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Christine Zolendz

Review: Finding Love (Behind Blue Lines, #3) by Christine Zolendz

January 25, 2018January 25, 2018 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook |  Paperback Review 4 stars I really like this series. Focussed around members of the police force, each book is a standalone with some character tie-ins, and this book is an emotional, […]

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ARC Review & Giveaway: Searching for Love (Behind Blue Lines, #2) by Christine Zolendz

June 12, 2017 AJ Drama

  Amazon US  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon AU  |  Paperback Blurb What’s sexier than a man in uniform? A whole precinct full of them… Searching for Love is the second book […]

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Review: Resisting Love (Behind Blue Lines, #1) by Christine Zolendz

May 13, 2017May 13, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 3.5 stars This is a quick read and a dramatic and angsty ‘childhood crush/best-friend’s-brother’ love story. It’s the first in Christine Zolendz’s Behind Blue Lines series which features characters […]

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Review: Here’s to Falling by Christine Zolendz

May 4, 2015April 3, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review “It was you from the beginning … you were my horizon. Everything I could ever see.”  Stunning, emotional and an epically beautiful love story. 5 HUGE STARS I read this book […]

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Review: Cold-Blooded Beautiful (Beautiful, #2) by Christine Zolendz

February 8, 2014March 8, 2017 AJ Dark & Gritty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Her demons, well, they played very well with mine, and when we were together, neither of us had to babysit them, they went off on their own, leaving us be.” […]

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Review: Brutally Beautiful (Beautiful, #1) by Christine Zolendz

January 17, 2014March 8, 2017 AJ Dark & Gritty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “I’m falling in love with you … and I’m going to let you destroy me.”  Christine Zolendz cements her spot on my list of ‘must read’ authors with this one! […]

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Review: Scars and Songs (Mad World, #3) by Christine Zolendz

June 16, 2013March 8, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!! MORE MAD WORLD… MORE SHANE!!! WIN!!!! I absolutely fell in love with Shane Maxton while reading Fall from Grace, and then Saving Grace – and why wouldn’t I? He’s […]

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Review: Saving Grace (Mad World, #2) by Christine Zolendz

October 21, 2012March 8, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review So, after finishing book 1 Fall From Grace at 2.45am this morning, and absolutely loving it, I got 5 hours sleep and was then straight into this one. Was it […]

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Review: Fall From Grace (Mad World, #1) by Christine Zolendz

October 21, 2012March 8, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review OH MY GOD, THIS BOOK IS AMAZING!!!!! It’s 2.45am and I’ve just finished this book after reading it in one sitting. I absolutely could not put it down. Fantastic banter, […]

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