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Review: The Offer by Karina Halle

June 15, 2015April 19, 2016 Mel LOL Funny

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 “Bram-a-lama-ding-dong” stars! “I know you’ve been burned. But I’ve been burned too. Maybe our ashes can make something beautiful together.” Karina Halle’s The Offer is a contemporary romance that […]

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ARC Review: Never Let You Go (a modern fairytale) by Katy Regnery

June 12, 2015September 4, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 “I love you forever” stars I loved this book. A spin on the fairytale of Hansel and Gretel, this book tells the story of Holden and Griselda. Both children of […]

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Review: Fisher’s Light by Tara Sivec

May 29, 2015March 31, 2016 AJ Epic Romance

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “No matter what, I will always find my way back to you.” A breathtakingly beautiful story of a husband and wife torn apart by the devastation of PTSD, and their […]

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Review: Here’s to Falling by Christine Zolendz

May 4, 2015April 3, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review “It was you from the beginning … you were my horizon. Everything I could ever see.”  Stunning, emotional and an epically beautiful love story. 5 HUGE STARS I read this book […]

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Review: The Five Stages of Falling in Love by Rachel Higginson

March 24, 2015February 6, 2018 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  | Audio Review 4.5 stars This is a heartachingly beautiful story of a woman who has lost the love of her life and been left alone to raise their four young […]

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Review: Cement Heart (Viper’s Heart, #1) by Beth Ehemann

March 16, 2015August 15, 2018 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 5 ‘OMG the feeeeels’ stars! OMG, this book has just blown me away! It’s the kind of story that it’s best to just dive in and experience without knowing anything […]

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Review: Confess by Colleen Hoover

March 12, 2015July 27, 2017 Mel Audio Recommendation

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback | Audio Review 4.5 “That could be fate, you know” stars “Are you here to save me?” Confess is an emotional love story that is original and captivating. Colleen Hoover does […]

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Review: Tight by Alessandra Torre

March 2, 2015April 1, 2016 AJ Dark & Gritty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 Tight and twisty stars Alessandra Torre has done it again! Queen of the mindfuck, she has given us a complex and intriguing story featuring fantastic characters, a hot, […]

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Review: Clear by Jessica Park

February 22, 2015April 1, 2016 AJ Dark & Gritty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 unexpected and mindfucky stars From the moment I saw the blurb for this book, I was intrigued. I love Jessica Park’s writing, she writes wonderful romance and when […]

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Review: Kyland by Mia Sheridan

January 26, 2015April 3, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Half agony, half hope. Half pain, half ecstasy. Half grief, half joy. Half my downfall, half my saviour.” 5 heartbreakingly beautiful stars Mia Sheridan does it again! OMG, this woman […]

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Review: All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

January 11, 2015March 31, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “It’s not what you take, it’s what you leave.” 5 emotionally stunning stars This book took me on an emotional rollercoaster and left me speechless. Totally and utterly speechless. It’s […]

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Review: I’ll Meet You There by Heather Demetrios

January 2, 2015March 31, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review An emotional yet sweet and ultimately uplifting story featuring a strong-willed girl battling against her life’s circumstances, and a wounded Marine returned from war struggling to find his place in […]

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Review: The Pact by Karina Halle

December 30, 2014April 19, 2016 Mel Friends-to-Lovers

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  Review 4 “Baby Blue” stars! The Pact, written by Karina Halle, is a wonderful friends-to-lovers story between Stephanie and Linden. It’s a beautiful romance that has just the right amount of […]

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Review: Playing it Safe by Barbie Bohrman

December 13, 2014January 21, 2022 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Funny, romantic and steamy hot with epic UST. I freaking love this book! This is my first book by Barbie Bohrman, and apparently it follows on from her first book, Promise […]

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Review: Misbehaving by Tiffany Reisz

December 4, 2014March 29, 2016 AJ LOL Funny

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review 4.5 hot and hilarious stars I was looking for something funny, romantic, smutty, and with great banter, and this was absolutely perfect! It’s only short, but it has the trademark Tiffany […]

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Review: Stepbrother Dearest by Penelope Ward

October 3, 2014January 5, 2017 AJ Romance

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback  Review “You make me feel things, Greta. You always have. When I’m around you, whether it’s good or bad…I feel everything.”  This is a gorgeous story about love and loss, and finding […]

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Review: The Rules Regarding Gray by Elizabeth Finn

September 17, 2014April 3, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 unexpected stars. Wow! Not your conventional romance, but I wanted something gritty with a bit of angst, and I certainly got it. But this book also took me by […]

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Review: Reasonable Doubt (Vol 1-3) by Whitney G.

September 6, 2014May 31, 2018 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Reviews Note – This series was originally published as a collection of three serial novellas.  The book has now been combined into one volume, however the reviews below are still […]

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Review: A Divided Heart (previously published as Black Lies) by Alessandra Torre

August 30, 2014September 19, 2023 AJ Epic Romance

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Go ahead. Judge me. You have no idea what my love entails. I love two men. I fuck two men. If you think you’ve heard this story before, you haven’t.” […]

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Review: Losing Me Finding You (Losing Me Finding You, #1) by Natalie Ward

August 12, 2014March 31, 2016 AJ Epic Romance

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “I’ll be here waiting for you,” he says, his eyes never leaving mine. “You just have to come find me.”  OMG, what an incredible, incredible story! From the moment I […]

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Review: After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid

July 7, 2014March 31, 2016 AJ Feeeeeeels

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 5 heartbreakingly uplifting stars Wow, this is an amazing story. The story of a husband and wife, once blissfully happy and in love who now… aren’t. Ryan and I are […]

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Review: Say the Word by Julie Johnson

June 14, 2014March 31, 2016 AJ Feeeeeeels

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Soulmates are a reward, not a certainty. I think you have to earn them. And I believe, if you’re one of the bastards lucky enough to stumble across yours, that […]

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Review: Lifers by Jane Harvey-Berrick

April 27, 2014September 23, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review This is a beautifully heart warming love story, with some very serious themes, and it sucked me in right from first chapter. Torrey is a no-nonsense, straight talking girl […]

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Review: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

March 2, 2014August 22, 2017 AJ 6 Star Reads

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “You only get one life. It’s actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.” ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE AND EMOTIONALLY STUNNING. 6 MASSIVE STARS Every now and then a book […]

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Review: Archer’s Voice by Mia Sheridan

January 27, 2014December 11, 2019 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “I’m here for you. I’m here because of you.” 5 heart-clenching stars. Stinger put Mia Sheridan on my insta-buy list, and this book cements her place there! Archer’s Voice is […]

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