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Southern Wedding

Release & ARC Review: Mine to Keep (Southern Wedding, #8) by Natasha Madison

January 5, 2024January 5, 2024 AJ Enemies-to-Lovers

  Mine to Keep by Natasha Madison is live! A funny and romantic boss/employee, enemies-to-lovers romance with great chemistry and some serious sparks.   Amazon   Blurb Grace It wasn’t hard for me to walk […]

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Release & ARC Review: Mine to Honor (Southern Wedding, #7) by Natasha Madison

November 3, 2023November 2, 2023 AJ Fake Relationship

  From Wall Street Journal & USA Today bestselling author Natasha Madison comes a small town, best friends to lovers, fake marriage, and forced proximity romance.   Mine to Honor is live! Amazon   Blurb […]

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Release & ARC Review: Mine to Promise (Southern Wedding #6) by Natasha Madison

September 8, 2023September 8, 2023 AJ Romance

From Wall Street Journal & USA Today bestselling author Natasha Madison comes a small town, one night stand, secret baby, second chance romance. Mine to Promise is live!   Amazon     Blurb When two […]

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Release & ARC Review: Mine To Take (Southern Wedding #5) by Natasha Madison

July 24, 2023July 22, 2023 AJ Romance

  From Wall Street Journal & USA Today bestselling author Natasha Madison comes a stand-alone small-town, second-chance sports romance.  Mine to Take is live! When two worlds crossover. From the This Is Series and The […]

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Release & ARC Review: Mine to Love (Southern Wedding, #4) by Natasha Madison

November 1, 2022December 14, 2022 AJ Brother/Best Friend

  Mine to Love by Natasha Madison is live! Funny and heartfelt, this one really brings the feels as a woman who is terrified to love is forced to confront her feelings for the man […]

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Release & ARC Review: Mine to Cherish (Southern Wedding, #3) by Natasha Madison

September 13, 2022September 13, 2022 AJ Romance

  Mine to Cherish by Natasha Madison is live! This is the third book in the Southern Wedding series, a funny, sexy, friends-to-lovers/sort-of-second-chance romance that made me laugh and swoon, and I loved it.   […]

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Release & ARC Review: Mine to Hold (Southern Wedding, #2) by Natasha Madison

August 2, 2022July 19, 2022 AJ Friends-to-Lovers

  Mine to Hold by Natasha Madison is live! Funny, sexy and beautifully romantic with fantastic characters, this best-friends-to-lovers romance had me laughing and fanning myself as two friends find passion and love when they […]

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Release & ARC Review: Mine to Have (Southern Wedding, #1) by Natasha Madison

May 31, 2022June 9, 2022 AJ LOL Funny

  From USA Today bestselling author Natasha Madison comes a small town, second chance romance with all the feels, and I loved this one so much!    Amazon  |  Apple Books  |  Nook  |  Kobo […]

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