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Review: Crimson Tide by Michelle Geel

April 25, 2019November 19, 2020 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 sexy, swoony stars! I love this book! A passionate and intense romance with just the right balance of drama, angst, sweetness, emotion and steamy sexy time. It’s a […]

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Blog Tour: The Mister by E.L James

April 22, 2019April 20, 2019 AJ Book News

  Beautiful and mysterious she possessed little more. . . Than a dangerous and troublesome past.   THE MISTER, the highly anticipated new love story from #1 New York Times bestseller E.L. James is available […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: My Life in Shambles by Karina Halle

April 12, 2019April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  My Life in Shambles, a full-length contemporary standalone romance by Karina Halle is now live! Amazon US | Amazon Worldwide   Blurb When Valerie Stephens made the resolution to say yes to new adventures, she […]

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Release Blitz & ARC Review: The Magnolia Chronicles: Adventures in Modern Dating (The Santillian Triplets, #1) by Kate Canterbary

April 2, 2019April 16, 2022 AJ LOL Funny

  AVAILABLE NOW! Amazon  |  Paperback   Synopsis My mother’s New Year’s resolution for me was simple: make a serious effort at putting myself out there and dating again, and do it for one full […]

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Excerpt & ARC Review: The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros

March 16, 2019August 29, 2025 AJ Brother/Best Friend

  Amazon  |  iBooks  |  Kobo  |  Barnes & Noble   Review 3 heartbroken, oh-so conflicted stars OMG, this book! I am so conflicted after this SUPER emotional read which is part romance/part women’s fiction. […]

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Audio Review: When August Ends by Penelope Ward

March 10, 2019April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

Buy: Amazon  |  Apple Books |  Nook  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  Paperback |  Audio Review 4.5 stars! I love this book! Penelope Ward never fails to deliver, and with this book she has given […]

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Review: Undertow by Alessandra Torre

March 1, 2019February 28, 2019 AJ Drama

Previously published as ‘Sex Love Repeat’.  Re-released as ‘Undertow’ 1 March 2019 Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review Whoa, this was an intense read! Yes, it’s a love triangle book, but it is like no love triangle […]

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Review: 99% Mine by Sally Thorne

February 23, 2019 AJ Brother/Best Friend

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Blurb Crush: a strong and often short-lived infatuation, particularly for someone beyond your reach… Darcy Barrett has undertaken a global survey of men. She’s travelled the world, and […]

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Release Blitz & ARC Review: Think Twice by Stephanie Rose

February 22, 2019April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

  When your heart is warring with your head, there’s no time to Think Twice. Amazon Free in Kindle Unlimited   Blurb One couple risks it all, while the other may lose everything… At eighteen, […]

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Audio Review: International Player by Louise Bay

February 3, 2019February 3, 2019 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

Audible Original Release   Buy: Audio Pre-order:  Paperback (releasing 30 April 2019) Review 3.5 stars This is my first book by Louise Bay, a sweet, sexy friends to lovers romance that is an easy, enjoyable […]

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Audio Review: We Shouldn’t by Vi Keeland

January 26, 2019January 26, 2019 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy: Amazon  |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Google Play  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 5 ‘you totally should’ stars OMG, I love, love, love this book! Sexy and smart with sensational banter, fantastic chemistry and a […]

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Release Blitz, ARC Review, Excerpt & Giveaway: Only a Breath Apart by Katie McGarry

January 22, 2019January 22, 2019 AJ Drama

  Amazon  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  B-A-M  |  B&N  |  Apple Books   Blurb They say your destiny is carved in stone. But some destinies are meant to be broken. The only curse […]

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Release Blitz & ARC Review: Fool Me Once by Nicole Williams

January 15, 2019 AJ Rockers

  Amazon   Synopsis Second chances are for kids, diets, and shelter pets—not for relationships. Especially not one like Chase and Emma’s. Before he was writing chart-topping hits and smashing record sales, Chase Lawson was […]

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Review: Two Weeks Notice by Whitney G.

January 13, 2019 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 stars! Another fun, sexy and entertaining read from Whitney G. This time an enemies-to-lovers romance with the billionaire boss from hell. Tara is a college graduate struggling to […]

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ARC Review: Nothing Personal by Karina Halle

December 28, 2018December 28, 2018 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  Amazon US  |  Amazon Worldwide   Synopsis It’s just business, nothing personal. Until you have to work with your ex. Nothing Personal, an all-new standalone romantic comedy by New York Times Bestselling author Karina […]

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ARC Review: Le Remède by Densie Webb

December 22, 2018 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review A paranormal romance with a difference 3.5 stars Vincent Dubois is a Kindred (vampire). Turned against his will 200 years ago, he has struggled through his immortality as he […]

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Audio Review: Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas

December 11, 2018April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review “This is wrong. I know it’s wrong. But God, he feels good.” 5 chemistry-filled forbidden stars I freaking love this book! It took me by surprise just […]

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Release Blitz, ARC Review & Excerpt: Across the Horizon by Aly Martinez

December 6, 2018December 6, 2018 AJ Celebrities

  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon AU  |  Amazon CA   Synopsis “Sometimes love happens when you least expect it.” That was what my husband’s mistress told me the day I found out […]

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Review: When Time Stands Still by Sara Furlong Burr

November 25, 2018November 20, 2018 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 3.5 stars! I was really intrigued by the blurb for this book, and love the idea for it. A dramatic, heartfelt, sort-of-second-chance romance, as a woman revisits her past, […]

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Audio Review: Fight or Flight by Samantha Young

November 23, 2018March 30, 2019 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars! I love this book! A fantastic enemies-to-lovers story with epic banter, chemistry and sexual tension, and a rude, broody Scot that you can’t help but […]

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Blog Tour, ARC Review & Excerpt: Faux Pas by Natasha Madison

October 2, 2018October 2, 2018 AJ Celebrities

  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU  |  Paperback   Blurb Meghan Five days in Paris sounded like a great idea for three friends. Especially when amazing wine was in […]

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Blog Tour, ARC Review & Giveaway: Eight Goodbyes by Christine Brae

September 14, 2018September 14, 2018 AJ Drama

  Eight Goodbyes by Christine Brae Published by: Vesuvian Books Adult, Romance Amazon  |  B&N  |  iBooks  |  Kobo   Synopsis One universe, nine planets, 204 countries, 809 islands and 7 seas, and I had […]

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Release Blitz & ARC Review: No Tomorrow (All the Tomorrows, #1) by Carian Cole

September 13, 2018July 2, 2021 AJ 6 Star Reads

    Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU Free in Kindle Unlimited   Synopsis The people we love are thieves. They steal our hearts. They steal our breath. They steal […]

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Review: All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover

September 2, 2018August 27, 2018 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review So. Much. Draaaamaaaaaaaaa! We all know that Coho knows how to bring the feels, and she has certainly done that in this dramatic, unique, and heartwrenching story of a […]

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Audio Review: Love Online by Penelope Ward

August 31, 2018 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review “I could never have imagined how much my life would change with one click of a button.” 4.5 stars! […]

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