Dog-Eared Daydreams

My Darling Jane (The Darlings #2) by Ilsa Madden-Mills Release Date: November 5, 2024 Montlake About My Darling Jane Wall Street Journal bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills returns with a sexy he-falls-first sports romance about a quarterback and his frenemy-matchmaker. On an ordinary day, Jane Darling wouldn't be caught dead in a sports bar wearing a toga with angel wings. But she's desperate to launch her matchmaking business to secure her young daughter's future. Her mission: to attract new clients at any cost. Her Cupid outfit catches the eye of New York's beloved star quarterback, Jasper Jannich. She and Jasper have always clashed, but when a pushy admirer goes too far, he steps in as an unexpected knight in shining armor. He offers a tantalizing proposal: to be Cupid's Arrow's premier client. Reluctantly, Jane agrees, aware of the business potential despite her reservations about Jasper and his playboy reputation. As she sets him up on dat

YOLO (Carter Brothers #7) by Lani Lynn Vale Release Date: November 1, 2024 About YOLO Garrett Carter knew the moment he saw her years prior that she was the one. His one, however, had a fiancé. And she was rich. She also lived out of state. So what other option did he have but to let her go? Years later, he sees her again at her worst. Her husband-to-be has stranded her on a hiking trail with a head wound, convinced she’s faking her blindness. Garrett takes one look at the injured Bindi Howe and knows there’s no way she’s faking it. Rushing her to the hospital, he gets her there just in time to save her life. During the craziness, Garrett has no clue it’s her—his one. He leaves her there with her family and goes back home to his lonely life. Only fate intervenes for him a third time, and it’s then that Garrett decides that he’s going to go for it. But, like always, life intervenes, and he’s forced to leave her behind once again to keep her safe. As luck would h

Wildflowers and Wide Receivers (Tampa Tarpons #1) by Kathryn Andrews Release Date: November 1, 2024 About Wildflowers and Wide Receivers Wildflower and Wide Receivers is a second-chance, contemporary sports romance about our hero who unexpectedly becomes a single guardian over his five-year-old niece and the one who got away. When fate throws a second chance . . . catch it. Jonah Dallmann Over two years ago, I met a woman on New Year’s Eve, and it was the best night of my life. That is until the next morning when it became the worst. One voice message. One swerve over a double yellow line. One little girl, my niece, that’s now mine. It hasn’t been easy, these things never are, but we’re trying. Now, I’m twenty-six, and determined to be the best wide receiver on our team, while she’s seven and spends her days reading books and dancing ballet. Only, I haven’t just grieved the loss of my brother, but her too. My heart has ached for what could have been, and what I had t

Stolen Dreams (Stone Bay #4) by Persephone Autumn Release Date: November 1, 2024 About Stolen Dreams If anyone’s going to make me break my own rules, I’m glad it’s him. For years, I’ve had a clear picture of my life. College. Career. And eventually, love. My family insists on playing matchmaker. My best friend says to have more fun before settling down. All I want is to focus on work, help my students, and make a difference in the community. But a night out to celebrate the end of the school year rewrites my entire future. When Ray Calhoun III sidles up to my table, I recognize him immediately. Gourmet restaurant chef. Online celebrity known for his titillating cooking videos. Single dad to one of my students. And when his dark eyes lock with mine, I forget how to speak, how to breathe. With a little persuasion, Ray convinces me to help him with a summer cooking program for kids. Six weeks of food, fun… and stolen glances. The more time I spend with Ray and his son,

Holiday Hire by Maggie Cole Release Date: October 31, 2024 About Holiday Hire Widower Alexander Cartwright has one thing on his mind—his kids. He plans on keeping it that way until his mother hires a sassy, free spirited nanny to watch them during the holidays. Art teacher Phoebe Love needs a job and to take a secret time out from her long-term, not always nice boyfriend. She plans to focus on the two boys and figure her situation out, but their father isn’t making that easy on her. There are three rules I live by: My boys come first, the rest of my family second, and never mix business with pleasure. I take pride that I’ve never broken these. Until her. She’s a wildcard—the type of woman I never chase. She has no straightforward plan for her life. Her version of how to be strict with my boys is laughable. I swear, she selects her outfits based on what tattoo she wants to peek out, just to make me wonder all day what the rest of it looks like against her flesh. A

The Copper Valley Bro Code Series: Volume One Flirting with the Frenemy America’s Geekheart Dirty Talking Rival Liar, Liar, Hearts on Fire by Pippa Grant Release Date: October 31, 2024 October 30, 2024 (early release) About The Copper Valley Bro Code Series: Volume One A single dad, an underwear model, a baker, and baseball-loving former boy band member find love with four fun, incredible women in this compilation of the first three books and a spin-off from Pippa Grant’s Copper Valley Bro Code romantic comedy series. About the books: Flirting with the Frenemy is a rollicking fun romantic comedy featuring a single dad military man, an irritatingly attractive blast from his past, pirates, cursing parrots, and a wedding gone wild. America’s Geekheart is a rockin’ fun fake-dating romantic comedy featuring a billionaire fashion mogul who got his start modeling underwear, the geeky girl next door with a secret the size of California, and more superstitions and secrets th