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Enemies-to-Lovers

Release & ARC Review: Liam (Preston Brothers, #4) by Jay McLean

June 24, 2025June 27, 2025 AJ Drama

  Liam by Jay McLean is live! A childhood enemies-to-friends-to-lovers story with drama, angst and emotion, Jay McLean has once again given us a story that had me laughing, hurting, falling in love and feeling […]

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Audio Review: One Last Rainy Day (Ravenhood Legacy, #1) by Kate Stewart

June 21, 2025 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Amazon Review 5 heartwrenching stars I can count on one hand the number of times I have chosen to pick up a book that I know is going to emotionally wreck me. Though I love […]

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Release & ARC Review: A Royal Mile (Return to Dublin Street, #2) by Samantha Young

June 19, 2025June 28, 2025 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  A Royal Mile by Samantha Young is live! An enemies-to-friends-to-lovers story with epic chemistry and the most delicious slow burn. It’s sweet and fun with lots of emotion, and such a beautiful read. I […]

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Release & ARC Review: You, Me and Forever (Blushing, #1) by Laura Pavlov

May 27, 2025May 27, 2025 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  You, Me and Forever by Laura Pavlov is live, and it’s my latest 5-star read! An enemies-to-friends-to-lovers romance, this is such a beautiful read with the most gorgeous love story. I fell so in […]

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ARC Review: Prince of Darkness (Dark Protectors #17) by Rebecca Zanetti

May 25, 2025May 18, 2025 AJ Action

Buy:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars Book #17 in the Dark Protectors series, and it’s the beginning of a brand new story arc! Longtime fans will love the new direction that the series is taking, and […]

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Audio Review: Shield of Sparrows (Shield of Sparrows, #1) by Devney Perry

May 18, 2025June 6, 2025 AJ Action

Buy:  Amazon  | Audiobook  |  Hardcover Blurb The gods sent monsters to the five kingdoms to remind mortals they must kneel. I’ve spent my life kneeling—to their will and to my father’s. As a princess, […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Quietly Yours (Quiet Love, #3) by L.H. Cosway

April 29, 2025May 2, 2025 Mel Book News

Quietly Yours by L.H. Cosway is now live!   Released – April 29, 2025   Amazon US  |  Amazon Worldwide     Blurb Ada Rose never expected to find herself homeless in her thirties. Then […]

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Audio Review: Merit (Treasure State Wildcats, #3) by Devney Perry

April 6, 2025 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

Buy:  Amazon Review 4.5 stars The fourth and final book in the Treasure State Wildcats series, this is a childhood best friends-to-enemies-to lovers story with a fake relationship and lots of heartfelt emotion. It’s fun, sweet, […]

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Release & ARC Review: Undeniably Enemies (Boston’s Irresistible Billionaires, #5) by J. Saman

March 31, 2025April 2, 2025 AJ Age Gap

  Undeniably Enemies by J. Saman is live! Oh holy hotness, what a fantastic read! An enemies-to-lovers, brother’s-best-friend romance with all the chemistry, all the steam, all the feels, and a sweet, sexy, protective hero […]

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Release & ARC Review: My Silver Lining (Rosewood River, #2) by Laura Pavlov

March 19, 2025March 20, 2025 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  My Silver Lining by Laura Pavlov is live! A fake dating, enemies-to-friends-to-lovers romance, this is a fun and sexy read with great chemistry, fantastic characters, and a gorgeous romance, and I loved it!   […]

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Release & ARC Review: On Loverose Lane (Return to Dublin Street, #1) by Samantha Young

February 20, 2025February 20, 2025 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  On Loverose Lane by Samantha Young is live! Oh, what a gorgeous read! A sexy and emotional second chance, enemies-to-lovers, fake dating, grumpy/sunshine, sports romance with epic chemistry and all the feels – and […]

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Release & ARC Review: Steal My Heart (Rosewood River, #1) by Laura Pavlov

January 9, 2025January 8, 2025 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  Steal My Heart by Laura Pavlov is live! I love this book! A small town, sort-of-enemies-to-lovers, workplace romance with fantastic characters, epic chemistry, and a fun, swoony and sexy love story that stole my […]

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Review: King of Sloth (Kings of Sin, #4) by Ana Huang

December 7, 2024December 6, 2024 AJ Billionaire

Buy:  Amazon  |  Amazon Paperback  |  B&N Paperback  |  Audible Review 4 stars! This is such a great read! An opposites-attract romance between an uptight, mostly emotionless publicist, and her billionaire playboy client. Smart and sexy with a […]

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Release & ARC Review: Hostile for the Holidays by Erin Hawkins

November 27, 2024October 25, 2025 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

Hostile for the Holidays by Erin Hawkins is live! This is such a cute read! A laugh-out-loud-funny, sweet and sexy romance, and a gorgeous little holiday novella. I loved it.   Amazon     Blurb […]

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Release & ARC Review: Wrath of an Exile (River Styx Heathens, #1) by Monty Jay

October 30, 2024December 14, 2025 AJ Angsty

  Wrath of an Exile by Monty Jay is live! This is the first book in the River Styx Heathens series, a second-gen The Hollow Boys spin-off.  This book grabbed hold of me and did […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Invitation (Brewer Family, #3) by Adriana Locke

October 25, 2024October 29, 2024 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  The Invitation by Adriana Locke is live! A smart, fun, and beautifully romantic enemies-to-lovers story, this book made me laugh and swoon.  It’s such a great read, and I loved it.   Amazon   […]

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Release & ARC Review: Finding Hayes (Magnolia Falls, #5) by Laura Pavlov

October 24, 2024October 23, 2024 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  Finding Hayes by Laura Pavlov is live and oh, what a gorgeously romantic and swoony story! A best-friends-to-enemies-to-lovers romance with a marriage of convenience, I was all in on this one from the beginning, […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Deals We Make (Iron Outlaws MC, #9) by S. Cole

October 17, 2024 AJ Bikers

  The Deals We Make by S. Cole is live! The final book of the Iron Outlaws MC series, this is Vex’s story. A childhood-best-friends-reunited love story that is beautifully emotional with great character development […]

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Release & ARC Review: Crossfire (The Cross Duet, #1) by Kathy Lockheart

October 10, 2024October 9, 2024 AJ Action

  Crossfire, the first book in the Cross Duet by Kathy Lockheart is live A fast paced and exciting romantic mystery/thriller, this is a chemistry-filled sort-of-enemies-to-lovers story that had me hooked from the very beginning […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Rockstar Returns (Beacon Harbor, #2) by Kayley Loring & Connor Crais

September 12, 2024September 12, 2024 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  The Rockstar Returns by Kayley Loring & Connor Crais is live! The second standalone in the Beacon Harbor series, this is a fantastically fun frenemies-to-lovers story that had me laughing out loud and falling […]

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Release & ARC Review: Bitter Rival (Sutton Ridge, #1) by Emery Rose Andrews

August 24, 2024August 21, 2024 AJ Drama

  Bitter Rival by Emery Rose Andrews is live! The first standalone in a new series, this is an opposites attract, enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity romance. It’s fun, sexy and heartfelt with great chemistry, and I really […]

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Audio Review: I Could Never by Penelope Ward

July 31, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU Review 5 stars Oh my heart, what a beautiful read! An enemies-to-lovers, close proximity, slow-burning, forbidden romance, this book captivated me from start to finish, and I […]

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Release & ARC Review: Chasing Harlow by Jay McLean

June 21, 2024June 21, 2024 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  Chasing Harlow by Jay McLean is live! Jay McLean owns my heart once again with this stunningly emotional YA romance! This book had me feeling in all the best ways; I laughed, I cried, […]

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Audio Review: Legacy (Montgomery Brothers, #1) by Laura Pavlov

June 14, 2024July 19, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars! I’m a huge fan of Laura Pavlov, she has become an auto-buy author for me, and I have eagerly thrown myself into her last few series. So I thought it […]

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Review: Dixon Rule (Campus Diaries, #2) by Elle Kennedy

June 10, 2024June 11, 2024 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

Buy:  Amazon  |  Apple  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  Google Play Review 5 stars! The second book in the Campus Diaries series, this is a fantastic read! It’s fun and playful with fabulous characters in a hilarious and sexy enemies-to-lovers, fake-relationship romance, while […]

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