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Adriana Locke

ARC Review: Try Me by Adriana Locke

January 13, 2026February 3, 2026 AJ Romance

Buy:  Amazon Blurb “Try me.” That’s what Drake Bennett said when I declared on my live podcast that no man could make me fall in love. The former pro football star turned sportscaster didn’t just laugh—he challenged […]

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ARC Review: Play Me by Adriana Locke

September 14, 2025February 3, 2026 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

Buy:  Amazon Blurb He’s supposed to be playing rugby—not playing me. I didn’t think it was possible to hate someone. Like utterly despise another human. Then I was hired to babysit the Royals’ newest star […]

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Release: Play Me by Adriana Locke

August 25, 2025August 25, 2025 AJ Book News

  Play Me by Adriana Locke is live! Rugby player/assistant  |   Grumpy/grumpy  |  Enemies to lovers  |  Stuck together  |  Found family   Amazon   Blurb He’s supposed to be playing rugby—not playing me. I […]

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Release & Review: The Situation (Brewer Family, #5) by Adriana Locke

May 24, 2025August 25, 2025 AJ Age Gap

  The Situation, book #5 of the Brewer Family series by Adriana Locke is live! A fun, sexy romance with a reverse age gap and an irresistible hero who is smitten at first sight. This […]

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Cover Reveal: The Situation (Brewer Family, #5) by Adriana Locke

April 4, 2025 AJ Book News

Adriana Locke has revealed the covers for The Situation, book #5 in the Brewer Family series Releasing 25 April   Pre-order on Amazon     Model Cover: Kari March  Model Photographer: Michelle Lancaster, @lanefotograf Special […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Merger (The Brewer Family, #5) by Adriana Locke

February 24, 2025February 24, 2025 AJ Brother/Best Friend

  The Merger by Adriana Locke is live! I love this book! A fantastically fun best-friend’s-brother, age gap, no strings, grumpy/sunshine romance that is flirty and sexy and wildly entertaining.   Amazon   Blurb Crushes […]

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Cover Reveal: The Merger (Brewer Family, #4) by Adriana Locke

January 24, 2025 Mel Book News

The Merger is the next interconnected standalone in the Brewer Family series, and is filled with heat and humor, spice… and secrets.   The Merger (Brewer Family, #4) by Adriana Locke   Releasing: February 10, […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Invitation (Brewer Family, #3) by Adriana Locke

October 25, 2024October 29, 2024 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  The Invitation by Adriana Locke is live! A smart, fun, and beautifully romantic enemies-to-lovers story, this book made me laugh and swoon.  It’s such a great read, and I loved it.   Amazon   […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Arrangement (The Brewer Family, #2) by Adriana Locke

July 22, 2024July 24, 2024 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

  The Arrangement by Adriana Locke is live! This is a gorgeous read full of fantastic chemistry and sexual tension, with a friends-to-lovers, sort-of-pretend marriage, boss/assistant romance. It’s sweet, sexy and gorgeously romantic, and I […]

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Release & ARC Review: This Much Is True (Marshall Family, #2) by Adriana Locke

March 18, 2024March 18, 2024 AJ Celebrities

  This Much Is True by Adriana Locke is live! This is a gorgeously sweet second-chance-romance. A huge pop star on the run from her wedding flees to the only place she can think of […]

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Release & ARC Review: Nothing But It All by Adriana Locke

February 20, 2024February 19, 2024 AJ Drama

  Nothing But It All by Adriana Locke is live! A beautiful, real and heartwarming story of a marriage on the edge of collapse, and a couple’s fight to get back on track and find […]

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Audio Review: Written in the Scars by Adriana Locke

February 3, 2024February 2, 2024 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars Well holy feels, this book! I thought I knew what I was getting into with this book, but I was wrong. Well, I was partially right, […]

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Audio Review: The Proposal (The Brewer Family, #1) by Adriana Locke

September 18, 2023April 22, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Blurb Breaking News: Rugby’s bad boy marries his best friend’s little sister If Renn Brewer would’ve asked me to marry him, I would’ve said no. Why? One, his reputation […]

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Audio Review: Fluke (Carmichael Family, #3) by Adriana Locke

September 2, 2023September 2, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon Review 4.5 stars! Another fabulous friends-to-lovers story from the Carmichael Family series, I am loving these brothers, and their books, so much! Pippa grew up with the Carmichael boys as part of her life. […]

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Review: Fling (Carmichael Family, #2) by Adriana Locke

August 12, 2023August 11, 2023 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

Buy:  Amazon Review 4.5 stars! The second book in the Carmichael Family series, this is Maddox and Ashley’s story, a deliciously fun and sexy friends-to-lovers romance. Ashley has just called off her wedding to her douchebag […]

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Review: Flirt (Carmichael Family, #1) by Adriana Locke

July 16, 2023 AJ Fake Relationship

Buy:  Amazon Review 4 stars The first book in the Carmichael Family this series, this book is a great introduction to a family that I know I am going to love, and a fun friends-to-lovers/fake relationship […]

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Audio Review: Flaunt (Carmichael Family, #4) by Adriana Locke

June 25, 2023June 24, 2023 AJ Audio Recommendation

  Flaunt by Adriana Locke is live! A fun and playful frenemies-to-lovers romance with low drama, no angst, an irresistible hero, and a gorgeous romance. I loved this one!   Buy now on Amazon Free […]

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Retro Review: Sacrifice by Adriana Locke

April 30, 2022April 30, 2022 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 3.5 stars A young widow with a 4-year-old daughter struggling to get by, and her ex-fighter brother-in-law who was her first love, and who loves her still. It’s […]

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Release & ARC Review: 608 Alpha Avenue (A Cherry Falls Romance) by Adriana Locke

June 8, 2021April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

We are so excited to announce the release of Adriana Locke’s new novella, 608 Alpha Ave. This is a total standalone story about a grumpy, small-town mechanic and a pocket-full-of-sunshine heroine that gets under his […]

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Blog Tour, Excerpt & ARC Review: Like You Love Me (Honey Creek, #1) by Adriana Locke

February 18, 2021August 29, 2025 AJ Fake Relationship

Like You Love Me, an all-new sweet small-town standalone romance in the Honey Creek series from USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke is available now!   Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide  |  Paperback  |  Audio   Blurb […]

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Release, ARC Review & Giveaway: Trouble (Dogwood Lane, #3) by Adriana Locke

February 4, 2020January 31, 2020 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

    Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio   Blurb She wants something real. He wants something now. Together they’re trouble in USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke’s sexy and funny twice-in-a-lifetime love story. With his shameless […]

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Audio Review & Excerpt: Tangle (Dogwood Lane, #2) by Adriana Locke

July 28, 2019July 28, 2019 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback |  Audio Synopsis That cream-filled, caramel-topped doughnut should have been hers. Still, Haley Raynor can’t deny that the pastry thief with the dreamy blue eyes looks even more delicious. But moving […]

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Release Blitz, Excerpt, ARC Review & Giveaway: Tumble (Dogwood Lane, #1) by Adriana Locke

February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 AJ Drama

From USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke comes a witty romance about first love and second chances. This is a standalone, small-town, blue-collar love story.     Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback |  Audio Free in […]

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Blog Tour: Team Player: A Sports Anthology

December 22, 2017April 11, 2024 Mel Age Gap

  Eleven authors. Eleven Novellas. This is one thick . . . book. Christmas just became a whole lot merrier… TEAM PLAYER, A Sports Anthology featuring titles by LJ Shen, Kennedy Ryan, Adriana Locke, Mandi Beck, Emma […]

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Release Blitz: Team Player, A Christmas Anthology

December 15, 2017December 15, 2017 Mel Book News

  Eleven authors. Eleven Novellas. This is one thick . . . book. Christmas just became a whole lot merrier… TEAM PLAYER, A Christmas Anthology featuring titles by LJ Shen, Kennedy Ryan, Adriana Locke, Mandi […]

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