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Romance

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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ARC Review: Running Into Love (Fluke My Life, #1) by Aurora Rose Reynolds

September 26, 2017September 26, 2017 AJ Romance

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars I love this book! A sweet, funny, easy, chemistry-filled romance with very little angst, a quirky, lovable heroine and a whole heap of swoony alpha hero. Aurora […]

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Complicated

Review: Complicated by Kristen Ashley

September 24, 2017January 31, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy: Amazon Review OMG, SO, SO GOOD! Wow, what a great love story – easy, functional, funny, and so freaking hot! With all of the charm, drama, passion and romance of old-school KA, this book […]

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Release Blitz, ARC Review & Excerpt: Solace by S.L. Scott

September 22, 2017September 22, 2017 AJ Romance

  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU  |  Paperback — FREE in Kindle Unlimited–   Synopsis He puts the Bad in bad boy. She puts the Sweet in sweetheart. When […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: My Image of You by Melanie Moreland

September 21, 2017September 20, 2017 AJ Drama

  Amazon  |  B&N  |  iBooks  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  BAM Blurb She was the first good thing that ever happened to me. The only person who made me want to stay put. […]

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Review: Full Tilt (Full Tilt, #1) by Emma Scott

September 20, 2017September 26, 2017 Mel Feeeeeeels

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audio Review 5 “No regrets” stars “Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They are in each other all along.” I have had this book on my kindle for months and […]

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Blog Tour, Excerpt & ARC Review: The Outskirts (The Outskirts Duet, Book 1) by T.M. Frazier

September 20, 2017September 14, 2017 AJ Romance

  BUY IT TODAY! Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon AU | Amazon CA | Paperback *FREE with Kindle Unlimited*   Blurb Sawyer wants a life of her own. Finn wants to forget he ever […]

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Storm Gathering

ARC Review: Storm Gathering (Scorpius Syndrome, #4) by Rebecca Zanetti

September 19, 2017 AJ Action

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review 5 kickass stars! I freaking love this series! Action, excitement and intrigue with passionate and intense against-the-odds romance all set in a dangerous and exciting post-apocalyptic world where the breakout of […]

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Tower of Dawn

Review: Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass, #6) by Sarah J. Maas

September 16, 2017September 16, 2017 AJ Fantasy

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Hardcover Review One word – EPIC! Just wow. I wasn’t sure what to expect from Chaol’s book. I was a fan of him from book #1, and though I’ve […]

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ARC Review: Delirious (Quantum, #6) by M.S. Force

September 15, 2017August 14, 2018 AJ Celebrities

  Amazon US |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon AU iBooks  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  Google  |  B&N  |  Paperback Order a signed copy from Marie’s Store Blurb As one of Hollywood’s […]

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Review: Times Square by Jana Aston

September 15, 2017September 15, 2017 Mel LOL Funny

Buy: Kindle Ebook  Review 4 stars! Once in a while, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale. Originally included in the Love in Transit anthology, Times Square by […]

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Review: The Wilde One by Claire Contreras

September 10, 2017September 9, 2017 AJ Drama

PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS ‘CATCH ME’ This review is for ‘Catch Me’ as it was published in 2013.  The Wilde One (published 2017) is the same story, but with a new title and cover and an […]

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ARC Review & Excerpt: Play On (Play On, #1) by Samantha Young

September 9, 2017April 17, 2018 AJ Romance

Releasing September 12th 2017 Amazon US |  iBooks US  |  B&N  |  Kobo US  |  Amazon UK |  iBooks UK  |  Kobo UK  |  Smashwords   Synopsis Nora O’Brien chased a dream from Indiana to Scotland, […]

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ARC Review, Tour & Giveaway: Elliott Redeemed (Preload, #2) by Scarlett Cole

September 8, 2017September 8, 2017 AJ Drama

    Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  B&N  |  iBooks  |  Chapters Indigo  |  Paperback   Synopsis A single mom and tortured musician find common ground in Scarlett Cole’s Elliott Redeemed, the second standalone […]

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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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ARC Review: Getting Down (A Shacking Up World Novella) by Helena Hunting

September 5, 2017April 3, 2018 Mel LOL Funny

Buy: Kindle Ebook  *Originally included in the Eye Candy Halloween Anthology 4.5 stars!! Getting Down by Helena Hunting was originally included in Eye Candy, a Halloween anthology, and it drew me in and left me completely satisfied […]

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Drunk Dial

Review: Drunk Dial by Penelope Ward

September 4, 2017September 1, 2017 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  iBooks | B&N | Kobo | Paperback | Audio Review 4.5 “Tell me something funny” stars Oh, I loved this book! Irresistible hero, gorgeous romance, functional relationship and dialogue that is just gold, this book […]

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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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Dr. NEURO

Blog Tour: Dr. Neuro (St. Luke’s Docuseries, #3) by Max Monroe

September 2, 2017October 3, 2018 Mel LOL Funny

  Dr. NEURO(otic) (St. Luke’s Docuseries, #3) by Max Monroe AVAILABLE NOW!! Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon AU | Amazon CA iBooks | Kobo | B&N | GooglePlay Blurb I’m Dr. Nick Raines. Brain […]

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Release Blitz, ARC Review, Excerpt & Giveaway: Most Valuable Playboy (Ballers and Babes, #1) by Lauren Blakely

September 1, 2017November 20, 2019 Mel Audio Recommendation

  From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely comes the swoony and oh-so-romantic title…MOST VALUABLE PLAYBOY! In MOST VALUABLE PLAYBOY, the NFL starting quarterback Cooper Armstrong needs his best friend’s sister to pretend to be […]

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Review: Everything Begins With Us by E.A. Andrews

August 31, 2017August 29, 2017 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review This is a really impressive debut novel from E.A. Andrews. A beautifully written, heartfelt coming of age story about a young girl following her heart, finding her passion, creating a new […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: Shift (Hearts & Arrows, #2) by Staci Heart

August 30, 2017September 9, 2017 Mel Romance

Bestselling author Staci Hart brings you the second installment of an addictive romantic mythology series where love is the ultimate game, and Aphrodite always wins.     Shift by Staci Hart A Contemporary Romance Released […]

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The Time in Between

ARC Review, Excerpt & Giveaway: The Time in Between (Magdalene, #3) by Kristen Ashley

August 29, 2017August 29, 2017 AJ Epic Romance

“She was the one then and nothing changed in the time in between.”  A story of past decisions gone awry, secrets that change directions, and emotional second chances, this gripping love story is what happens […]

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