LOL Funny

Buy: Amazon  |  Paperback Review 4 “you never know” stars! Friends-to-lovers is one of my favorite tropes and Lauren Blakely has done a fantastic job setting the stage for The Virgin Rule Book. If it is […]

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ARC Review: Oops, I’ve Fallen by Max Monroe

March 27, 2021March 26, 2021 Mel Book News

Oops, I’ve Fallen by Max Monroe Released – 26 March 2021   Available Now! Amazon   Blurb If my time with Ryan Miller were a hit track on the radio, I imagine the lyrics would […]

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ARC Review: Hard Luck (Trophy Boyfriends, #4) by Sara Ney

March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 AJ LOL Funny

  Hard Luck by Sara Ney is live!   Amazon US  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon AU Apple  |  Nook   Blurb SOME GIRLS HAVE ALL THE LUCK Unfortunately, I am not […]

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ARC Review: Adverse Possession (The Anna Albertini Files, #3) by Rebecca Zanetti

March 22, 2021March 22, 2021 AJ Action

Buy:  Amazon  |  B&N  |  Apple  |  Kobo  |  Google Play Review 5 stars! The third Anna Albertini book, and it’s another crazy, exciting, and wildly entertaining ride for Anna and the people in her life. […]

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ARC Review: The Dream Guy Next Door (The Guys Who Got Away, #4) by Lauren Blakely

March 14, 2021March 14, 2021 Mel Book News

An all-new sexy, swoony falling-for-the-neighbor standalone romance, THE DREAM GUY NEXT DOOR  is LIVE! BUY IT TODAY! Amazon  |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook   Blurb A sexy, […]

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Release & ARC Review: Bad Boy Billionaire by Amie Knight

March 7, 2021March 7, 2021 AJ Billionaire

  Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward are excited to bring you the Cocky Hero Club: original works from various authors inspired by Keeland and Ward’s New York Times bestselling Cocky Bastard series.   Bad Boy […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Marriage and Murder (Solving for Pie: Cletus and Jenn Mysteries, #2) by Penny Reid

March 2, 2021March 2, 2021 Mel Book News

The Devil is in the details . . . Marriage and Murder, an-all new quirky and witty cozy mystery and second book in the Solving for Pie: Cletus and Jenn Mysteries from New York Times […]

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Release Blitz & ARC Review: Bet the Farm: an enemies to lovers small town romance by Staci Hart

March 1, 2021February 22, 2021 Mel Enemies-to-Lovers

  Bet the Farm by Staci Hart   Released – 23 January 2021   Available Now! Amazon  |  iBooks  | B&N  |  Kobo  |  Paperback     Blurb Olivia Brent has one summer to save […]

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Release Blitz & ARC Review: Call Me Crazy (Bellamy Creek, #3) by Melanie Harlow

February 22, 2021August 29, 2025 Mel Book News

Call Me Crazy, an all-new marriage of convenience, small town romance from USA Today bestselling author Melanie Harlow is LIVE!   It was the perfect plan. I needed a wife–temporarily–in order to inherit the family […]

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