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Excerpt Reveal: Filthy English by Ilsa Madden-Mills

June 23, 2016January 15, 2017 Mel Book News

The British are HERE!   Are you ready for Filthy English? RELEASING July 11, 2016   Find Filthy English on GOODREADS! Excerpt Chapter 1 Remi Plain and simple, this night sucked. Sadly, it was my honeymoon. I sighed […]

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ARC Review: A Beautiful Sin by Terri E. Laine and A.M. Hargrove

June 23, 2016June 19, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review An emotional and dramatic forbidden romance – wow this book was a surprise! 4 stars This book was really different from what I was expecting based on the synopsis. […]

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Review: Some Sort of Love (Happy Crazy Love, #3) by Melanie Harlow

June 22, 2016December 22, 2016 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 stars This is the third and final book in the Happy Crazy Love series. I love these books! Fun, romantic, sup sexy and with a lot of heart, […]

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Review: Some Sort of Crazy (Happy Crazy Love, #2) by Melanie Harlow

June 22, 2016December 22, 2016 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 fun, sexy stars Book 2 in Melanie Harlow’s Happy Crazy Love series brings us the story of youngest Nixon sister, Natalie. Natalie is only 25, but she is […]

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Some Sort of Happy

Review: Some Sort of Happy (Happy Crazy Love, #1) by Melanie Harlow

June 21, 2016December 22, 2016 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review OMG, I loved it! Smart, sexy, funny and oh-so romantic, this book surprised me with its depth and emotion. I could not put it down. 4.5 stars! 27 year […]

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New Release: Broken Love by Jillian Dodd

June 21, 2016August 19, 2016 Mel Book News

Cade & Palmer’s story is FINALLY here!  Broken Love by Jillian Dodd is NOW LIVE! iBooks | Amazon US | Amazon UK | Google Play | Signed Paperback Blurb After years of crushing and many failed seduction attempts, Palmer Montlake had finally scored the […]

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Man Candy

Release Blitz and Giveaway: Man Candy by Melanie Harlow

June 20, 2016August 19, 2016 Mel Book News

Man Candy by Melanie Harlow RELEASING June 20, 2016 Amazon | iBooks Blurb He’s back. Not just back in town, but living in the flat right beneath mine. And he looks good enough to eat, which is […]

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Say You'll Stay

Release Blitz & Review: Say You’ll Stay (Hennington Brothers, #1) by Corinne Michaels

June 20, 2016November 21, 2022 AJ Epic Romance

Say You’ll Stay by Corinne Michaels is live!   Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo   Blurb One word. Stay. It was all he had to do. Instead, he got on […]

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ARC Review: Ramsay by Mia Sheridan

June 19, 2016June 19, 2016 Mel Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook   Review 4.5 stars! “Ya would not hate her so much now if ya didn’t love her so much then. And there is such a thin veil between love and hate.” Ramsay is […]

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Excerpt Reveal: Gun Shy by Lili St. Germain

June 16, 2016August 19, 2016 Mel Book News

RELEASE DATE: June 27th, 2016 PRE-ORDER EXCLUSIVELY ON iBooks Blurb HAVE YOU SEEN THIS GIRL? In the middle of a fierce snowstorm in Gun Creek, Nevada, a teenage girl disappears without a trace. The second […]

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ARC Review: Into the Tomorrows (Bleeding Hearts, #1) by Whitney Barbetti

June 16, 2016June 30, 2016 Mel Romance

Buy:  AMAZON US | AMAZON UK | AMAZON AU | AMAZON CA Review “The best kind of happiness is the kind you unexpectedly find.” After reading Ten Below Zero, I knew I needed to get my […]

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Excerpt Reveal: Broken Love by Jillian Dodd

June 16, 2016August 19, 2016 Mel Book News

Cade & Palmer’s story will be here on June 21st! Pre-order Broken Love NOW for ONLY 99¢. (Price will change on release day) iBooks | Amazon US | Amazon UK | Google Play | Signed Paperback Blurb After years of crushing and […]

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Review: Dreams of a Dark Warrior (Immortals After Dark #11) by Kresley Cole

June 15, 2016April 13, 2017 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audio Review 4 stars! Book 11 in the Immortals After Dark series brings us the long-awaited story of Regin the Radiant – Valkyrie, smartass, jokester, and badass extraordinaire. Regin has appeared in a number of […]

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Review: To Love Jason Thorn by Ella Maise

June 14, 2016August 22, 2017 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “My dream boy. My childhood crush. My first love. My only love. And now my pretend husband. “ 4 sweet, sexy and romantic stars This is such a great […]

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Review: The Girl’s Got Secrets (Forbidden Men, #7) by Linda Kage

June 14, 2016March 8, 2017 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 angsty, secretive, chemistry-filled stars. I loved it! I freaking love this series. Love. It! Not every book is a 5 star read but the love stories are unique […]

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Backfire

ARC Review, Blog Tour & Giveaway: Backfire (Vigilantes, #2) by Keri Lake

June 13, 2016January 14, 2017 AJ Dark & Gritty

  Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “I wanted vengeance. To hurt those bastards for the sheer thrill of it. To laugh in their faces as they bled from their wounds. Death. Punishment. Bloodshed. It […]

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Him

Review: Him (Him, #1) by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy

June 13, 2016October 7, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 5 huge stars! OMG, I FREAKING LOVE THIS BOOK! It’s such a fun yet heart-felt read with incredible character dynamics, great banter, steamy sexy time, and a beautiful, emotional, […]

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All the Rage

Blog Tour & ARC Review & Giveaway: All the Rage by T.M. Frazier

June 11, 2016December 26, 2016 Mel Dark & Gritty

Prologue It was once said that if you love someone enough you should let them go.  If they come back to you, they were always meant to be yours. It’s kind of bullshit. My story […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review & Giveaway: Give Me You by Caisey Quinn

June 11, 2016June 11, 2016 AJ Drama

  Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review “I like our story better than the fairytale anyways … Because it’s real. And it’s ours.” 3.5 stars I fell in mad love with Keep Me Still when I read […]

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Review: Dirty English (British Bad Boys, #1) by Ilsa Madden-Mills

June 9, 2016May 7, 2018 Mel LOL Funny

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review 4 “Unicorn girl” stars Dirty English was the first book I have read by Ilsa Madden-Mills and it won’t be my last. It is considered “a modern love story inspired by […]

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Review: Pucked Up (Pucked, #2) by Helena Hunting

June 9, 2016December 21, 2016 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audible Review 4 stars! This is book 2 in the Pucked series and is just as outrageously rude, crude and hilarious as the first book! Hugely fun and entertaining with […]

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Review: Hold On Tight (Returning Home, #1) by Serena Bell

June 8, 2016February 12, 2019 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review 3.5 stars I read the blurb for this book and immediately knew that I had to read it. I love books about soldiers, I love books that include kids, and I […]

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ICYMI: From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon

June 8, 2016November 19, 2016 Mel Book News

Now available for PRE-ORDER!! Releasing December 1, 2017! Pre-order: Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audio Blurb Italy, 1943—Germany occupies much of the country, placing the Jewish population in grave danger during World War II. As children, Eva […]

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New Book Alert: Ramsay by Mia Sheridan

June 8, 2016August 19, 2016 Mel Book News

Releasing June 19, 2016 Blurb Lydia De Havilland is shocked when Brogan Ramsay suddenly reappears in her life. Several years before, Brogan was the son of her family’s gardener, and the boy she hurt and […]

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Blog Tour and ARC Review: Making it Through by Erin Cristofoli

June 8, 2016June 7, 2016 Mel Friends-to-Lovers

Making It Through by Erin Cristofoli New Adult Romance NOW AVAILABLE!   Find Making it Through on GOODREADS Buy: Amazon US | Amazon CA | Kobo Blurb “I will always be there for you, Mady, always.” One month […]

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