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ARC Review: Ocean of Sin and Starlight (Nightwind, #2) by Karina Halle

June 29, 2024June 28, 2024 AJ Paranormal/Urban Fantasy

Ocean of Sin and Starlight by Karina Halle is live! A new pirate(ish) romantasy from Karina Halle, this is a fabulously filthy and darkly intense love story and it’s such a great read   Amazon […]

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ARC Review: One Cursed Rose (Grimm Bargains, #1) by Rebecca Zanetti

June 29, 2024October 31, 2024 AJ Paranormal/Urban Fantasy

Buy:  Amazon Review 2.5 surprisingly chaotic stars The first book in Rebecca Zanetti’s Grimm Bargains series, this is a re-imagining of Beauty and the Beast as a dark romance with mystery/suspense and supernatural themes. Rebecca […]

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Release & ARC Review: Change of Heart by Kate Canterbary

June 25, 2024July 27, 2024 AJ Forbidden

  Change of Heart is live! A fun and heartfelt forbidden-ish romance with fantastic characters, epic chemistry, and a gorgeous love story, it’s another fabulous read from Kate Canterbary, and I loved this book!   […]

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Release & ARC Review: Chasing Harlow by Jay McLean

June 21, 2024June 21, 2024 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  Chasing Harlow by Jay McLean is live! Jay McLean owns my heart once again with this stunningly emotional YA romance! This book had me feeling in all the best ways; I laughed, I cried, […]

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Release & ARC Review: Wings of Dusk (Arcane Angels, #1) by R.K. Lilley

June 18, 2024June 18, 2024 AJ Fantasy

  Wings of Dusk by R.K. Lilley is live! This is the first book in the Arcane Angels series, and it’s a great read! An intriguing and imaginative romantasy with action, drama and a sexy, […]

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Release & ARC Review: Broken Desires (Silverbrook University, #3) by R.G. Angel

June 12, 2024 AJ Drama

  Broken Desires by R.G. Angel is live The third and final book in the Silverbrook University series, this a beautifully emotional, opposites attract romance with a surprising twist, and I really enjoyed this one. […]

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Release & ARC Review: Forbidden King (Magnolia Falls, #3) by Laura Pavlov

June 6, 2024June 5, 2024 AJ Brother/Best Friend

  Forbidden King by Laura Pavlov is live! The third standalone in the Magnolia Falls series, this is a fun, sweet, sexy and romantic brother’s-best-friend, friends-to-lovers, forbidden-ish romance that stole my heart! King and Saylor’s […]

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Release & ARC Review: Forgotten Desires (Whitlock Family, #4) by Corinne Michaels

June 5, 2024August 28, 2025 AJ Drama

Forgotten Desires by Corinne Michaels is live! The fourth and final book in the Whitlock Family series, this is a second-chance, fake-marriage-of-convenience romance, and it is the most beautifully romantic and swoony love story. From […]

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Release & ARC Review: Should Have Run (Lake Spark Inn, #2) by Evey Lyon

June 5, 2024June 4, 2024 AJ Romance

  Should Have Run by Evey Lyon is live! The second book in the Lake Spark Inn series, this book is part of Evey Lyon’s Lake Spark world of interconnected series, but you could easily […]

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Release & ARC Review: Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1) by Callie Hart

June 4, 2024December 7, 2025 AJ 6 Star Reads

  Quicksilver by Callie Hart is live! The first book in the Fae & Alchemy series, Callie Hart has entered the world of romantasy, and I am here for it, with fantastic world building, amazing […]

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New Release & ARC Review: The Problem with Players (Problem, #2) by Brittainy Cherry

May 23, 2024January 31, 2025 Mel Book News

The Problem with Players by Brittainy Cherry   Released – 23 May 2024   Available now! Amazon     Blurb As a female coach, I’ve always lived by a simple mantra: throw hard, swing for […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Souls We Claim (Iron Outlaws MC, #7) by S. Cole

May 17, 2024September 16, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  The Souls We Claim by S. Cole is live! Book #7 in the Iron Outlaws MC series, and these books continue to suck me in and rock my world. Halo and Arianne’s story is […]

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Release & ARC Review: Meant for Her (Meant For, #2) by Natasha Madison

May 10, 2024May 10, 2024 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

  Meant for Her by Natasha Madison is live! Amazon   Blurb From Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon Bestselling Author Natasha Madison comes new enemies to lovers, forbidden, single mom, hockey romance. Christopher […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Well and Truly Pucked: A Friends to Lovers Hockey Romance (My Hockey Romance, #4) by Lauren Blakely

May 9, 2024May 17, 2024 Mel Book News

  Well and Truly Pucked: A Friends to Lovers Hockey Romance (My Hockey Romance, #4) by Lauren Blakely   Released – 9 May 2024   Available Now! Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audiobook     *Narrated […]

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Release & ARC Review: Skies Over Caledonia (The Highlands, #4) by Samantha Young

May 9, 2024 AJ Drama

  Skies Over Caledonia by Samantha Young is live! The fourth standalone in the Highlands series, this is a marriage of convenience, forced proximity, opposites attract romance that is full of chemistry, and it’s such […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Five Year Lie by Sarina Bowen

May 7, 2024May 17, 2024 AJ Mystery/Suspense

  The Five Year Lie by Sarina Bowen is live!   “I devoured this book in one day, and I guarantee you will too.”—Julie Clark, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Flight and […]

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New Release & ARC Review: I Thought of You by Jewel E. Ann

May 2, 2024May 8, 2024 Mel Book News

  I Thought of You by Jewel E. Ann   Released – 2 May 2024   Available now! Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide *FREE on Kindle Unlimited*   Blurb I wanted to conquer the world. She […]

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Release & ARC Review: Undeniably Convenient (Boston’s Irresistible Billionaires, #1) by J. Saman

April 29, 2024 AJ Billionaire

  Undeniably Convenient by J. Saman is live, and OMG, what a beautifully romantic story! A sort-of-second chance, boss/employee, close proximity romance between a couple who agree to have a baby together without being in […]

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Release & ARC Review: Where We Promise (Stone Riders MC, #3) by Ashley Munoz

April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 AJ Angsty

  Where We Promise by Ashley Munoz is live! Smalltown  |  MC  |  Marriage of convenience  |  Pregnancy – Not his baby  |  Touch her & die Over the top protective  |  One bed   Amazon   […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Quiet Types (Quiet Love, #1) by L.H. Cosway

April 23, 2024April 30, 2024 AJ Book News

  Quiet Types by L.H. Cosway is live! A slow burning, friends-to-lovers romance, and the first in the new Quiet Love series    Download today or read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited! Amazon   Blurb […]

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Audio ARC Review: Falling for Gage (Lake Pelion, #2) by Mia Sheridan

April 22, 2024April 23, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Releases 23 April Pre-order:  Amazon Blurb How is it possible that perfect Gage Buchanan is still single after all these years? He can’t quite figure it out himself. Perhaps he hasn’t met the right woman. […]

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Release & ARC Review: Learn Your Lesson (Kings of the Ice, #3) by Kandi Steiner

April 19, 2024April 19, 2024 AJ No Strings

  Learn Your Lesson by Kandi Steiner is live! I freaking love this book so hard! A grumpy/sunshine, single dad/nanny sports romance full of epic chemistry, sizzling sexy time, and a heartachingly beautiful, slow-burning love […]

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New Release & ARC Review: What I Should’ve Said (Red Bridge, #1) by Max Monroe

April 19, 2024July 1, 2025 Mel Book News

What I Should’ve Said by Max Monroe   Released – 19 April 2024   Buy it today or read for FREE on Kindle Unlimited! Amazon  |  Paperback Audio: Coming soon     Blurb When grumpy, […]

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Release & ARC Review: Stay (Landmark Mountain, #5) by Willow Aster

April 11, 2024April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  Stay by Willow Aster is live! The fifth and final book in the Landmark Mountain series, this is a swoony, sexy, chemistry-filled romance with all the feels! An age-gap, single-dad/nanny romance that had my […]

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ARC Review: Should Have Known (Lake Spark Inn, #1) by Evey Lyon

April 10, 2024April 9, 2024 AJ Drama

  Should Have Known by Evey Lyon is live! The first book in Lake Spark Inn series, this is a spin-off, set within the author’s Lake Spark world, all set in the same small town, […]

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