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ARC Review: Destructive (Combative, #3) by Lay McLean

January 9, 2020January 8, 2020 Mel Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars! The Combative Trilogy is complete!! I devoured Combative and Redemptive, so it’s no surprise that I would devour the last book in the trilogy. Destructive is a […]

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Excerpt Reveal: Sex and Other Shiny Objects (Boyfriend Material, #2) by Lauren Blakely

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020 Mel Book News

  SEX AND OTHER SHINY OBJECTS by Lauren Blakely   A Contemporary Romance – Releasing 13 January 2020   Pre-order special! Price goes up on release day! Amazon  |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo  | […]

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Release & ARC Review: Come Back For Me (Arrowood Brothers, #1) by Corinne Michaels

January 7, 2020January 6, 2020 AJ Drama

  Come Back for Me, an all-new emotional and riveting standalone from New York Times Bestselling author Corinne Michaels, is LIVE   Amazon  |  Apple Books  |  Barnes & Noble  |  Kobo  |  Google Play […]

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Release & ARC Review: Release by Aly Martinez

January 6, 2020August 29, 2025 AJ Angsty

“I couldn’t put it down! The incredible premise and the tension will keep you turning the pages until dawn.” – Sarina Bowen, USA Today bestselling author Release, an all-new powerful and emotional standalone romance from […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: The Right Way by Katie Ashley

January 4, 2020January 4, 2020 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon AU  |  Amazon CA   Blurb After witnessing his younger brother’s death in a tragic accident, Jonathan Nelson desperately tries losing himself on the gridiron. No matter […]

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Teaser Reveal: Sex and Other Shiny Objects (Boyfriend Material, #2) by Lauren Blakely

January 3, 2020January 7, 2020 Mel Book News

  SEX AND OTHER SHINY OBJECTS by Lauren Blakely   A Contemporary Romance – Releasing 13 January 2020   Pre-order special! Price goes up on release day! Amazon  |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo  | […]

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Audio Review: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

January 2, 2020January 1, 2020 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  | Paperback  |  Audio Review 5 stars for true love! This book hit my radar after it won the Goodreads Choice award for best romance, and best debut, and all of a […]

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Best of 2019

January 1, 2020January 1, 2020 AJ Book News

It’s been a fantastic year of reading for us, with over 50 books making it to our ‘Faves for 2019‘ page!   We’ve selected the very best to share with you here, as well as […]

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Audio Review: The Plan Commences (The Rising, #2) by Kristen Ashley

December 31, 2019July 16, 2020 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars The second instalment in Kristen Ashley’s The Rising series, this book picks up where the first left off, and we are thrown back into the land of Triton and […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: So, That Got Weird (So Far, So Good, #1) by Amelia Kingston

December 29, 2019May 25, 2020 AJ Drama

   NEW 5-STAR FAVE FROM AMELIA KINGSTON IS LIVE!   Amazon  |  Kobo  |  Barnes & Noble   Blurb A painfully awkward love story. Incomprehensibly awkward Elizabeth Wilde is desperate for love. Connection. Intimacy. After […]

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ARC Review: The One For You (The Ones Who Got Away, #4) by Roni Loren

December 27, 2019 AJ Drama

To be released 31 December   Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars! The fourth and final book in the The Ones Who Got Away series, this friends-to-lovers romance is fun, sweet and sexy with […]

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Review: Christmas in the City co-write anthology

December 24, 2019December 24, 2019 AJ Anthology

Christmas in the City, an all-new holiday anthology featuring 12 of your favorite bestselling authors, is available NOW, but for a limited time! These are brand new stories and available FREE on all platforms!    […]

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Review: Park Avenue Player by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward

December 23, 2019 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4 stars! Another fun, emotional, sexy and unexpected romance from the queens of co-writing! An enemies-to-lovers, boss/nanny relationship that is full of snark and chemistry with a love story that had […]

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Review: The Last Hope (The Raging Ones, #2) by Krista & Becca Ritchie

December 22, 2019December 22, 2019 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 4.5 stars Wow, what a finish to the duet. I’m not a huge reader of science fiction, but I am a huge fan of the Ritchie sisters, and they have delivered a story […]

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Review: Pipe Dreams (Brooklyn Bruisers, #3) by Sarina Bowen

December 21, 2019 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4 stars! The third book in the Brooklyn Bruisers series, and another gorgeous, heartfelt second-chance-romance… this one completely unexpected. I haven’t been the greatest fan of Nate’s Assistant, Lauren, in the previous […]

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Review: 100 Days of Sunlight by Abbie Emmons

December 20, 2019December 20, 2019 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 stars This is a beautiful YA read. A sweet, emotional and uplifting story about two 16-year-olds who are dealing with significant life challenges and who find strength in […]

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Review: Where Winter Finds You (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #17.5) by J.R. Ward

December 19, 2019December 19, 2019 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook |  Paperback  |  Audio Review Happy endings for the win! 4 stars The Shadows brought us Trez’s story, which just about shattered every BDB fan out there. I still remember the trauma coma that book threw me […]

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Blog Tour, Excerpt & Review: Regretting You by Colleen Hoover

December 17, 2019December 17, 2019 AJ Drama

  From #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Ends with Us comes a poignant novel about family, first love, grief, and betrayal that will touch the hearts of both mothers and daughters.   Regretting […]

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New Release with ARC Review: Asking for a Friend (Boyfriend Material, #1) by Lauren Blakely

December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 Mel Book News

  ASKING FOR A FRIEND by Lauren Blakley   Released – December 16th   Available Now! Amazon  |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook     [yasr_overall_rating size=”large”] Blurb I […]

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Release & Review: Breaking Defenses (BSU Football, #1) by J.B. Salsbury

December 15, 2019October 12, 2020 AJ New Adult

  Breaking Defenses is live! This is Carey Slade’s book! (Fighting for Flight‘s Jonah and Raven’s now 21yr old son)    Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU  |  B&N  |  […]

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Audio Review: The Beginning of Everything (The Rising, #1) by Kristen Ashley

December 14, 2019July 16, 2020 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio  Review 4.5 stars! A brand new fantasy series from KA? Sign me up! I was so freaking excited to start this book, the first in The Rising series, and though it was very […]

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Release & ARC Review: Across Time (Parallel, #3) by Elizabeth O’Roark

December 12, 2019December 19, 2020 AJ Drama

  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU Free in Kindle Unlimited   Blurb In a dangerous time before her own…a dangerous attraction. Amelie Besson is on the cusp of attaining […]

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Release: Forever Wicked (Wicked, #4) by Piper Lawson

December 12, 2019December 12, 2019 AJ Book News

  Amazon  |  Apple  |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  Google Play   Blurb I wanted to fall for a boy. Instead, I fell for a legend… Jax Jamieson was the biggest rock star on the […]

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Blog Tour with ARC Review: House of Scarlett (Legend Trilogy, Book Two) by Meghan March

December 11, 2019December 11, 2019 Mel Feeeeeeels

House of Scarlett (Legend Trilogy, Book Two)   Released – 10 December 2019   AVAILABLE NOW! Amazon  |  Kobo  |  B&N  |  iBooks  |  Google  |  Paperback  |  Audio     Blurb Gabriel Legend is […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Forbidden Man by Karina Halle

December 11, 2019April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

Originally published as The Younger Man     A reckless, obsessive soccer star. A forbidden affair that could ruin her career. The locker room has never been this steamy.   The Younger Man, an epic […]

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