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Release & ARC Review: Knox Unleashed (Iron Outlaws MC: Florida, #1) by S. Cole

June 4, 2026 AJ Age Gap

  Knox Unleashed by S. Cole is live and OMG, I love this book! An MC, age-gap, enemies-to-lovers, forbidden romance, which is heavy on the romance, this is an intense yet beautifully functional and epically […]

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Release & ARC Review: Only For Her (Only For, #4) by Natasha Madison

May 8, 2026 AJ Age Gap

  Only For Her by Natasha Madison is live! This is such a gorgeous romance! An age-gap, forbidden romance between a hockey coach and his team captain’s younger sister. It’s fun, flirty, sexy and romantic, […]

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Release & ARC Review: Falter (Guardian Protection, #3) by Aly Martinez

April 27, 2026April 27, 2026 AJ Celebrities

  Falter by Aly Martinez is live! Aly Martinez is back, and she absolutely nailed this bodyguard/movie star romance with a grumpy hero, a heroine in danger, and an exciting, emotional and chemistry-filled love story. […]

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Release & ARC Review: All For Love (Windy Harbor, #3) by Willow Aster

April 9, 2026 AJ Forbidden

All for Love by Willow Aster is live! A sweet, steamy and emotional, single parent, forbidden romance, this is a swoony, functional love story with the most adorable couple, and I loved this book.   […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Sweet Spot (Roseville Ramblers, #3) by Staci Hart

March 30, 2026March 31, 2026 Mel Age Gap

  Sweet Spot (Roseville Ramblers, #3) by Staci Hart   Released – 26 March 2026   Available Now! Amazon  |  Paperback   Blurb I should absolutely, under no circumstance develop a crush on my co-worker–the […]

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Release & ARC Review: Dirty Hit (Portland Fury, #1) by Livy Hart

February 2, 2026 AJ Forbidden

Dirty Hit by Livy Hart is live! The first book in the Portland Fury series, this is a fun and heartfelt read, a forbidden sports romance between a debut NHL coach and her star player. […]

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Release & ARC Review: Come What May (Ember Falls, #4) by Corinne Michaels

January 20, 2026 AJ Drama

Come What May by Corinne Michaels is live! This is such a gorgeous read! A steamy, chemistry-filled, age-gap, close proximity, forbidden romance with fabulous twists and the most beautiful love story, I adored every moment […]

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Review: The Edge of Chaos (The Edge, #4) by J. Saman

January 17, 2026 AJ Brother/Best Friend

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars The fourth and final book in The Edge series, this is a gorgeous story with a forbidden, best-friends-older-brother romance full of longing and intensity, and it’s such a great read! Rina […]

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Audio Review: The Striker (Gods of the Game, #1) by Ana Huang

December 28, 2025December 29, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 3 stars The first book in Ana Huang’s Gods of the Game series, this is a brother’s rival, forbidden-ish, soccer/football romance that is steamy and emotional. It’s a solid read, though a […]

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Audio Review: Mate (Bride, #2) by Ali Hazelwood

November 16, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars! This is a fantastic read. A paranormal, fated-yet-forbidden romance that is full of chemistry and laughs, and a wickedly slow burning grumpy/sunshine love story that had me near […]

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Release & ARC Review: Playing the Field (Los Angeles Devils, #1) by Stacy Travis

November 12, 2025November 12, 2025 AJ Brother/Best Friend

  Playing the Field by Stacy Travis is live! This is such a sweet read! A brother’s-best-friend, teenage crush, forced proximity sports romance with chemistry, heart, and the most gorgeous love story.   Amazon   […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Little Pieces of Light by Emma Scott

October 7, 2025December 20, 2025 Mel Book News

Little Pieces of Light by Emma Scott   Released – 7 October 2025   Available now! Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook   Blurb At ten years old, they promised each other forever. But his letters […]

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Audio Review: Wild Card (Rose Hill, #4) by Elsie Silver

October 4, 2025October 3, 2025 AJ Age Gap

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars The fourth and final book in the Rose Hill series, this a forbidden, age-gap, grumpy/sunshine romance with great characters, fantastic chemistry, and an emotional, slow burning love story. Bash and Gwen’s […]

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Release & ARC Review: Falling Into Place by Allison Ashley

August 19, 2025August 19, 2025 AJ Brother/Best Friend

Falling Into Place by Allison Ashley is live! This is such a gorgeous read! A fun, charming, sweet and emotional brother’s-best-friend love story that made me laugh and swoon, I really enjoyed this book.   […]

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Release & ARC Review: Over the Moon (Rosewood River, #3) by Laura Pavlov

July 29, 2025July 28, 2025 AJ Forbidden

  Over the Moon by Laura Pavlov is live! Back to Rosewood River for the third book in the series, a forbidden sports romance that is sweet, sexy, and gorgeously swoony. I loved this story! […]

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New Release & ARC Review: The Overtime Kiss (Love and Hockey, #5) by Lauren Blakely

June 18, 2025June 28, 2025 Mel Book News

  From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely, comes the next standalone hockey romance in her Love and Hockey series, THE OVERTIME KISS! This sexy, single dad/nanny, forced proximity, workplace hockey romance is […]

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Audio Review: King of Envy (Kings of Sin, #5) by Ana Huang)

June 8, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars Book #5 in the Kings of Sin series, this is a semi-dark romance full of longing and wild chemistry, with fantastic audio, and I really enjoyed this one! Vuk Markovic […]

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Audio Review: Deep End by Ali Hazelwood

April 3, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 3.5 stars A steamy college sports romcom, this is a fun, clever and sexy romance, and I really enjoyed this one. Scarlett is a student athlete at Stanford. She is studying pre-med […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Oath We Take (Iron Outlaws MC: Colorado, #2) by S. Cole

March 27, 2025March 27, 2025 AJ Bikers

  The Oath We Take by S. Cole is live! A gorgeously romantic MC President’s daughter/childhood friends/forbidden romance with, action, drama, a strong heroine, a cowboy biker hero, and a beautifully emotional love story, this […]

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New Release & ARC Review: The Girlfriend Zone (Love and Hockey, #4) by Lauren Blakely

March 26, 2025April 8, 2025 Mel Age Gap

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely, comes the next standalone hockey romance in her Love and Hockey series, THE GIRLFRIEND ZONE! This sexy, coach’s daughter, one who got away, age gap, forbidden […]

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Audio Review: The Edge of Temptation (The Edge, #1) by J. Saman

March 8, 2025December 2, 2025 AJ Forbidden

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars I was introduced to J. Saman by reading the Boston’s Irresistible Billionaires series, and I’m such a mad fan that I have begun my journey through her back-catalogue. This is the […]

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New Release & ARC Review: The Apple Tree (Sunday Morning, #2) by Jewel E. Ann

January 23, 2025January 23, 2025 Mel Angsty

  The Apple Tree (Sunday Morning, #2) by Jewel E. Ann   Released – 23 January 2025   Available today! Amazon US  |  Amazon Worldwide  |  Hardcover  |  Paperback   Blurb He’s a single dad […]

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Audio Review: Secret Love (Single Dad Playbook, #2) by Willow Aster

December 15, 2024 AJ Forbidden

Buy:  Amazon Review 3 stars The second book in the Single Dad Playbook series, this is a sweet and sexy romance where a single dad of three girls falls hopelessly in love with one of their […]

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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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New Release & ARC Review: Sunday Morning (Sunday Morning, #1) by Jewel E. Ann

September 26, 2024September 30, 2024 Mel Book News

Sunday Morning by Jewel E. Ann is now live!   Released – 26 September 2024   Grab it today! Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide     Blurb A small-town, forbidden, standalone, new adult romance with Footloose meets […]

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