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Review: Fighting Redemption by Kate McCarthy

December 7, 2013August 19, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “You’re all I see. Nothing holds more beauty in my eyes than you do. No one will ever love you the way I do.” Oh. My. God. What an incredible, […]

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Review: Stinger by Mia Sheridan

November 29, 2013March 28, 2016 AJ Badasses

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Sometimes you don’t even realize anything is wrong until someone comes along and changes you, and makes you want more.” I LOVE THIS BOOK! Not only is it a beautiful, […]

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Review: Coming Home by Priscilla Glenn

November 7, 2013March 31, 2016 AJ 6 Star Reads

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review ABSOLUTELY, STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL! ♥ ♥ ♥ Priscilla Glenn takes us on yet another breathtaking, emotional journey. I laughed, I swooned, I cried sobbed, and I fell in love – and […]

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Review: Making Faces by Amy Harmon

October 25, 2013July 24, 2019 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review ABSOLUTELY, AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL! “Making Faces is the story of a small town where five young men go off to war, and only one comes back. It is the […]

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Review: Spiral by Mila Ferrera

October 14, 2013April 3, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook   Review 5 heart-clutching stars! I went into this book not really knowing what to expect, and I have to say it surprised the hell out of me! It’s not your average ‘boy […]

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Review: The Tied Man by Tabitha McGowan

August 18, 2013March 31, 2024 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Amazon  Review 5 ‘HOLY SHIT, WHAT DID I JUST READ?’ STARS Clearly unprepared, I went into this expecting a kinky sex book. Ummm – NO! This is a shockingly brutal and tragic story that […]

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Review: Emancipating Andie by Priscilla Glenn

May 2, 2013March 31, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review I absolutely fell in love with Priscilla Glenn’s debut novel, Back To You, last year, and have been waiting oh-so-impatiently for this book to be released, and I was not […]

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Review: In the Stillness by Andrea Randall

April 15, 2013June 26, 2016 AJ 6 Star Reads

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 6 incredible stars! ABSOLUTELY FREAKING PHENOMENAL! Oh my God, this is a powerful, powerful book, and an instant addition to my favourites shelf. The characters are fantastic, the storyline […]

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Review: The Final Piece by Maggi Myers

February 20, 2013March 31, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “We are all broken in one way or another. It’s how we put those pieces back together that matters.” I LOVE THIS BOOK!!! It is fairly short (unliked this review… […]

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Review: Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1) by Fisher Amelie

January 30, 2013January 29, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Wow! What an amazing story, and something so very different from your standard YA romance. I absolutely ADORED it! When we first meet Sophie she is a rich, bitchy, spoiled […]

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Review: The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay

January 7, 2013April 11, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review SO MUCH EMOTION!! But, God, I loved it! 5 incredible stars Nastya and Josh are two incredible complex characters, both having suffered extreme tragedy in their lives. Initially drawn together […]

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Review: Back to You by Priscilla Glenn

November 24, 2012March 31, 2016 AJ 6 Star Reads

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review OMG, LOVE, LOVE LOVE!!! THIS BOOK IS ABSOLUTE PERFECTION! Every now and then a little indie book pops up that is a total surprise and just completely takes your breath […]

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Review: When We Collide by A.L Jackson

November 11, 2012March 31, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 5 EMOTIONAL, HEART-WRENCHING STARS A.L. Jackson does it again, with another emotionally intense book that sucked me in, ripped my heart out, but left me weeping happy tears. I fell in love […]

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Review: Almost by Anne Eliot

November 5, 2012March 31, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Wow, this book was gorgeous! A beautifully written, emotional story of first love in difficult circumstances. It’s not all hearts and flowers – in fact, the story takes you to […]

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Review: Sweet Gum Tree by Katherine Allred

June 19, 2012April 3, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 5 stars! Absolutely beautiful!!! Beautifully written and gut wrenchingly emotional, this is an absolutely beautiful romance between an idealistic young girl and her best friend from the wrong side of […]

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Review: Play it Safe by Kristen Ashley

June 9, 2012April 3, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Loved it! What an absolute swoon-fest!!! As much as I love all of Kristen Ashley’s Alphas, I think she has managed to create the perfect man in Grayson Cody who, apart from […]

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Review: On the Island by Tracey Garvis-Graves

February 18, 2012May 8, 2017 AJ Epic Romance

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 5 AMAZING STARS This book is amazing. It pulled me in from the very first page, and I didn’t put it down until I’d finished. The story was beautiful, and […]

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Review: The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffeneger

October 24, 2010March 31, 2016 AJ Epic Romance

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review ONE OF MY ALL-TIME FAVOURITE BOOKS!!! I was talking to a friend about this book recently, and while explaining it to her, I was essentially writing a review, so […]

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