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Kristen Ashley

Blog Tour, Excerpt & ARC Review: Gossamer in the Darkness (Fantasyland, #5.5) by Kristen Ashley

April 20, 2022April 20, 2022 AJ Fantasy

  Gossamer in the Darkness, an all-new magical novella in the Fantasyland Series from New York Times bestselling author Kristen Ashley and 1,001 Dark Nights, is available now!    Amazon  |  Amazon Worldwide  |  Paperback   […]

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Release: The Girl in the Mist (Misted Pines, #1) by Kristen Ashley

January 5, 2022August 29, 2025 AJ Book News

The Girl in the Mist, an all-new, thrilling standalone romance from New York Times bestselling author Kristen Ashley filled with off-the-charts chemistry, and edge of your seat suspense, is out now!   Amazon  |  Amazon […]

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Blog Tour, Excerpt & ARC Review: Dream Keeper (Dream Team, #4) by Kristen Ashley

December 1, 2021December 2, 2021 AJ Badasses

  Dream Keeper, the final book in the Dream Team series by Kristen Ashley, is live!   Amazon  |  Apple  |  Google Play  |  Kobo  |  Nook  |  Paperback   Blurb Spinning off from the […]

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Blog Tour, Excerpt & ARC Review: Dream Spinner (Dream Team, #3) by Kristen Ashley

May 28, 2021August 29, 2025 AJ Badasses

Dream Spinner, an all new action packed standalone with heat and heart from New York Times bestselling author Kristen Ashley, is out now, and we have an excerpt!   Amazon  |  Nook  |  Apple Books  |  […]

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Review: Dream Chaser (Dream Team, #2) by Kristen Ashley

April 26, 2021 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 3.5 stars The second book in the Dream Team series, and I was happily whisked away back to the world of KA alphas and feisty strippers for a heartfelt, fun […]

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Review: Wild Wind (Chaos, #6.6) by Kristen Ashley

April 2, 2021March 29, 2021 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars! This is such a gorgeous story! Sweet, sexy, super-functional and beautifully emotional, it’s a fantastic story for much-loved Jagger Black, and a wonderful finish to the Chaos series. Jagger is […]

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Review: Wild Fire (Chaos, #6.5) by Kristen Ashley

February 27, 2021March 2, 2021 AJ Bikers

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback Review 4 stars A novella in Kristen Ashley’s Chaos world, this is the story of Dutch Black (son of Keelie, and ‘adopted’ son of Hound from Wild Like the Wind). I loved Dutch […]

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Blog Tour, Excerpt & ARC Review: Still Standing (Wild West MC, #1) by Kristen Ashley

February 3, 2021August 29, 2025 AJ Bikers

Still Standing, an all-new emotional and fiery MC romance from New York Times bestselling author Kristen Ashley, is available now!   Amazon  |  Apple Books  |  Google Play  |  Kobo  |  Nook  |  Audible   Blurb […]

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Audio Review: Dream Maker (Dream Team, #1) by Kristen Ashley

June 13, 2020 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars! KA is back, baby! With a throwback to old-school writing, Kristen Ashley revisits both the Rock Chick and the Dream Man series to bring us […]

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Audio Review: The Rising (The Rising, #4) by Kristen Ashley

March 21, 2020 AJ Action

Buy:  Audio First Review 3.5 stars The fourth and final book in The Rising series brings us to the big climax in the story of four couples from the far land of Triton, prophesised to save […]

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Audio Review: The Dawn of the End (The Rising, #3) by Kristen Ashley

February 15, 2020February 11, 2020 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Audio First Review 4 stars! Book three in The Rising series, and we are well into the thick of things now! In the land of Triton the Beast is getting closer to rising, there are […]

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Audio Review: The Plan Commences (The Rising, #2) by Kristen Ashley

December 31, 2019July 16, 2020 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars The second instalment in Kristen Ashley’s The Rising series, this book picks up where the first left off, and we are thrown back into the land of Triton and […]

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Audio Review: The Beginning of Everything (The Rising, #1) by Kristen Ashley

December 14, 2019July 16, 2020 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio  Review 4.5 stars! A brand new fantasy series from KA? Sign me up! I was so freaking excited to start this book, the first in The Rising series, and though it was very […]

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Release & Review: All Wrapped Up for the Holidays Anthology

November 30, 2019November 30, 2019 AJ Anthology

It’s the season for gift giving! Six FREE standalone holiday short stories!   Grab your free copy today via Bookfunnel before it goes away! Available for only a limited time!   Cover designer: Sommer Stein, […]

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Blog Tour & ARC Review: The Quiet Man (A Dream Man novella) by Kristen Ashley

August 16, 2019August 14, 2019 AJ Badasses

  QUIET MAN IS NOW LIVE! “He needs to guard her body, she wants him to do other things with it.”   Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon AU  |  Paperback Blurb From New […]

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Audio Review: The Slow Burn (Moonlight & Motor Oil, #2) by Kristen Ashley

May 11, 2019 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook |  Paperback Review 4.5 stars! Oh, KA! You have to admire how she can write a book with minimal drama, minimal angst (and honestly – minimal story) and still have me completely […]

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Review: Free (Chaos, #6) by Kristen Ashley

April 21, 2019 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook |  Paperback Review 3.5 stars The final in the Chaos series, this book was always going to be a big one, with a lot of loose ends to tie up and a (hopefully) […]

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Audio Review: Wild Like the Wind (Chaos, #5) by Kristen Ashley

December 23, 2018December 23, 2018 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 stars! Wow, I loved this book! A sexy and intense romance with a forbidden edge and sizzling chemistry, this story had me captivated from start to […]

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Review: Rough Ride (Chaos MC, #4.5) by Kristen Ashley

December 15, 2018 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 stars! I really enjoyed this novella, a super sweet, functional and intense romance – the kind that KA does so well. I didn’t even know I wanted Rosalie’s […]

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Book News: Loose Ends by Kristen Ashley

July 4, 2018 AJ Book News

Behold this piece of awesomeness from the fabulous Kristen Ashley!     In Kristen Ashley’s first anthology, readers will find three short stories and two novellas taking them back to characters and series in the […]

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ARC Review: The Greatest Risk (Honey, #3) by Kristen Ashley

June 3, 2018 AJ Drama

  Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio   Blurb A woman unable to connect, struggling to hide another part of her. A man burning to learn her truth, and make her whole. Through explosive […]

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Release Blitz & Excerpt: The Greatest Risk (Honey, #3) by Kristen Ashley

May 5, 2018May 5, 2018 AJ Book News

The third and final book in Kristen Ashley’s Honey series is now live!     THE GREATEST RISK Kindle Ebook  |  Barnes & Noble  |  Books-a-Million  |  IndieBound  |  Powells  |  Paperback   Synopsis A […]

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Review: The Farthest Edge (Honey, #2) by Kristen Ashley

March 18, 2018March 18, 2018 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4 stars! This one was a surprise! Kinky, yes, but also heartfelt, emotional and beautifully romantic. I loved it a lot more than I thought I would, […]

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Review: Fairytale Come Alive (Ghosts and Reincarnation, #4) by Kristen Ashley

March 11, 2018 AJ Romance

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback | Audio Review 4.5 stars Love, love, love this one! A gorgeously emotional second-chance-romance between a hot and broody Scotsman, and a lost and emotionally damaged woman – first loves and […]

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Review: The Hookup (Moonlight & Motor Oil, #1) by Kristen Ashley

December 24, 2017March 20, 2022 AJ Audio Recommendation

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4 stars This is such a gorgeous read.  Old-school KA with a great hero, a loveable heroine, an intense, passionate, functional romance with very little drama and full of […]

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