Dog-Eared Daydreams

My Kind of Guy (Hockey Guys #4) by Sarina Bowen Release Date: March 24, 2026 Cover Design: Elle Maxwell Design About My Kind of Guy He’s a backup goalie with a broken game. The only thing he needs more than a win is the hot, grumpy bartender who pours his weekly beer. Becker James is having a spectacularly bad season. Once a top draft pick, he’s now riding the bench in the minors, one failed save away from being cut. The highlight of his week? A lonely hour on a barstool at Sportsballs, Denver’s queerest watering hole—and Forest, the bartender with flannel sleeves, a gruff voice, and a beard that stars in Beck’s dreams. Opportunity strikes when Forest’s LGBTQ hockey team—the Stickhandlers—loses their goalie last-minute. Beck makes Forest an he’ll help them beat the most hated team in the beer league, but he wants something in return—one night together. Cue the record scratch, because Seth Forrester doesn’t do hookups. After his last one went horribly wrong, he swore off...

Falling for the Fake Lumberjack (Axes & Endzones #1) by Sara Ney Release Date: January 27, 2026 Montlake About Falling for the Fake Lumberjack A small-town yoga teacher finds something real with a linebacker posing as a lumberjack in this sharp and spicy romance from USA Today bestselling author Sara Ney. With rugged good looks and muscles for days, Harris Bennett stops traffic no matter what he’s wearing—flannel shirt or football jersey. So when management sends him to Star Lake, Washington, for a team-building retreat, it’s no wonder a local mistakes him for a lumberjack. And Harris leans right into the misunderstanding. Because that “local” looks amazing in yoga pants. Lucy LeBrandt is a yoga instructor with trust issues: She doesn’t have time for men. But she’s definitely drawn to the hot, goofy lumberjack who seems to know nothing about, well, lumberjacking. He’s only in town for a week. Maybe she can squeeze him in between classes… Harris has no idea what to do...

Burning Skies (Wild at Heart #3) by Lex Martin Release Date: January 22, 2026 About Burning Skies Crossing a line has never felt this good. I’m what you’d call a good girl—at least that’s what my family thinks. But I’m tired of living by everyone else’s rules. So when I sneak into a scandalous, masked costume party and spot Beau Walker—my longtime crush and my family’s sworn enemy—I do something bold: I cross the one line that's utterly forbidden. Hidden by shadows and masks, we lose ourselves in the hottest night of my life. Until I accidentally moan his name, and everything comes crashing to a halt. Beau says things I can’t forget, and my fantasy of him shatters along with my heart. But when suspicious fires break out at the high school where I teach, I’m forced to see the one firefighter I wish I could forget. And when our long-smoldering tension finally ignites, the heat between us lights up the sky—and reveals a danger neither of us saw coming. Burning Skie...

Just Breaking the Rules (Hockey Ever After #1) by Lauren Blakely Release Date: January 21, 2026 About Just Breaking the Rules Everyone knows the golden rule of business—don’t bang your business partner. Especially if he’s your brother’s hot-as-sin, hockey-star best friend. But when the sexy single dad athlete saves me from a cake contest catastrophe—and shows me how good he is with his hands—I blurt out the world’s worst business pitch: Want to invest in my bakery? With no loan or backup plan, this is my last shot at proving I’m more than my past mistakes, and shockingly, he says yes. We set one rule: don’t mix business with pleasure. Except Corbin Knight’s impossible to resist. When he’s not scoring goals, he’s staying up late with me to test tempting recipes. Braiding my hair before we bake like it’s foreplay. Giving me his jersey to wear to games. I try to keep a professional distance from the bossy, possessive and dangerously flirty hockey player, but soon we’r...

Playing with Forever (Frost Lake High #2) by Rebecca Jenshak Release Date: January 20, 2026 Bloom Books About Playing with Forever From USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Jenshak comes the next in a brand new YA romance series that follows Frost Lake High School's state champion soccer team. Tutoring the captain of Frost Lake High's soccer team isn't on her bucket list. And neither is falling for him. Seventeen-year-old Lacey Kerr is a lot of things: head cheerleader, an A+ student, vice president of student council, a loyal friend, and beloved by her classmates. What she isn't is a fan of star soccer player Vaughn Collins. And he knows it. Unfortunately for him, he needs her. With his grades on the line, he'll do anything to turn it around and keep his spot on the soccer team. Even if it means winning over his ex-girlfriend's best friend and convincing her to tutor him. They're different. She's sunshine and he's…not. She ha...