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Enemies-to-Lovers

Review: Dark Skye (Immortals After Dark, #15) by Kresley Cole

November 15, 2017November 18, 2017 AJ Action

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audio Review 4 stars! A bit of a slow starter, but ultimately another great read! I can’t believe how intricately woven these stories are, it creates a fantastically complex […]

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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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ARC Review: The Better Man (Allen Brothers, #2) by Barbie Bohrman

August 25, 2017August 25, 2017 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

Buy:  Amazon Review 4.5 stars! This book! Wow. This book! I’ve just finished it and I’ve gotta admit, I’m kinda speechless just now, but wow, I loved this read! A wonderfully entertaining and sexually charged […]

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ARC Review: Buns (Hudson Valley, #3) by Alice Clayton

May 23, 2017 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 5 perfect stars! Oh, I love, love, love this book! Smart, funny and gorgeously romantic with wonderful characters, great dynamics and immature (but still very adult) innuendos and humour, […]

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Review: Walk of Shame by Lauren Layne

May 21, 2017May 20, 2017 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review 3.5 “perfectly ridiculous” stars It’s a case of opposites attract with this book, a sweet, fun, sexy and romantic, (almost) enemies-to-lovers story. This is the fourth book in Lauren Layne’s ‘Love […]

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ARC Review & Excerpt: Tangled (Dark Protectors, #7.8) by Rebecca Zanetti

May 19, 2017May 19, 2017 AJ Action

  Amazon US  | Amazon UK  |  Amazon AU  |  Amazon CA  |  Paperback Blurb From New York Times bestselling author, Rebecca Zanetti, comes a new Dark Protectors—Reese Family Novella. Now that her mask has finally slipped… […]

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ARC Review: The Thing About Love by Julie James

April 15, 2017April 15, 2017 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

   Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 stars I loved this book! Another smart, funny, sexy and romantic read from Ms James! John Shepherd and Jessica Harlow met while training to become FBI agents. It […]

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Tempt the Boss

ARC Review & Excerpt: Tempt the Boss by Natasha Madison

April 5, 2017April 4, 2017 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  Amazon  |  iBooks  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  Paperback   Synopsis Lauren Going back to work was supposed to be a painless transition, but when my new boss turns out to be an arrogant, […]

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ARC Review: Soulmates (Drag.Me.To.Hell, #2) by Nadine Nightingale

March 10, 2017March 22, 2017 Mel Enemies-to-Lovers

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review 3.5 stars! Soulmates picks up shortly after Karma ended and we are thrown back in the world of magic, mystery, and suspense. Amanda is attending a school in New York City trying […]

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ARC Review & Giveaway: Every Little Thing (Hart’s Boardwalk, #2) by Samantha Young

March 8, 2017March 22, 2017 AJ Angsty

  Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars! I loved the first book in this series, The One Real Thing. Not only was it a wonderful story, but I fell in love with the […]

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Review Tour, Excerpt, & ARC Review: Sweet Rivalry by K. Bromberg

March 5, 2017March 22, 2017 Mel Enemies-to-Lovers

SWEET RIVALRY by K. Bromberg Available Now! Amazon US | Amazon UK | Paperback Blurb Ryder Rodgers had a plan. He was going to stride into the conference room, do the required song and dance over the […]

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ARC Review: Wait For It (Everything I Left Unsaid, #4) by Molly O’Keefe

February 25, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review 4 stars! Intense and intriguing, this book features a damaged yet strong heroine, a strong yet damaged hero, and one complicated love story. It’s sexy and messy with great chemistry and […]

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Review: Naughty Boss by Whitney G.

January 26, 2017 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

Buy: Kindle Ebook Review 3 stars! This is a short, sexy novella that instantly captured my attention with this oh-so-sensational blurb… Subject: My Boss. Have I already told you that I hate my boss today? […]

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Release Tour & ARC Review: Vicious (Sinners of Saint, #1) by L.J. Shen

January 6, 2017January 6, 2017 Mel Dark & Gritty

 VICIOUS (Sinners of Saint, #1) by L.J. Shen NOW LIVE! Amazon US | Amazon CA | Amazon UK | Amazon AU Blurb Emilia They say love and hate are the same feelings experienced under different circumstances, and it’s true. The man […]

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Blog Tour, ARC Review & Excerpt: Hate Story by Nicole Williams

December 28, 2016December 28, 2016 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  Buy: Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  | Amazon CA  | Amazon AU  | Nook  | iBooks Synopsis Nina can’t let herself fall in love with the man she’s going to marry. Both of them […]

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ARC Review & Giveaway: A Stone Kissed Sea (Elemental World, #4) by Elizabeth Hunter

December 8, 2016December 10, 2019 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  Buy:  Amazon Ebook  |  Amazon Paperback  |  iTunes  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  Smashwords Synopsis An immortal wanderer. A brilliant scientist. A centuries-old menace written in blood. Lucien Thrax, son of the earth and […]

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ARC Review & Excerpt: Bad Neighbor (Bad Boy Romance, #1) by Molly O’Keefe

November 26, 2016May 2, 2017 AJ Dark & Gritty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review 4 stars! I really enjoyed this book! Funny, sexy, sweet, and more than a little bit dirty, I fell in love with the characters and loved their back and forth, and […]

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Review: The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

November 19, 2016November 19, 2016 Mel Audio Recommendation

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audio Review 5 stars! Hating someone feels disturbingly similar to being in love with them. What a pleasant surprise! I love when I read a book from a new […]

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ARC Review: Ex Games by Stella Rhys

November 18, 2016November 18, 2016 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

Buy:  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK Blurb What’s ice-cold but hotter than hell? Rebounding with your ex’s older brother, of course. A perfect storm led me to this place. Ghosted by my fiancé, I was […]

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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: Beneath These Scars (Beneath, #4) by Meghan March

September 18, 2016March 13, 2017 AJ Billionaire

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “This woman pushed all my buttons, taunted me, challenged me, mocked me. And the perverse son of a bitch that I was, I wanted more.” 4 stars! I love […]

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Release Blitz, ARC Review & Giveaway: Change of Heart (Fostering Love, #2) by Nicole Jacquelyn

September 8, 2016August 4, 2017 AJ Drama

  Buy:  Amazon | B&N | iBooks | Kobo  |  Books-A-Million | Google Play | IndieBound Blurb They’ve spent their lives pushing each other away, but what will happen when they need each other most? Anita Martin doesn’t expect much from life. Growing up on […]

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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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ARC Review & Excerpt: Smut by Karina Halle

May 16, 2016September 23, 2024 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

Buy: Kindle Ebook | iTunes | Nook | Kobo Blurb What happens when the kink between the pages leads to heat between the sheets? All Blake Crawford wants is to pass his creative writing course, get […]

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Review: Paper Princess (The Royals, #1) by Erin Watt

April 7, 2016March 28, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Such a fantastic book! I loved it!!! Erin Watt is the pseudonym for the writing team that is Elle Kennedy and Jen Fredericks, and for their debut novel they […]

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