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Release & ARC Review: Tyrant by R.K. Lilley

August 29, 2023April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  Tyrant by R.K. Lilley is live! What a delight of a read! Written entirely from the hero’s perspective, we get to watch a proudly debauched playboy fall madly and completely in love for the […]

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Release & Review: In the Likely Event by Rebecca Yarros

July 31, 2023August 7, 2024 AJ Angsty

In the Likely Event by Rebecca Yarros is live, and wow, what a read! An emotional, angsty, heartfelt second-chance military romance, this book completely swept me away with its emotion and intensity, and I adored […]

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Release & ARC Review: My F*cked Up Paradise by J.B. Salsbury

June 12, 2023June 12, 2023 AJ Angsty

  J.B. Salsbury has a surprise release today! My F*cked Up Paradise is available now! A trip to Hawaii does not go to plan in this funny, angsty, emotional and romantic read that twists and […]

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ARC Review: Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

June 11, 2023 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

Releasing 13 June Buy:  Amazon Review 4.5 stars! This is such a gorgeous read! Smart, funny and swoonily romantic, with a hero that owns my heart, and a nice amount of depth to give it […]

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ARC Review: Always Isn’t Forever by J.C. Cervantes

June 3, 2023June 3, 2023 AJ Drama

Always Isn’t Forever by J.C. Cervantes, coming 6 June! Amazon Pre-order   Blurb Best friends and soul mates since they were kids, Hart Augusto and Ruby Armenta were poised to take on senior year together […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: A Ship of Bones and Teeth (Nightwind, #1) by Karina Halle

May 29, 2023June 28, 2024 AJ Action

  When it comes to the high seas, not all monsters lurk beneath the surface.   A Ship Of Bones & Teeth, an all-new gothic, dark fantasy romance, and retelling of The Little Mermaid from […]

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ARC Review: Darkhearts by James L. Sutter

May 27, 2023June 7, 2023 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

Releasing 6 June 2023 Buy:  Amazon Blurb Perfect for fans of Alice Oseman and Red, White, & Royal Blue, Darkhearts is a hilarious, heartfelt, enemies-to-lovers romance about love, celebrity, and what happens when the two collide. When David quit his band, […]

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ARC Review: Planes, Trains, and All the Feels by Livy Hart

May 16, 2023May 16, 2023 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

Planes, Trains, and All the Feels by Livy Hart is coming 23 May, and it’s an absolute gem of a read!   Funny, smart, emotional and gorgeously romantic this book made me laugh and swoon, […]

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Release & ARC Review: Coach (Treasure State Wildcats, #1) by Devney Perry

April 6, 2023April 6, 2023 AJ Forbidden

  Coach by Devney Perry is live and it’s a 5-star read! Oh, I love this book! A single dad sports romance, almost-second-chance, friends to lovers romance, it’s chock-full of some of my favourite tropes, […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Summer We Fell by Elizabeth O’Roark

April 6, 2023June 7, 2024 AJ Angsty

  The Summer We Fell by Elizabeth O’Roark is now live!  An angsty and dramatic second-chance-romance full of intrigue and emotion, this is a wild ride.   Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide   Blurb He was […]

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Review: The Tragedy of Felix and Jake by J. Daniels

March 14, 2023March 13, 2023 AJ Drama

  The Tragedy of Felix and Jake by J. Daniels is live, and it’s an amazing read!   I have so many feelings about this book. It’s so funny, so emotional, and so heartwrenching, and […]

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Audio Review: Toe the Line by Penelope Ward

March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Apple Books  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  Audible Review 4.5 stars! Oh, I loved this book! A deliciously angsty best-friends-to-lovers story that spans ten years of slow-burning build-up. […]

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Release & ARC Review: The New Guy by Sarina Bowen

February 28, 2023July 11, 2023 AJ Drama

  The New Guy is live! A new male / male hockey romance from 24-time USA Today bestseller Sarina Bowen! Full of heart, humour, emotion, epic chemistry and heat, the longing-kind-of-angst that I love in […]

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Audio Review: Coming Home by Kennedy Ryan

February 11, 2023 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

Buy:  Amazon  |  Audible Review 3 stars “Sometimes the things that could have happened affect us almost as much as the things that did.” This is a short and sweet novella, an almost-second-chance romance where […]

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ARC Review Excerpt: To Trust and To Touch by Vivi Anne Hunt

December 12, 2022April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

Releasing 13 December Buy:  Amazon Blurb Every Friday night, Alex goes to the infamous sex club, Kink World, to perform. He goes in, takes his money, and gets out. No complications and definitely no touching. […]

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Release & Review: The Fake Holidate by Amie Knight

December 4, 2022December 4, 2022 AJ Novella

The Fake Holidate by Amie Knight is live! This is a short and fun novella, a fake relationship/close proximity romance that is sweet and sexy with a feel-good finish.   Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: Swear On My Life by S.L. Scott

December 3, 2022December 3, 2022 AJ Drama

  Swear On My Life by S.L. Scott is live! A swoony and passionate NA love story that becomes an emotional second-chance-romance, this book is SO beautifully romantic! A standalone, opposites attract story with a […]

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ARC Review: Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales

November 27, 2022November 24, 2022 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

Buy:  Amazon  |  Audio Review 3.5 stars This is such a fun read! A witty comedy featuring a bachelor-ish reality show where a semi-wannabe-celebrity dates his ex-girlfriends in the hopes of finding the one who […]

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ARC Review: A Cosmic Kind of Love by Samantha Young

October 15, 2022October 15, 2022 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

  A Cosmic Kind of Love by Samantha Young Releasing 18 October   Sweet, fun, sexy and intense, it’s an emotional friends-to-lovers romance with characters that you cannot help but love, and I was captivated […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: Fall Twice by Evey Lyon

October 12, 2022October 11, 2022 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

  Fall Twice by Evey Lyon is live! A complete standalone second-chance novella that celebrates the season of change, Autumn. It will give you all the feels with a dose of steam. Ideal for lovers […]

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Release & ARC Review: In a Jam (Friendship, Rhode Island, #1) by Kate Canterbary

September 20, 2022February 4, 2025 AJ Fake Relationship

  In a Jam by Kate Canterbary is live! A small-town, slow-burning, friends-to-lovers, single-dad romance with all the feels, I am completely obsessed with these characters, and I absolutely adored this book!   Amazon US  […]

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Audio Review: Eternal Sunshine by L.J. Shen

September 10, 2022September 10, 2022 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Audio (Audible exclusive available only as an audiobook) Review 4 stars This is a great little short story that I picked up on Audible. It’s a brother’s-best-friend, enemies-to-lovers story that is fun, sexy, and […]

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New Release: Moody by Penelope Ward

August 22, 2022August 22, 2022 AJ Book News

  Moody, a brand new standalone from Penelope Ward, is now live!   Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU Apple Books  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  Audible  […]

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Review: Clarence House by Devney Perry (previously titled Ivy by Willa Nash)

August 6, 2022February 16, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Previously titled Ivy by Willa Nash     Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 3.5 stars Three intertwined stories full of secrets and drama, this is something a little different for Devney Perry (writing as Willa Nash). It’s an […]

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Release & ARC Review: Requiem by Callie Hart

July 27, 2022 AJ New Adult

  Requiem by Callie Hart is live! Dramatic, sexy, unexpected and beautifully romantic with a stunning twist, this book kept me absolutely captivated, desperate to see what was going to happen, and I loved it! […]

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