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ARC Review: Burn Down the Night (Everything I Left Unsaid, #3) by Molly O’Keefe

July 21, 2016January 8, 2017 AJ Bikers

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review 3 stars Molly O’Keefe rocked my world with Everything I Left Unsaid, and this book is set in the same world. Joan and Max are both introduced in the first two […]

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ARC Review: Going Down Easy (Billionaire Bad Boys, #1) by Carly Phillips

July 19, 2016April 2, 2017 AJ Billionaire

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Kaden Barnes is a complex man. On the surface he’s a young billionaire running a company with his best friends after they struck it rich with the creation of […]

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ARC Review: The Debt by Tyler King

July 18, 2016August 19, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 stars! This book was all kinds of unexpected. A darkly intense, angsty, emotional story with a friends-to-lovers relationship that is complicated and passionate with a great balance of […]

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Review Tour & ARC Review & Giveaway: The Hard Count by Ginger Scott

July 15, 2016July 10, 2016 AJ Drama

Amazon | iBooks | B&N | Kobo | Google Play Blurb Nico Medina’s world is eleven miles away from mine. During the day, it’s a place where doors are open—where homes are lived in, and neighbors love. But when the sun sets, it […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review & Giveaway: Filthy English (British Bad Boys, #2) by Ilsa Madden-Mills

July 13, 2016July 23, 2021 Mel Angsty

  A smokin’ hot British player… A jilted girl… One night of mistaken identity… ★★ NOW LIVE★★ Amazon US | Amazon UK *A modern love story inspired by Romeo and Juliet* Blurb Two weeks before her wedding, […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: Deep Redemption (Hades Hangmen, #4) by Tillie Cole

July 12, 2016December 21, 2016 AJ Bikers

  Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon AU | Amazon CA | iBooks Blurb ONLY THROUGH BLOOD CAN THE DEEPEST REDEMPTION BE FOUND… He was born to ascend. He was destined to lead. He was never meant to fail. […]

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Blog Tour, ARC Review, Excerpt & Giveaway: Restored (The Walshes, #5) by Kate Canterbary

July 12, 2016December 8, 2017 AJ Feeeeeeels

Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon AU | Amazon CA iBooks | B&N | Kobo Blurb Can a reformed player ever truly play by someone else’s rules? Sam Walsh has finally put an end to decades of self-destruction, turned over a healthy new leaf, […]

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Blog Tour and ARC Review: Yesterday’s Tomorrows by M.E. Montgomery

July 6, 2016November 13, 2017 Mel Mystery/Suspense

YESTERDAY’S TOMORROWS M.E. Montgomery This second chance romance is beautiful and heart wrenching! RELEASED June 30, 2016! BUY IT NOW! RELEASE DAY PRICE OF 99c! FREE IN KINDLE UNLIMITED Amazon US | Amazon UK Find Yesterday’s Tomorrows on GOODREADS Review […]

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ARC Review: Broken Prince (The Royals, #2) by Erin Watt

July 4, 2016March 28, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook |  Paperback Review 4 stars! Paper Princess was one of my favourite reads this year, and I have been SO excited to get my hands on this follow up. And once again […]

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Man Candy

Blog Tour & ARC Review & Giveaway: Man Candy by Melanie Harlow

June 27, 2016June 26, 2016 Mel Friends-to-Lovers

Man Candy by Melanie Harlow Release Date: June 20, 2016 Genre: Contemporary Romance Amazon US | Amazon UK | Paperback | iBooks Now FREE on Kindle Unlimited Find Man Candy on Goodreads! Blurb He’s back. Not just back in town, but […]

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ARC Review: Into the Nothing by B.T. Urruela (Broken Outlaw, #1)

June 26, 2016June 26, 2016 AJ Drama

  Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review 3.5 stars This is the first solo novel from author B.T. Urruela. He is a co-writer of one of my favourite books – A Lover’s Lament – so I have […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: Broken Love (Love, #2) by Jillian Dodd

June 24, 2016June 22, 2016 Mel Romance

Cade & Palmer’s story is FINALLY here!  Broken Love by Jillian Dodd is NOW LIVE! iBooks | Amazon US | Amazon UK | Google Play | Signed Paperback Review 3 second-chance stars! “You marked my soul as yours a long time ago and never […]

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ARC Review: Ramsay by Mia Sheridan

June 19, 2016June 19, 2016 Mel Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook   Review 4.5 stars! “Ya would not hate her so much now if ya didn’t love her so much then. And there is such a thin veil between love and hate.” Ramsay is […]

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ARC Review: Into the Tomorrows (Bleeding Hearts, #1) by Whitney Barbetti

June 16, 2016June 30, 2016 Mel Romance

Buy:  AMAZON US | AMAZON UK | AMAZON AU | AMAZON CA Review “The best kind of happiness is the kind you unexpectedly find.” After reading Ten Below Zero, I knew I needed to get my […]

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Backfire

ARC Review, Blog Tour & Giveaway: Backfire (Vigilantes, #2) by Keri Lake

June 13, 2016January 14, 2017 AJ Dark & Gritty

  Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “I wanted vengeance. To hurt those bastards for the sheer thrill of it. To laugh in their faces as they bled from their wounds. Death. Punishment. Bloodshed. It […]

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All the Rage

Blog Tour & ARC Review & Giveaway: All the Rage by T.M. Frazier

June 11, 2016December 26, 2016 Mel Dark & Gritty

Prologue It was once said that if you love someone enough you should let them go.  If they come back to you, they were always meant to be yours. It’s kind of bullshit. My story […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review & Giveaway: Give Me You by Caisey Quinn

June 11, 2016June 11, 2016 AJ Drama

  Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review “I like our story better than the fairytale anyways … Because it’s real. And it’s ours.” 3.5 stars I fell in mad love with Keep Me Still when I read […]

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Review: Pucked Up (Pucked, #2) by Helena Hunting

June 9, 2016December 21, 2016 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audible Review 4 stars! This is book 2 in the Pucked series and is just as outrageously rude, crude and hilarious as the first book! Hugely fun and entertaining with […]

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Blog Tour and ARC Review: Making it Through by Erin Cristofoli

June 8, 2016June 7, 2016 Mel Friends-to-Lovers

Making It Through by Erin Cristofoli New Adult Romance NOW AVAILABLE!   Find Making it Through on GOODREADS Buy: Amazon US | Amazon CA | Kobo Blurb “I will always be there for you, Mady, always.” One month […]

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Unbreak My Heart

ARC Review & Excerpt: Unbreak My Heart (Fostering Love, #1) by Nicole Jacquelyn

June 7, 2016December 17, 2019 AJ Angsty

  Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stunningly angsty stars Wow, what a story! An intense, angst-filled romance that is painful and heartbreaking, but also sweet, sexy and gorgeously romantic, and OMG the feeeeeels!!!!! […]

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Coast

ARC Review: Coast (Kick Push, #2) by Jay McLean

June 7, 2016December 11, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “I’m Becca Owens – a broken girl. And he’s Josh Warden – the boy who broke me.” Wow, Jay McLean, you’ve just rocked my world! I loved Josh and […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review & Giveaway: From This Day Forward (Wedding Belles, #0.5) by Lauren Layne

June 6, 2016June 6, 2016 AJ Novella

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review This is a short, sweet novella with a sexy and intense second chance romance. It’s a prequel to the upcoming Wedding Belles series, about an elite group of wedding co-ordinators in […]

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ARC Review: Dark Sexy Knight (a modern fairytale) by Katy Regnery

June 5, 2016July 24, 2017 Mel Favourite

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 5 “Sunshine and a sweet place” stars! “Bring on the dragons and demons…I will slay them.” “Give me your doubts and disquiet. I will silence them.” “I can be your Knight, […]

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The Anatomy of Jane

Review: The Anatomy of Jane (WJM, #1) by Amelia LeFay

June 3, 2016January 22, 2017 AJ MM/Menage

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review “Complicated love stories are the best kind.” 5 stars Wow, what a fantastic read! So many of my friends have read and loved this book, and I’ve been so excited to […]

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ARC Review: Making it Through by Erin Cristofoli

May 31, 2016June 1, 2016 Mel Friends-to-Lovers

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review 3.5 stars Making it Through is the first book I have read by Erin Cristofoli. It is a story about friendship, moving on, and finding love after a tragic loss. A […]

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