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Sarina Bowen

Release & ARC Review: Thrown for a Loop (New York Legends, #1) by Sarina Bowen

November 4, 2025November 18, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

Thrown for a Loop by Sarina Bowen is live! A second-chance hockey romance between a figure skater and NHL player, this book brought Cutting Edge vibes (“toe-pick!”), and it’s such a gorgeous read!   Amazon  […]

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Release: Dying to Meet You by Sarina Bowen (includes Q&A with Sarina Bowen)

May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 AJ Book News

  Dying to Meet You by Sarina Bowen is live!   Amazon  |  Apple  |  Kobo  |  B&N  |  Google Play  |  Audio   Blurb The acclaimed USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Last Guy on Earth (Hockey Guys, #3) by Sarina Bowen

February 18, 2025February 19, 2025 AJ Audio Recommendation

    The Last Guy on Earth by Sarina Bowen is live! Book #3 in the Hockey Guys series, Sarina Bowen takes us back to Denver for a second chance m/m forbidden sports romance that […]

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Release & ARC Review: Holidating by Sarina Bowen

November 11, 2024November 10, 2024 AJ Novella

  Holidating by Sarina Bowen is live! Featuring two previously-released and one brand new novella, these are not strictly holiday-related stories, but they are great reads that can all standalone, and I loved this collection. […]

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Release & ARC Review: Golden Touch (Giltmaker, #2) by Sarina Bowen

July 9, 2024July 9, 2024 AJ Romance

  Golden Touch by Sarina Bowen is live! A fast-paced close-proximity romance that is fun, flirty and full of chemistry, with a suspense storyline that brings great intensity. I loved this one.   Amazon  |  […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Five Year Lie by Sarina Bowen

May 7, 2024May 17, 2024 AJ Mystery/Suspense

  The Five Year Lie by Sarina Bowen is live!   “I devoured this book in one day, and I guarantee you will too.”—Julie Clark, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Flight and […]

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Release & ARC Review: I’m Your Guy (Hockey Guys, #2) by Sarina Bowen

October 10, 2023 AJ MM/Menage

  I’m Your Guy by Sarina Bowen is live! This is a gorgeous read. A funny, sweet and heartfelt m/m, opposites attract hockey romance with two fabulous heroes who both stole my heart!   Amazon  […]

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Release & ARC Review: Good As Gold (Giltmaker, #1) by Sarina Bowen

May 31, 2023May 28, 2024 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

  Good As Gold by Sarina Bowen is available now! A fun, steamy and chemistry-filled friends-to-lovers romance with a newly divorced woman trying to have a baby, and her childhood best friend only too happy […]

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Release & ARC Review: The New Guy by Sarina Bowen

February 28, 2023July 11, 2023 AJ Drama

  The New Guy is live! A new male / male hockey romance from 24-time USA Today bestseller Sarina Bowen! Full of heart, humour, emotion, epic chemistry and heat, the longing-kind-of-angst that I love in […]

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Release & ARC Review: A Little Too Late (Madigan Mountain, #1) by Sarina Bowen

October 4, 2022October 3, 2022 AJ Romance

Sarina Bowen has teamed up again with Rebecca Yarros and Devney Perry to bring you a trilogy of standalones  Introducing the Madigan Mountain series!   A Little Too Late is now live!     Amazon  […]

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Release & ARC Review: Love Lessons (Brooklyn Hockey, #7) by Sarina Bowen

July 12, 2022November 4, 2024 AJ LOL Funny

  Love Lessons by Sarina Bowen is live! A no-strings, lessons-in-seduction sports romance with an irresistible hero, a relatable heroine and a stunning Italian backdrop, this book was the perfect reading escape, and I loved […]

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Review: Hello Forever (Hello Goodbye, #2) by Sarina Bowen

April 18, 2022April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 3.5 stars This is the second book in the Hello Goodbye series, but can absolutely be read as a standalone. It’s a m/m, friends-to-lovers romance that is sweet, emotional and full of […]

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Release & ARC Review: Shenanigans (Brooklyn Hockey, #6) by Sarina Bowen

March 15, 2022November 4, 2024 AJ Fake Relationship

  Shenanigans, the new book in the Brooklyn Bruisers series, is live!   Amazon  |  Apple  |  Kobo  |  Nook  |  Google  |  Audio   Blurb What I meant to do in Vegas: Let my hair down for once and […]

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Release & Review: Must Love Hockey (Brooklyn Hockey Novella) by Sarina Bowen

February 23, 2022November 4, 2024 AJ Novella

  Must Love Hockey by Sarina Bowen is live!   Amazon  |  Apple  |  Kobo  |  Nook  |  Google  |  Paperback     Blurb Q: What’s the opposite of a “meet cute?” A: Meeting a […]

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Release & ARC Review: The Best Men by Sarina Bowen & Lauren Blakely

January 18, 2022December 31, 2022 AJ Audio Recommendation

  Bestselling authors Sarina Bowen and Lauren Blakely team up for the first time in an enemies-to-lovers, opposites-attract, irresistibly sexy standalone romance between the best man and the other best man!    Amazon  |  Apple  […]

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Review: Super Hot Wingman (The Best Men, #0.5) by Sarina Bowen & Lauren Blakely

January 14, 2022January 18, 2022 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  Super Hot Wingman is the prequel to the upcoming release from Sarina Bowen and Lauren Blakely, The Best Men, and it’s now live and completely FREE in both eBook and audio!!   This is […]

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New Release & Review: A Year of Love Anthology by Helena Hunting, Debra Anastasia, Ilsa Madden-Mills, Max Monroe, BB Easton, Kennedy Ryan, Elle Kennedy, Sarina Bowen, Tijan, KF Breene, K. Bromberg & W. Winters

November 7, 2021November 7, 2021 Mel Anthology

Fall in love all year long. 12 months. 12 authors. 12 romantic short stories to make you swoon.     Need something steamy to get you through to the holidays? We have exactly what you […]

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Review: Shooting for the Stars (Gravity, #3) by Sarina Bowen

November 6, 2021November 6, 2021 AJ Brother/Best Friend

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 3.5 stars The third book in the Gravity series, this is a really sweet brother’s-best-friend romance. Stella is the sister of Hank (hero of book #2, Falling From the Sky, and ‘Bear’ […]

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Review: Falling From the Sky (Gravity, #2) by Sarina Bowen

October 23, 2021 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 3 stars This is the second book in the Gravity series, an unexpected, sweet and emotional romance, and I enjoyed it. Hank ‘Hazardous’ Lazarus is a champion snowboarder […]

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Release & ARC Review: Boyfriend (Moo U) by Sarina Bowen

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 AJ Fake Relationship

  Boyfriend by Sarina Bowen is live! Amazon  |   Apple  |  Kobo  |  Nook  |  Google  |  Audio   Blurb The hottest player on the Moo U hockey team hangs a flyer on the bulletin […]

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Review: Coming in from the Cold (Gravity, #1) by Sarina Bowen

October 9, 2021October 10, 2021 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4 stars A gorgeously emotional story with drama, intensity and a gorgeous, chemistry-filled romance. It’s a bit of a rollercoaster, but it’s beautifully written, and I loved it! […]

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Audio Review: Goodbye Paradise (Hello Goodbye #1) by Sarina Bowen

September 29, 2021 AJ MM/Menage

Buy:  Amazon  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 3.5 stars A sweet, emotional, sexy and heartfelt m/m romance, I went into this book blind, and really enjoyed the unexpected path of this gorgeous love story. Josh and Caleb grew up […]

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Release, Excerpt & ARC Review: Waylaid (True North, #8) by Sarina Bowen

July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 AJ Drama

  Waylaid is live! I love this book! The latest instalment in the True North series, this is Daphne Shipley’s story, and it’s a fun yet emotional story with a beautiful romance that completely stole […]

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Release, Excerpt & ARC Review: Bombshells (Brooklyn Hockey, #5) by Sarina Bowen

April 13, 2021November 4, 2024 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

  The next Brooklyn Bruisers book is live!   Amazon  |  Apple  |  Kobo  |  Nook  |  Google   Blurb The women’s league is in the house!  And Brooklyn will never be the same again […]

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Release & ARC Review: Roommate by Sarina Bowen

January 12, 2021 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

  Sarina Bowen’s new m/m roommate romance is now live!   Amazon  |  Apple  |  Kobo  |  Google  |  Nook  |  Audible   Blurb Wanted: One roommate to share a 3-bedroom house, split the rent, […]

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