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Chapter Reveal: Hooking Up (Shacking Up, #2) by Helena Hunting

October 4, 2017July 11, 2019 Mel Book News

HOOKING UP by Helena Hunting  Pre-order today!! Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU iBooks | B&N | Kobo | GooglePlay | Paperback   *Teaser courtesy of Helena Hunting*   Blurb Amalie Whitfield is the […]

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Blog Tour: From Darkness (Hearts & Arrows, #3) by Staci Heart

October 4, 2017October 3, 2017 Mel Action

Bestselling author Staci Hart brings you an addictive romantic mythology series where love is the ultimate game, and Aphrodite always wins.     FROM DARKNESS (Hearts & Arrows, #3) by Staci Hart A Contemporary Romance […]

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Breaking Hollywood

ARC Review: Breaking Hollywood by Samantha Towle

October 3, 2017October 3, 2017 AJ Celebrities

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “I licked them, so they’re mine.” 5 Astro-fucking-nomical stars!!! OMG, this is such an awesome read! Laugh-out-loud funny, characters that you can’t help but love from the moment you […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: Stud Finder by Lauren Blakely

October 2, 2017November 14, 2017 Mel LOL Funny

From #1 NYT Bestselling author Lauren Blakely, comes the sexy and hilarious title… STUD FINDER, a new novella brought to you by 1001 Dark Nights!     As a broker of happily ever afters, Evie Milligan’s […]

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Release Blitz: The Ghostwriter by Alessandra Torre

October 2, 2017September 30, 2017 Mel Book News

  The Ghostwriter by Alessandra Torre AVAILABLE NOW! Amazon | iBooks | B&N | Kobo | Paperback   Synopsis I have three months to write the last book of my life. Three months to confess the details of […]

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Release Day, ARC Review & Giveaway: Logan (Preston Brothers, #1) by Jay McLean

October 1, 2017October 1, 2017 AJ Drama

  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU   Blurb As a kid, Logan Preston was a brat. Through his teens, he became the bad boy. Now, at nineteen, no one knows […]

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Review: We Own Tonight (Second Time Around, #1) by Corinne Michaels

September 30, 2017October 30, 2019 AJ Celebrities

Buy:  Amazon  |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  Paperback Review 4 “Once in a Lifetime” stars! This is such a gorgeous love story – a true fairytale romance between a woman […]

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Coming Soon: Unloved, a love story by Katy Regnery

September 29, 2017September 28, 2017 Mel Book News

  Unloved, a love story by Katy Regnery  PRE-ORDER TODAY! iBooks | B&N | Kobo *There is no pre-order on Amazon. You will be able to purchase it on publication day!*   Blurb My name is […]

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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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Release Blitz: From Darkness (Hearts & Arrows, #3) by Staci Hart

September 28, 2017September 28, 2017 Mel Book News

Bestselling author Staci Hart brings you an addictive romantic mythology series where love is the ultimate game, and Aphrodite always wins.     FROM DARKNESS (Hearts & Arrows, #3) by Staci Hart Released September 28th, […]

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Excerpt Reveal: Sick Fux by Tillie Cole

September 27, 2017September 27, 2017 AJ Book News

  A new dark romance from one of our favorites! Releasing 9 October 2017 Synopsis When Ellis Earnshaw and Heathan James met as children, they couldn’t have been more different. Ellis was loud and beautiful […]

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Release Blitz: Scandalous (Sinners of Saint, #3) by L.J. Shen

September 26, 2017September 25, 2017 Mel Book News

  Scandalous by LJ Shen   Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU     Blurb They call him The Mute for a reason. Hard, cold and calculated, he rarely speaks. […]

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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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Excerpt Reveal: Gun Shy by Lili St. Germain

September 25, 2017September 24, 2017 Mel Book News

  GUN SHY A Standalone Psychological Thriller by Lili St. Germain Preorder Today! Amazon | Nook | Kobo | iBooks     Blurb HAVE YOU SEEN THIS GIRL? In the middle of a fierce snowstorm in Gun Creek, Nevada, seventeen-year-old Jennifer […]

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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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Release Blitz, Excerpt & Giveaway: Game Breaker: The Loop (Game, #5) by B.J. Harvey

September 22, 2017September 22, 2017 AJ Book News

  Amazon  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  iTunes  |  Google Play  |  Paperback   Blurb From the USA Today Bestselling Author of the Bliss romantic comedy series comes the next book in the Game series, […]

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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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Dear Bridget I want you

Release Blitz: Dear Bridget, I Want You by Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland

September 18, 2017September 17, 2017 Mel Book News

  DEAR BRIDGET, I WANT YOU A Standalone Contemporary Romance Novel New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Authors Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland   NOW LIVE!!!   Buy it today! Amazon […]

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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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