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Review: The Sleight Before Christmas (Holiday Hijinx, #2) by Kate Stewart

January 28, 2025January 28, 2025 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon Review “Ride or die, no fucks given, make out on a whim, Thatch and Serena in the house.” 5 stars! A laugh-out-loud funny, yet emotional read that is both entertaining and all too […]

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New Release & ARC Review: The Apple Tree (Sunday Morning, #2) by Jewel E. Ann

January 23, 2025January 23, 2025 Mel Angsty

  The Apple Tree (Sunday Morning, #2) by Jewel E. Ann   Released – 23 January 2025   Available today! Amazon US  |  Amazon Worldwide  |  Hardcover  |  Paperback   Blurb He’s a single dad […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Grief We Hold (Iron Outlaws MC: Colorado, #1) by S. Cole

January 23, 2025January 23, 2025 AJ Bikers

  The Grief We Hold by S. Cole is live! The beginning of a new series, this is a darkly emotional MC romance with a beautifully sweet love story. It’s a dramatic and exciting read […]

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Release & ARC Review: Reckless Love (The Single Dad Playbook, #3) by Willow Aster

January 16, 2025January 16, 2025 AJ Feeeeeeels

  Reckless Love by Willow Aster is live! This is the most beautiful friends-to-lovers romance! Best friends with lifelong feels for each other finally come together in this chemistry-filled, slow burning, single dad, forbidden love […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Chase Lovett Wants Me (Tilton U, #1) by Helena Hunting

January 10, 2025January 10, 2025 Mel Book News

Chase Lovett Wants Me by Helena Hunting   Released – 10 January 2025   Available now! Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook     Blurb Chase Lovett. Star of my (unrequited) fantasies. Hottest guy on campus. […]

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Release & ARC Review: Steal My Heart (Rosewood River, #1) by Laura Pavlov

January 9, 2025January 8, 2025 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  Steal My Heart by Laura Pavlov is live! I love this book! A small town, sort-of-enemies-to-lovers, workplace romance with fantastic characters, epic chemistry, and a fun, swoony and sexy love story that stole my […]

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New Release & ARC Review: The Proposal Play (Love and Hockey, #3) by Lauren Blakely

January 8, 2025January 10, 2025 Mel Book News

  The Proposal Play (Love and Hockey, #3) by Lauren Blakely   Released – 8 January 2025   Available today! Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook     Blurb My plan when I win a date […]

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Release & ARC Review: Forbidden Dreams (Dream Series, #2) by Natasha Madison

January 3, 2025March 3, 2025 AJ Romance

  Forbidden Dreams by Natasha Madison is live! Amazon   Blurb When the single mom moves in next door, it’s your enemy’s soon-to-be ex-wife. Lines are drawn, and I have to remember not to cross […]

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Release & ARC Review: Undeniably Married (Boston’s Irresistible Billionaires, #4) by J. Saman

December 27, 2024December 27, 2024 AJ Fake Relationship

  Undeniably Married by J. Saman is live! I love this book! Great characters, fabulously fun tropes, a blisteringly hot and swoony love story, and a completely smitten hero who stole my heart, I enjoyed […]

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Audio Review: Broken Harbor (Sparrow Falls, #3) by Catherine Cowles

December 26, 2024December 27, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy: Amazon  |  Audiobook  |  People Paperback  |  Alt Paperback Review 3.5 stars The third book in the Sparrow Falls series, this is a gorgeous single parent sports romance with a woman in hiding and an […]

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Review: A Very Snowed In New Year (A Very Holiday, #5) by Kayley Loring

December 23, 2024December 21, 2024 AJ Celebrities

Buy:  Amazon Blurb What’s the actual last thing you’d ever want your celebrity crush to see you doing when you finally come face-to-excruciatingly-handsome-face with him? Singing and dancing around by yourself to “Dreams” by The Cranberries […]

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ARC Review: A More Than Mayhem Christmas (More Than, #6) by Jay McLean

December 21, 2024December 23, 2024 AJ Feeeeeeels

  A More Than Mayhem Christmas by Jay McLean is live! The book I never knew I needed – this was a fantastic return to the More Than world as we see the characters from […]

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Audio Review: Secret Love (Single Dad Playbook, #2) by Willow Aster

December 15, 2024 AJ Forbidden

Buy:  Amazon Review 3 stars The second book in the Single Dad Playbook series, this is a sweet and sexy romance where a single dad of three girls falls hopelessly in love with one of their […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Rules of Royalty by Cale Deitrich

December 10, 2024 AJ MM/Menage

The Rules of Royalty by Cale Deitrich is live! This is such a cute read! A YA m/m romance set within the royal palaces of Europe, it’s a sweet and heartfelt love story, and I […]

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Review: King of Sloth (Kings of Sin, #4) by Ana Huang

December 7, 2024December 6, 2024 AJ Billionaire

Buy:  Amazon  |  Amazon Paperback  |  B&N Paperback  |  Audible Review 4 stars! This is such a great read! An opposites-attract romance between an uptight, mostly emotionless publicist, and her billionaire playboy client. Smart and sexy with a […]

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Release & ARC Review: Forever the Highlands (The Highlands, #6) by Samantha Young

December 5, 2024December 5, 2024 AJ Angsty

Forever the Highlands, the final book in The Highlands series by Samantha Young is now live! Oh my heart, what an amazing read! An angsty and emotional brother’s-best-friend, friends-to-lovers romance, this is such a beautiful […]

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Release & ARC Review: Crossover (The Cross Duet, #2) by Kathy Lockheart

December 5, 2024December 4, 2024 AJ Action

  Crossover, the second book in the Cross Duet by Kathy Lockheart, is live! This is a thrilling and suspenseful read with drama and romance, and a great finish for Grayson and Ivy’s story.   […]

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Release & ARC Review: Legacy of Chaos (Demonica Birthright, #2) by Larissa Ione

December 3, 2024December 4, 2024 AJ Action

  Legacy of Chaos by Larissa Ione is live, and OMG, what an amazing read! This is the second book in the Demonica Birthright series, a second-gen spin-off from the original  Demonica/Lords of Deliverance series […]

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Review: Beyond Ruin (Beyond, #7) by Kit Rocha

November 30, 2024November 30, 2024 AJ Dystopia

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 3.5 stars This series completely grabbed me when it was released. I was slightly obsessed with this post-apocalyptic, dystopian world and the hedonistic O’Kane clan existing within its unlawful outskirts. Somehow I […]

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Release & ARC Review: Hostile for the Holidays by Erin Hawkins

November 27, 2024October 25, 2025 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

Hostile for the Holidays by Erin Hawkins is live! This is such a cute read! A laugh-out-loud-funny, sweet and sexy romance, and a gorgeous little holiday novella. I loved it.   Amazon     Blurb […]

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Review: We’re Made of Moments (Cole Creek, #1) by Molly McLain

November 24, 2024November 25, 2024 AJ Romance

Buy:  Amazon Review 3 stars A second-chance romance set five years after a summer fling, this slow-burning love story between co-parents is a sweet read. Just a note – this book does have a prequel […]

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Review: Moments With Him (Cole Creek, #0.5) by Molly McLain

November 23, 2024November 25, 2024 AJ New Adult

Buy:  Amazon Review 3 stars This is a short novella, a prequel for the full-length novel, and first book of the Cole Creek series, We’re Made of Moments. It tells the story of Jesse and […]

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New Release & ARC Review: All Folked Up (Good Folk, #3) by Penny Reid

November 21, 2024December 30, 2024 Mel Book News

All Folked Up by Penny Reid     Grab your copy today! Amazon  Blurb Isaac has never been what he seems. Rumor has it that gruff, brooding, and solitary man-of-mystery Isaac Sylvester is back in […]

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Audio Review: Own Me (The Wolf Hotel, #5) by K.A. Tucker

November 17, 2024 AJ Billionaire

Buy:  Amazon Review 3 stars The final book in The Wolf Hotel series, and I enjoyed this book, though it wasn’t quite what I was expecting. Firstly, these books are one continuous story, so be sure […]

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New Release & ARC Review: If You Need Me (Toronto Terror, #3) by Helena Hunting

November 14, 2024November 18, 2024 Mel Book News

  If You Need Me by Helena Hunting   Released –  14 November 2024   Available Today! Amazon US  |  Amazon Universal  |  Paperback   Blurb A standalone enemies-to-lovers, fake engagement hockey romance. I’ve been […]

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