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New Release & ARC Review: A Wild Card Kiss (Happy Endings, #1) by Lauren Blakely

February 25, 2022March 13, 2022 Mel Book News

A Wild Card Kiss by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely is NOW LIVE!! Grab this deliciously sexy, single dad, second chance sports romance TODAY!! A WILD CARD KISS (Happy Endings, #1) by Lauren […]

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New Release & ARC Review: On the Honey Side (Blum’s Bees, #2) by Staci Hart

February 24, 2022March 9, 2022 Mel Book News

  On the Honey Side (Blum’s Bees, #2) by Staci Hart   Released – 24 February 2022   Available now! Amazon   Blurb No one can ever have Keaton Meyer. Least of all me. The […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Difference Between Somehow and Someway (The Difference Trilogy, #2) by Aly Martinez

February 24, 2022August 29, 2025 AJ Drama

“The world gave me everything. And then it took it all away.”   The Difference Between Somehow and Someway, the second book in the moving and captivating The Difference Trilogy from USA Today bestselling author Aly […]

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Release & ARC Review: How Good It Was (Excess All Areas, #3) by Scarlett Cole

February 22, 2022February 22, 2022 AJ Drama

  How Good It Was, the third book in the Excess All Areas rockstar romance series by Scarlett Cole is live!   Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Kobo  |  Apple  |  Nook  |  Google […]

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Release, Excerpt & ARC Review: Sparrow & Hawke (The Birdsong Trilogy, #1) by Nina Lane

February 22, 2022February 22, 2022 AJ Angsty

  Sparrow & Hawke, the first book in The Birdsong Trilogy by Nina Lane, is now live!   Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Apple Books  |  Google Play   Blurb Darius My attraction […]

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ARC Review: Gold (The Queen & The Assassin, #3) by Lisette Marshall

February 20, 2022February 22, 2022 AJ Forbidden

Gold, the final book in The Queen & The Assassin trilogy, is live! An exciting, intense and passionate read that completes Runo and Tamar’s story perfectly.   Amazon   Blurb To challenge the Empire is […]

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Blog Tour, Excerpt & ARC Review: No Match For Her (Berkeley Hills, #5) by Stacy Travis

February 18, 2022August 29, 2025 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

No Match for Her, an all-new swoon-worthy slow burn romance from bestselling author Stacy Travis is available now!   Amazon  |  Apple  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  Paperback   Blurb I need a […]

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Release & ARC Review: A Very Vegas St. Patrick’s Day (A Very Holiday, #3) by Kayley Loring & Connor Crais

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 AJ LOL Funny

A Very Vegas St Patrick’s Day by Kayley Loring and Connor Crais is live! I love this book! It’s fun, funny, sizzlingly sexy and swoonily romantic. A hookup that becomes a Vegas wedding that becomes […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Truths We Burn (Hollow Boys, #2) by Monty Jay

February 16, 2022February 17, 2022 AJ Angsty

The Truths We Burn, the second book in the Hollow Boys series by Monty Jay, is live! Dark, gritty and intense, this is a second-chance-romance with a difference, and I loved it!     Amazon  […]

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Release: Player Hater (Accidentally in Love, #1) by Sara Ney

February 15, 2022February 15, 2022 AJ Book News

  The Player Hater by Sara Ney is live! Amazon  |  Apple  |  Kobo  |  Nook Blurb I would do anything for my best friend. Well. Almost anything. When she begs me to come on a weekend getaway so I can bond with […]

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Release & ARC Review: A Chance for Us (Willow Creek Valley, #4) by Corinne Michaels

February 8, 2022February 7, 2022 AJ Drama

A Chance for Us is live!     Amazon  |  Apple Books  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  Google Play |  Audible (audio narrated by Zachary Webber & Vanessa Edwin)   Blurb My marriage started as a […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Final Play (Summerville Sports Romance, #3) by Amie Knight

February 4, 2022August 29, 2025 AJ Drama

The Final Play isn’t always the end. Sometimes, it’s the beginning of something far more beautiful.   The Final Play by Amie Knight is live! Amazon  |  Paperback   Blurb As a professional linebacker, I […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: Group Therapy: A Romantic Comedy by B.B. Easton

February 3, 2022August 28, 2025 Mel Forbidden

GROUP THERAPY, a brand new steamy and laugh-out-loud rom-com from Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author BB Easton is now available! Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide  |  iBooks  |   B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play Amazon […]

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Blog Tour, Excerpt & ARC Review: Tattered Stars (Tattered & Torn, #1) by Catherine Cowles

February 2, 2022August 29, 2025 AJ Age Gap

“Small town romance at its best! Absolutely unputdownable. Cowles grabs you from page one and doesn’t let you go. A brilliant tale packed with heat and heart.” —Adriana Locke USA Today bestselling author   Tattered […]

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ARC Review: Claimed (Willow Springs, #5) by Laura Pavlov

January 28, 2022January 21, 2022 AJ Feeeeeeels

  Claimed is live, and the Willow Springs series is complete! Amazon   Blurb Nashville’s hottest country star. Wedding planner extraordinaire. High school sweethearts one day and complete strangers the next. “He’s the only boy […]

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Release & ARC Review: Twisted Hate (Twisted, #3) by Ana Huang

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 AJ Brother/Best Friend

  Twisted Hate, book #3 in the Twisted series by Ana Huang, is live! A sexy and intense enemies-to-lovers, best-friend’s-brother romance that had me completely hooked from start to finish. Josh and Jules steam up […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Difference Between Somebody and Someone (The Difference Trilogy, #1) by Aly Martinez

January 27, 2022August 29, 2025 AJ Drama

“The world owes you nothing.”   The Difference Between Somebody and Someone, the first book in the The Difference Trilogy, filled with emotional twists and turns from USA Today bestselling author Aly Martinez, is now live! […]

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ARC Review: You Can Run (Laurel Snow, #1) by Rebecca Zanetti

January 26, 2022January 26, 2022 AJ Mystery/Suspense

You Can Run, the first book in Rebecca Zanetti’s Laurel Snow series, is live! A smart and complex mystery/suspense story, this is an intense read from start to finish with just a hint of romance, […]

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Release & ARC Review: Running Wild (The Simple Wild, #3) by K.A. Tucker

January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 AJ Romance

From the internationally bestselling author of The Simple Wild comes a new story in the Simple Wild world, featuring veterinarian Marie and her struggles to find her own happily ever after…     Amazon  |  […]

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Release & ARC Review: Take a Chance With Me (With Me in Seattle #18; The O’Callaghans, #5) by Kristen Proby

January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 AJ Brother/Best Friend

Take a Chance With Me, a gorgeously romantic friends-to-lovers/brother’s-best-friend story, is live!     A friends to lovers, soulmates story from Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author Kristen Proby, set in her beloved […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Best Men by Sarina Bowen & Lauren Blakely

January 18, 2022December 31, 2022 AJ Audio Recommendation

  Bestselling authors Sarina Bowen and Lauren Blakely team up for the first time in an enemies-to-lovers, opposites-attract, irresistibly sexy standalone romance between the best man and the other best man!    Amazon  |  Apple  […]

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Release & ARC Review: Pieces of Me (Pieces Duet, #2) Jay McLean

January 16, 2022December 31, 2022 AJ Angsty

  Pieces of Me by Jay McLean, is live early, and the Pieces Duet is complete! Angsty, heartwrenching, and stunningly romantic, this duet is a must-read that will have you feeling all the feels!   […]

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Release & ARC Review: Decker: Changing the Play (Boston Tomcats, #1) by Kayley Loring and Connor Crais

January 13, 2022July 24, 2022 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  Decker: Changing the Play, book #1 in the Boston Tomcats series, is live!   A fantastically fun and funny sports romance that is full of chemistry and heat, with a gorgeous romance!   Amazon […]

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Release & Review: Prodigal Son (The Forever Marked Series, #2) by Jay Crownover

January 12, 2022August 29, 2025 AJ Drama

  PRODIGAL SON (The Forever Marked Series Book 2) by Jay Crownover is live! An intense, emotional, and dramatic story with a childhood-friends-to-lovers, single dad romance between two soulmates that are absolutely meant to be.  […]

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Release & ARC Review: Juniper Hill (The Edens, #2) by Devney Perry

January 11, 2022January 11, 2022 AJ Romance

  Juniper Hill, the second standalone in The Edens series by Devney Perry is live!!! Amazon  |  Apple  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  Google Play   Blurb Memphis Ward arrives in Quincy, Montana, on the […]

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