Dog-Eared Daydreams

. Hustled (Beautiful Players #1) by Roya Carmen Date Released: November 20, 2025 About Hustled Fun and Games. An indecent proposal. And a whole lot of heartbreak. Pro billiards player Caine Hall is hot as hell. When he walks into the pool hall I co-own with my husband Reeves, I nearly fall all over myself. Over a few playful games, we get to know each other. He’s smooth and sly, and Reeves instantly hates his guts. He’d kick him out if Mr. Hall didn’t just happen to be our landlord. He says he wants to help us, and we’re all ears. But when he makes us an outrageous proposal, we can’t believe the gall of the man. Caine wants to spend time with me. It’s innocent enough, albeit very weird. We’re desperate because we’re behind on our rent, so eventually, after much pondering, we reluctantly accept. Caine treats me like a princess and shows me a whole new world. He takes things slow, just like he does at the pool table. Yet… he scares me — he’s intense and obsessive. And as he...

Note: An advance reader copy (ARC) was provided by the author. The Sweet Spot  is the fifth book in the Table for Two  series from Layla Reyne, and while there are ties to the other releases, each one can still be read as a standalone, meaning you can go ahead and dive into this new one without have previously read anything prior. This is a friends-with-benefits queer romance featuring Colby Clarke, a plus-sized pastry chef working at Chess, and Ford Rafferty, a former chef before making the move to Martha's Vineyard to become manager of the same restaurant. The two have been secretly hooking up ever since New Year's Eve, with both agreeing that there are absolutely no strings attached, choosing to keep things platonic outside of the bedroom--or wherever else they happen to get down and dirty. So why is everything starting to feel complicated, with feelings that are not-so-platonic? Talk about an aptly titled novella! Yes, there's some steam here, and the title is obviously...

A Cozy Holiday by Kels & Denise Stone Release Date: November 21, 2025 About A Cozy Holiday One grumpy city veterinarian. One hot single dad. And a winter cabin full of naughty decisions just waiting to happen, in this holiday novella by bestselling authors Kels & Denise Stone. After walking in on her boyfriend mid-thrust with someone who wasn’t her, Joy Winters is labeled an emotionally unavailable workaholic. One too many wines later, she drunkenly books a last-minute getaway as far from New York City as her dignity will take her. The reindeer sanctuary on the property needs a veterinarian. Joy is desperate for a distraction. Enter Jamie Wilder: mustache-haver, reindeer wrangler, and Joy’s host in Cranberry Hollow, Maine. He’s just trying to keep the sanctuary running and his twins happy through another chaotic holiday season—not fall for the snappy city vet. But as Joy throws herself into helping his animals, Jamie starts to feel that warm feeling he hasn’t felt in ...

UnRaveled by K. Bromberg Re-release Date: November 20, 2025 About UnRaveled Her husband forgot how to see her. Her captor refuses to look away. Desire tangles with fear in New York Times bestselling author K. Bromberg's darkly seductive novella about right, wrong, and the dangerous space in between. Lily Archer came to Italy to save her marriage. She never expected to lose herself instead. When she looks up from her lonely glass of wine, she meets eyes that see too much. Eyes that tempt her with everything it seems her husband has long since forgotten. One drink. One nod. That's all it took to unravel everything. Now she's captive to a stranger who whispers promises in the dark. Promises she should fear, yet her body betrays her by craving every sinful touch. But what terrifies her the most aren't the restraints, it's how her terror turns into temptation until she can no longer tell where one ends and the other begins. Lily must decide if this n...

Note: An advance reader copy (ARC) was provided by the author. UnRaveled , stylized with the "R" capitalized alongside the first letter of the title, is a dark romance novella by K. Bromberg, and it was previously published as part of Bend , a multi-author anthology from the Erotica Consortium in May of 2014. I remember reading the anthology, although I don't have a review for it--and yes, I searched this blog, which I started back in June 2014, a month after the book had its limited release. All that being said, this was a quick read and had a story and characters worth revisiting.  Lilian and Anderson Archer have been together for two decades, married for one and a half of those. There was a time when everything in their relationship was fun and spontaneous, romance and sex relished in equal measure. Now, they're parents to two boys, and life has gotten busier, with priorities shifting, and their marriage becomes the casualty. Maybe time together in Italy will h...

Mountain Grump (Mountain Men #3) by S.J. Tilly Release Date: November 20, 2025 About Mountain Grump Tilda I have a new house. Well, new to me. Just like living in my own place on the top of a mountain, rather than in a city apartment, is new to me. But it’s mine now because my Great Uncle Jack passed away, and he left me his freaking house. In Colorado. On the border of Lonely Peak State Park. But that’s not all he did. He also left a series of letters. A scavenger hunt of clues that leads me back to Vegas. To his lawyer’s office. To the reading of his will. Where I learn I must marry in order to keep my sudden inheritance out of the greedy hands of my family. And since they’re the worst, I only have one option. Ask the grumpy park ranger I just met to be my husband. Ethan Jack never lied. Not outright. But he did omit some things. Like the fact that his grandkid Matty is actually a fully grown woman named Matilda. And the fact that she looks like a walking, talking moun...

Irresistibly Wicked (The Wickeds: Dark Knights at Bayside #7) by Melissa Foster Release Date: November 19, 2025 World Literary Press About Irresistibly Wicked Get ready to fall hard for everyone’s favorite playboy, Zander Wicked, in Irresistibly Wicked . When the woman who helps save his life needs a little saving herself, Zander takes on a role he never saw himself playing—husband of convenience. Irresistibly Wicked may be enjoyed as a standalone romance or as part of the larger series. Tropes: Small-town, found family, biker romance, close proximity, protective hero, savior hero, he falls first, strangers to lovers, chance meeting, reformed playboy, marriage of convenience. Zander Wicked lives life fast, on his bike, on the job, and with women. But one split second shatters his world and forces him to face truths he’s spent a lifetime outrunning. His family doubts he can change, but Zander knows better, and when the woman who helped save him needs more than a little hel...