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Cover & Excerpt Reveal: Overnight Sensation by Sarina Bowen

December 10, 2018December 10, 2018 Mel Book News

  OVERNIGHT SENSATION by Sarina Bowen   Releasing – 22 January 2019   Pre-order today! Amazon  |  iBooks  |  Kobo  |  B&N     Cover design by Hang Le Photo by WANDER AGUIAR :: PHOTOGRAPHY […]

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New Release: Troublemaker (Rascals, #5) by Katie McCoy

December 10, 2018December 10, 2018 Mel Book News

  Troublemaker (Rascals, #5) by Katie McCoy   Released – 10 December 2018   Available Now! Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon AU  |  iBooks  |  B&N  |  Kobo  |  Google Play    Blurb […]

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Review: The One You Can’t Forget (The Ones Who Got Away, #2) by Roni Loren

December 9, 2018December 9, 2018 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 stars! This book is the second in the The Ones Who Got Away series, following on from book #1, which completely blew me away. This series of interconnected […]

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ARC Review: Jock Rule (Jock Hard, #2) by Sara Ney

December 8, 2018December 6, 2018 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU   Blurb Kip Carmichael is no pretty boy. He’ a rough. Dirty. Giant. Hair so unruly, and a beard so thick, his friends […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Tripping on a Halo by Alessandra Torre

December 7, 2018December 7, 2018 Mel LOL Funny

  Tripping on a Halo by Alessandra Torre   A Romantic Comedy Released – 7 December 2018   Buy it today! Amazon  |  Paperback   Blurb It’s really hard to save a guy’s life when […]

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New Release: Verity by Colleen Hoover

December 7, 2018December 8, 2018 Mel Book News

  Verity, an all-new romantic thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover, is available now!   Download your copy today or read FREE in Kindle Unlimited! Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide     […]

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New Release & ARC Review: Hotshot Doc by R.S. Grey

December 6, 2018December 6, 2018 Mel LOL Funny

  HOTSHOT DOC by R.S. Grey   Released –  December 2018   Available Now! Amazon   Blurb Dr. Russell has a bad reputation around our hospital. The scrub techs say he’s cold-blooded, the nurses say […]

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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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Blog Tour & ARC Review: Make You Mine by Tia Louise

December 5, 2018March 3, 2019 AJ Brother/Best Friend

  Get it NOW at the Special New Release Price!! Free in Kindle Unlimited! Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU Paperback  |  Signed Paperback Synopsis (Brother’s best friend, forbidden love, […]

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ARC Review: The Stars Afire (An Elemental Mysteries Anthology) by Elizabeth Hunter

December 4, 2018December 5, 2018 AJ Anthology

  Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Apple Books  | Kobo  |  B&N  |  Smashwords Add to Goodreads   Review 4 stars! This is a great collection for Elemental Mysteries fans. A collection of shorts […]

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Blurb Reveal: Darkness Embraced (Hades Hangmen, #7) by Tillie Cole

December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 Mel Book News

“There was him, Tanner Ayers, the White Prince of the Ku Klux Klan. And me, Adelita Quintana, Princesa of the Quintana Cartel. I hated him. He hated me… things only got complicated when that hatred […]

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Blog Tour, ARC Review & Excerpt: Only Love (One and Only, #3) by Melanie Harlow

December 3, 2018December 2, 2018 Mel LOL Funny

Only Love, an all-new sexy standalone romance from USA Today bestselling author Melanie Harlow is AVAILABLE NOW!!     ONLY LOVE (One and Only, #3) by Melanie Harlow   Released – 26 November 2019   Buy it […]

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ARC Review: All of Me (Confessions of the Heart, #2) by A.L. Jackson

December 3, 2018February 26, 2019 AJ Angsty

  A forbidden stand-alone romance in A.L. Jackson’s Confessions of the Heart Series. Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio   Message from A.L. Jackson My loves! I am so proud to bring you ALL OF ME!! […]

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Audio Review: Shades of Wicked (Night Rebel, #1) by Jeaniene Frost

December 2, 2018 AJ Action

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars Yes, yes, yes, I loved this one! Thank you, Jeaniene Frost, for giving us the opportunity to finally get up close and personal with one of my […]

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Audio Review: Hate Notes by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward

November 30, 2018November 30, 2018 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review “She said, ‘Forgive me for being a dreamer,’ and he took her by the hand and replied, ‘Forgive me for not being here sooner to dream with you.’” […]

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Review: Cracked Kingdom (The Royals, #5) by Erin Watt

November 29, 2018 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 3.5 YA soap opera stars This book is the final book in the Royals series, and the second part of Easton and Hartley’s story that began in Fallen Heir. […]

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Blog Tour: 4th & Girl (Mavericks Tackle Love, #4) by Max Monroe

November 28, 2018November 20, 2018 Mel LOL Funny

From the New York Times bestselling author of Tapping the Billionaire comes a hilarious and sexy standalone about fate, chance, and one heck of an epically awkward meet-cute.     4th & Girl (Mavericks Tackle Love, #4) by […]

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ARC Review: Playing by Heart (Love Hate Rock-n-Roll, #1) by J.B. Salsbury

November 27, 2018April 14, 2019 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

Playing By Heart is now live! Amazon US |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Kobo  |  B&N  |  iBooks   Blurb Jesse Lee is the worst! He’s a multi-millionaire, triple-platinum-selling, Grammy-Award-winning man-slut—a worldly, self-indulgent […]

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Release Blitz: Only Love (One and Only, #3) by Melanie Harlow

November 26, 2018November 25, 2018 Mel Book News

Only Love, an all-new sexy standalone romance from USA Today bestselling author Melanie Harlow is AVAILABLE NOW!!     ONLY LOVE (One and Only, #3) by Melanie Harlow   Released – 26 November 2019   Buy it […]

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ARC Review: The Wish Collector by Mia Sheridan

November 25, 2018December 30, 2018 Mel Epic Romance

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 5+ magical stars! “Love makes a place for itself even if there isn’t one…Love carves into the hardest of places.” Mia Sheridan has really outdone herself with The Wish […]

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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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Review: Long Shot (Hoops, #1) by Kennedy Ryan

November 22, 2018November 20, 2018 Mel Audio Recommendation

Buy: Kindle ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 5 stars! “If you were mine, Iris, there would be no doubt what position you’d hold in my life. You’d be center. I’d play you at the […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: Control (Everyday Heroes, #3.5, A 1001 Dark Nights Novella) by K. Bromberg

November 20, 2018November 22, 2018 Mel Novella

“Sometimes love happens unexpectedly…” From New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author K Bromberg, comes CONTROL, a new novella in her Everyday Heroes Series, brought to you by 1,001 Dark Nights!      Control (Everyday Heroes, #3.5) by K. Bromberg   […]

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Release Blitz: 4th & Girl (Mavericks Tackle Love, #4) by Max Monroe

November 20, 2018November 18, 2018 Mel Book News

From the New York Times bestselling author of Tapping the Billionaire comes a hilarious and sexy standalone about fate, chance, and one heck of an epically awkward meet-cute.     4th & Girl (Mavericks Tackle Love, #4) by […]

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