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Review: Lights, Snow and Mistletoe Anthology

December 22, 2023April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  The Lights, Snow and Mistletoe is a short-release collection of eleven holiday-themed novellas from some of our favorite authors!   Dylan Allen | Catherine Cowles  |  Helena Hunting  |  A.L. Jackson  |  Adriana Locke   K.C. […]

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Review: Once Upon a Holiday Anthology

December 21, 2023December 20, 2023 AJ Anthology

  The Once Upon a Holiday collection is available for a limited time! Featuring brand new holiday-themed novellas from six best-selling authors!   Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward  |  Elsie Silver  |  Susan Stoker  |  […]

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Review: Things We Left Behind (Knockemout, #3) by Lucy Score

December 19, 2023 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon |  Paperback Review 5 stars! This is a hilarious enemies-to-lovers romance that is fun and laugh-out-loud funny, yet emotional, with a fantastically snarky, banter-filled love story that is full of chemistry and so freaking […]

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Review: Where We Started (Stone Riders MC, #1 by Ashley Munoz

December 17, 2023December 16, 2023 AJ Bikers

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 5 stars! This is my first book by Ashley Munoz, and I admit that it was the gorgeous cover that initially drew me to this one. Then that blurb – childhood sweetheart, second-chance, […]

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Review: Hendrix (Pittsburgh Titans, #7) by Sawyer Bennett

December 13, 2023December 19, 2023 AJ Romance

Buy:  Amazon Review 3 stars Book #7 in the Pittsburgh Titans series, this is a sweet and sexy romance with minimal drama, and a happy ending for another Titans player. Hendrix and Stevie meet when the […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Vows We Keep (Iron Outlaws MC, #5) by S. Cole

December 8, 2023 AJ Dark & Gritty

  The Vows We Keep by S. Cole is live! The fifth book in the Iron Outlaws MC series, this is a heartfelt and emotional romance with wonderful characters, fantastic character development and a fabulous […]

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Release & ARC Review: Sable Peak (The Edens, #6) by Devney Perry

December 7, 2023December 7, 2023 AJ Drama

  Sable Peak by Devney Perry is live! The final book in The Edens series, this is a friends-to-lovers, unrequired love, single dad romance. It’s emotional and dramatic, and beautifully, swoonily romantic, and I loved […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Where it Begins (A Pucked Novella) by Helena Hunting

December 5, 2023April 30, 2024 Mel Audio Recommendation

  Where it Begins (A Pucked Novella) by Helena Hunting   Available Now! Amazon Blurb From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Helena Hunting comes a new story in her Pucked series. The untold story of […]

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New Release & ARC Review: My Darling Bride (The Darlings, #1) by Ilsa Madden-Mills

December 5, 2023June 19, 2024 Mel Book News

  My Darling Bride by Ilsa Madden-Mills is LIVE!   Released December 5, 2023   Available today! Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook   Blurb In a sizzling romance that sparkles with wit and depth, two […]

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Release & ARC Review: Among the Heather (The Highlands, #2) by Samantha Young

December 5, 2023December 5, 2023 AJ Celebrities

  Among the Heather by Samantha Young is now live! A dramatic and suspenseful celebrity romance that is full of emotion with a beautifully swoony love story, and it’s a gorgeous read.   Amazon  |  […]

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Release & ARC Review: Fangs, Frost and Folios (Elemental Mysteries, #5) by Elizabeth Hunter

December 5, 2023December 5, 2023 AJ Mystery/Suspense

  Fangs, Frost and Folios by Elizabeth Hunter is live! An all-new holiday mystery for your favorite book-hunting vampires, Giovanni and Beatrice from the Elemental Mysteries series!   Amazon  |  Apple Books  |  Nook  |  […]

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Review: The Rules of Dating My One-Night Stand (The Law of Opposites Attract, #3) by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward

December 3, 2023 AJ Romance

Buy:  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU  |  Paperback Review 4 stars The third book in The Law of Opposites Attract series, this is Owen’s book, a fun, sweet, sexy […]

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Release & ARC Review: Broken Dreams (Whitlock Family, #2) by Corinne Michaels

December 1, 2023August 29, 2025 AJ Drama

  Broken Dreams by Corinne Michaels is live! I loved this book! A fun, emotional, swoony and sexy friends-to-lovers, fake dating romance between two widowed single parents. I was so completely wrapped up in this […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Lovely Return by Carian Cole

November 30, 2023April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  The Lovely Return by Carian Cole is live! A standalone, forbidden, age-gap, soulmate romance, this is a story of loss and heartache, but also of soul mates and second chances. It is the most incredible […]

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Review: Same Time Next Year by Tessa Bailey

November 29, 2023November 30, 2023 AJ Fake Relationship

To be released 1 December Pre-order:  Amazon Review 3 stars This is a quick and easy read, a marriage-of-convenience story. Britta works at a bar which is the hangout for the local ice hockey team, […]

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Review: Name in Lights Collection (including Pumpkin’s Gotta Give) by Kayley Loring

November 27, 2023December 31, 2023 AJ Celebrities

The Name in Lights series by Kayley Loring is available in one collection! Amazon   I love this series so much! Some of my favorite Kayley Loring books, these are fun, playful, sexy, romantic and […]

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Audio Review: Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2) by Abby Jimenez

November 26, 2023November 22, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4 stars! This is a fantastic friends-to-lovers, fake relationship romance with humour, emotion, and so much heart. I did struggle with parts of the story, but I fell […]

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Audio Review: The Graham Effect (Campus Diaries, #1) by Elle Kennedy

November 24, 2023November 24, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Audible Review 5 stars! Like most Off-Campus fans, I was so excited when Elle Kennedy announced that she was writing a second-generation book for Gigi Graham – daughter of Hannah and Garrett from […]

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Review: One Chance (The Sullivan Family, #3) by Lena Hendrix

November 22, 2023January 9, 2024 AJ Fake Relationship

Buy:  Amazon Review 4.5 “this is the best day of my life” stars This is a fun and heartfelt best-friends-to-lovers romance that made me laugh and smile. With an irresistible hero and a fantastically entertaining […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Make-Believe Match (Cherry Tree Harbor, #3) by Melanie Harlow

November 20, 2023March 8, 2025 Mel Book News

  Make-Believe Match (Cherry Tree Harbor, #3) by Melanie Harlow   Released – 20 November 2023   Available Now! Amazon  |  Paperback     Blurb Fall in love with my enemy? No way. Marry him […]

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Audio Review: Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2) by Rebecca Yarros

November 19, 2023August 7, 2024 AJ Action

Buy:  Amazon  |  B&N  |  Apple Books  |  Kobo Review “The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity.” 5 stars! […]

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Release & ARC Review: Love You More (Buttercup Hill, #1) by Stacy Travis

November 17, 2023November 16, 2023 AJ Romance

  Love You More by Stacy Travis is live! This is the first book in a new series by Stacy Travis, set in Californian wine country, where five siblings are running their family’s vineyard empire. […]

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New Release & ARC Review: A Real Good Bad Thing: An Enemies-to-Lovers Standalone by Lauren Blakely

November 16, 2023November 16, 2023 Mel LOL Funny

A Real Good Bad Thing by Lauren Blakely   Released –   16 November 2023   Available Now! Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook     Blurb Enemies turn to lovers, but can they trust each other […]

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Release & ARC Review: After the Storm (Cottonwood Cove, #5) by Laura Pavlov

November 16, 2023November 15, 2023 AJ Romance

  After the Storm by Laura Pavlov is live! This is the most beautiful second-chance-romance! A small-town, single parent romance that is sweet, fun and sexy with no unnecessary drama, this book had me all […]

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Review: End Game (BSU Football, #4) by J.B. Salsbury

November 14, 2023November 14, 2023 AJ Fake Relationship

Buy:  Amazon Blurb She would be my end game. I just didn’t know it yet. Ophelia asked me for one simple favor—to get the guy she’s in love with to notice her. It won’t be easy; […]

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