Dog-Eared Daydreams

Resisting You (Maple Grove #6) by Katana Collins Release Date: September 17, 2025 About Resisting You One drunken night. One fake marriage. One very real problem: I fell in love. One wild night in Atlantic City, I woke up with a hangover, a rescue dog… and a brand-new wife sleeping at my side. Though it started out rocky enough, we quickly realized that this marriage just may fix all of our problems. A few fake vows. Some real paperwork. And a quick fix to rehab my bad boy image and launch her therapy practice. After a couple of years, we’d get an annulment. The plan was clean-cut, brilliant, and easy. But I should have known... nothing about Rosa is easy. Especially not the way she looks at me when no one’s watching… or the way her voice softens when she says my name, like I’m more than just a mistake. Now we’re back in my small hometown, pretending to be the perfect couple for a wedding we never planned. The press is circling, secrets are surfacing, and someone’s hell...

Something Resembling Love (Something Resembling #1) by Elizabeth Standish Release Date: September 16, 2025 About Something Resembling Love Life has a way of uprooting us when we least expect it. Jane Davenport has been shattered twice—once by the tragic loss of both her parents, and again by her own life-threatening diagnosis. She’s learned relying on people is risky, and the only thing she can count on is the scientific method. Dr. Peter Livingston has always sought validation through achievement and professional success, masking self-doubt behind the expected uncertainty of his cancer research. Despite his dedication, Peter can’t shake the restless sense that life could offer something more. Even if he’s never stopped long enough to consider what more might be. When Jane and Peter cross paths at Thanksgiving dinner, their shared fascination with scientific puzzles sparks a passion that’s as physical as it is intellectual. Sharing about her illness has always left Jane fe...

Texts from My Exes by Rachel Van Dyken Release Date: September 16, 2025 About Texts from My Exes Faking a perfect ex was easy…until my best friend volunteered to play the part. Some people scrapbook. I screenshot my exes’ texts. What started as me venting my dating disasters online (creative outlet, don’t judge) has turned into a blog with actual followers—and the only thing keeping me in my dirt-cheap apartment. My grandmother-slash-landlord insists I “prove my creativity” to stay, so the blog lives on. Except now my readers want a happy ending. With an ex. Problem? None of my exes qualify. So…I invent one. The perfect guy. The one that got away. Rule #1: Never roast your exes online if they know how to read. Rule #2: Definitely don’t make up a fake ex-boyfriend just to keep your rent low. Rule #3: Don't—under any circumstances—let your best friend discover the lie. Because now he’s volunteered to become my fake perfect ex. And the more we fake it, the more I...

In My Hockey Era (Must Love Hockey #1) by Kendall Ryan Release Date: September 15, 2025 About In My Hockey Era Lucy Quinn loves hockey. What she doesn’t love? The latest PR stunt from her favorite team—a hockey romance book club designed to lure in more female fans. Pandering to so-called “thirsty” fans? It totally cheapens the sport. The worst part? They’ve slapped Bennett Wilder—the infuriatingly cocky, annoyingly handsome star forward—on the cover of this PR disaster like he’s some kind of book boyfriend. Gross. So Lucy does what any passionate, totally rational fan would do—she starts a boycott. Bennett doesn’t love being the face of a book club, but, hey, it’s harmless fun… until he finds out some feisty, foul-mouthed superfan is trashing it, he’s intrigued. And maybe just a little bit turned on. So, naturally, he makes it his mission to shut her up—with charm, persistence, and exceptionally skilled hands. And somehow, he always manages to make her forget why sh...

Note: A review copy was provided by the author via Gay Romance Reviews. Ah, I love an angsty read, and CF White's first book in the Worth It  series certainly delivered. Worth the Wait  is set in Worthbridge, a coastal town in Essex, and has two men who were once best friends--and could have been more--find themselves in each other's orbit a decade and a half after the trajectory of their individual lives led them in different directions. With this also being my introduction to White's writing, suffice it to say that I was rather impressed with her storytelling, and I cannot wait to read even more. The last time police constable Freddie Webb saw Nathan Carter, they were eighteen and Nathan had just told Freddie he was joining the British Army. Fifteen years later, Freddie sees Nate again, it's inside the Worthbridge Police Station, with the latter sitting beside his teenage son--the same one Freddie arrested earlier that day. With Nate back in Worthbridge, the chanc...

Only for Tonight (Only For #1) by Natasha Madison Release Date: September 12, 2025 About Only for Tonight When one night changes everything. Ariella The last time I saw him, I’d just turned eighteen. Six years later we’re face-to-face again. Neither of us wanted the night to end. The next morning, we made a pact. Each of us going our separate ways. Until two pink lines changed everything. Jaxon Life was going my way. Hockey. Family. All of it. Until…I saw her. She was different now. One thing led to another and we got carried away. It was supposed to be one night. Our secret. Then she’s at my door with news that rocks my world. I’m going to be a dad. Add Only for Tonight on BookBub | Goodreads | StoryGraph . Purchase Links Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU (included with Kindle Unlimited subscription) About Natasha Madison When her nose isn’t buried in a book, or her fingers flying across a keyboard writing, Natasha Mad...

The Sinner's Son (Sawyer and Royce: Felonies and Fatherhood #2) by Aimee Nicole Walker Date Released: September 9, 2025 About The Sinner's Son Can a sinner’s son outrun his father’s shadow, or will darkness follow him everywhere and taint everything? No one’s life should be reduced to random items in an evidence box, only to collect dust for decades. Seeking justice for the forgotten will bring a temporary partner into Sawyer’s life who threatens his carefully curated peace. Alec Bishop, the son of a serial killer, arrives in Savannah with an audacious ego, an unwillingness to accept boundaries, and an overzealous fan club. Calling it quits isn’t part of Sawyer’s character, but he might not have a choice when the circumstances surrounding the sinner’s son take a dark twist. Nature versus nurture? The age-old question forces Sawyer and Royce to reevaluate the relationships with their fathers, and it influences the parents they aspire to be now that the countdown to Ba...