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Review: An Irish Rockstar for Christmas by J. Saman

November 28, 2025 AJ Fake Relationship

Buy:  Amazon Review What happens when two people who might be right for each other meet at the wrong time? 5 stars! This standalone Christmas novella by J. Saman is a fantastic read! A celebrity, fake-relationship […]

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Release & ARC Review: Fire (The Creed Legacy, #1) by J.L. Berg

October 14, 2025February 23, 2026 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

Fire by J.L. Berg is live and it’s a 5-star fave! OMG, I love this book! A fun, sexy, heartfelt and gorgeously romantic almost-second-chance rockstar romance with close proximity, great chemistry, fantastic characters, and a […]

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Release & ARC Review: Resistance Training by Kayley Loring

September 29, 2025September 29, 2025 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

Resistance Training by Kayley Loring is live! A laugh-out-loud funny, kind-of-second-chance-romance, this is a fun and playful standalone romance that had a constant smile on my face. I had such a great time reading this […]

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Audio Review: The Drummer’s Heart (Delirious Jones Rockstar Romance, #2) by Penelope Ward

March 16, 2025 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU  |  Special Edition Paperback Review 3.5 stars A second-chance rockstar romance with drama and feels, this is an emotional love story with a […]

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Audio Review: The Rocker’s Muse (Delirious Jones Rockstar Romance, #1) by Penelope Ward

September 21, 2024January 25, 2025 AJ Age Gap

Buy:  Amazon  |  Apple Books  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play Blurb From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward comes a new, STANDALONE novel… No one but me knew why I was actually in the California desert that day. Nestled […]

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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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Audio Review: The Rocker’s Muse (Delirious Jones Rockstar Romance, #1) by Penelope Ward

September 11, 2024January 25, 2025 AJ Age Gap

Buy:  Amazon  |  Apple Books  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |    Paperback  | Amazon – Special Edition Paperback Review 4.5 stars A gorgeous age-gap, forbidden(ish), rockstar romance, and the beginning of a new series […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Bridges I’ve Burned (By the Bay, #6) by J.L. Berg

August 15, 2024August 15, 2024 AJ Drama

  The Bridges I’ve Burned by J.L. Berg is live! A flirty, chemistry-filled, almost-rockstar romance, this book brings the feels as two people figuring out their place find a gorgeous, but very unexpected, love.   […]

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Release & ARC Review: When the Stars Rise (Lost Stars, #5) by Emery Rose

February 9, 2024August 29, 2025 AJ Angsty

  When the Stars Rise by Emery Rose is live! A childhood-best-friends/second-chance-romance between a pop star and an extreme athlete, this is an emotional and angsty rollercoaster with an epic love and all the feels. […]

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Audio Review: Finding Storm (The Storm, #4) by Samantha Towle

December 30, 2023December 30, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars A fantastic bonus for fans of The Storm series, but also a fabulous standalone rockstar romance, this book made me laugh and feel, and I fell in mad love […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Moon and Back by Ginger Scott

October 6, 2023October 5, 2023 AJ Drama

  The Moon and Back by Ginger Scott is live! A beautifully heartfelt story that has both a sweet YA romance and a second-chance-rockstar-romance, this book had me hooked from start to finish.   Amazon […]

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Release & ARC Review: Grace Note (Cake, #7) by J. Bengtsson

June 28, 2023August 29, 2025 AJ Drama

Grace Note by J. Bengtsson is live! What a way to finish the Cake series! The potential was there for epic, I was hoping for epic, and J. Bengtsson has delivered. This story is epic! […]

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Audio Review: Next in Line (Cake, #6) by J. Bengtsson

June 9, 2023June 9, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars A fun, exciting and gorgeously emotional romance, and a fantastic story of a troubled rockstar on the rise. This series continues to own my heart. This is book six in the […]

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Review: The Newlyweds (Cake, #4) by J. Bengtsson

April 17, 2023April 17, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4 stars The fourth book in the Cake series, this is the second book for Jake and Casey, the couple from book #1, Cake, following their story beyond the happy ending we saw […]

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Review: Bittersweet Melody (The Bittersweet Symphony Duet, #2.5) by Kate Stewart

February 19, 2023 AJ Drama

Available free when you sign up for the author’s newsletter Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 4 stars Kate Stewart has released a bonus epilogue to the Bittersweet Symphony duet, a little bit more Easton and […]

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Audio Review: Cake (Cake, #1) by J. Bengtsson

February 7, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars! This book has been on my TBR for the longest time, and I’m so happy that I finally dove in! It’s a fantastic rock star romance that starts off as a […]

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Review: Ripple Effect (Disaster Love, #2) by J. Bengtsson

November 18, 2022January 2, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars! An enemies-to-lovers, grumpy/sunshine romance with a twist, this is an intense and emotional read with a gorgeous love story, and I couldn’t put it down! This is the second book in […]

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Audio Review: Like the Wind (Disaster Love, #1) by J. Bengtsson

November 6, 2022January 2, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 5 stars! Oh, what a gorgeous read! A rockstar/forced proximity new adult romance full of fantastic banter and chemistry, this is a heartfelt and entertaining read that made […]

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Release & ARC Review: Let Me Love You (Excess All Areas, #5) by Scarlett Cole

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 AJ Angsty

Let Me Love You by Scarlett Cole is live!   He’s loved her forever. Now she’s marrying another man.     The fifth and final book of the Excess All Areas series, this is an […]

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ARC Review: Reverse (Bittersweet Symphony, #2) by Kate Stewart

July 24, 2022 AJ 6 Star Reads

Reverse by Kate Stewart is live, and it’s my favorite read of 2022!     A steamy star-crossed lovers, rockstar romance with all the feels! A heartstopping romance with a delicious blend of love, passion, […]

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Audio Review: Drive (The Bittersweet Symphony Duet, #1) by Kate Stewart

June 11, 2022 AJ 6 Star Reads

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 6 epic stars OMG, this book. I don’t even know where to begin. I finished this book yesterday and I am still a jumble of emotions and I […]

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Release & ARC Review: Love You Like That (Excess All Areas, #4) by Scarlett Cole

May 17, 2022July 22, 2022 AJ Drama

  Love You Like That by Scarlett Cole is now live! An emotional, heartfelt, passionate and functional friends-to-lovers rockstar romance with all the feels! Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Apple  |  Kobo  |  Nook  […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: Famous in a Small Town by Kylie Scott

April 8, 2022August 29, 2025 AJ Feeeeeeels

What chance does a small-town girl have with a world-famous rock star? Famous in a Small Town, the all-new rock-star-next-door romance, from New York Times bestselling author Kylie Scott, is out now!   Order the […]

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Release & ARC Review: How Good It Was (Excess All Areas, #3) by Scarlett Cole

February 22, 2022February 22, 2022 AJ Drama

  How Good It Was, the third book in the Excess All Areas rockstar romance series by Scarlett Cole is live!   Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Kobo  |  Apple  |  Nook  |  Google […]

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ARC Review: Claimed (Willow Springs, #5) by Laura Pavlov

January 28, 2022January 21, 2022 AJ Feeeeeeels

  Claimed is live, and the Willow Springs series is complete! Amazon   Blurb Nashville’s hottest country star. Wedding planner extraordinaire. High school sweethearts one day and complete strangers the next. “He’s the only boy […]

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