Dog-Eared Daydreams

Protecting What's Mine by Lucy Score Release Date: January 16, 2020
About Protecting What's Mine If you can’t stand the heat, don’t fall for a firefighter…
Fire Chief Lincoln Reed is known for his heroics in the fire department and in the bedroom. Life is a never-ending good time. Until she lands in the middle of the accident scene he’s working…and then his backyard. Too bad she’s immune to flirty first responders.
Flight trauma surgeon Mackenzie O’Neil is on a crash course with burnout. She’s got a scar on her face and a shake in her hands. A temporary job as a small-town family physician is just the prescription. She’ll learn to meditate. Sleep more. Take up gardening.
She definitely won’t take her shirtless, firefighting neighbor’s hot body for a test drive.
But Linc and his tattoos are very persuasive. What’s a harmless little adrenaline-fueled fling between neighbors? It’s all naked fun and games until the shadows from Mack’s past find their way into her present. Can Linc be …

Note: An advanced reader copy (ARC) was provided by the author via Enticing Journey Book Promotions.
“You're my hero, Dreamy.”“You're mine, Hotshot.”
I knew going into Protecting What's Mine that it was part of a collection of other books that centered on the small town of Benevolence, Maryland, which basically meant that there would be recurring characters whose stories have already been told. But, I still jumped in for two reasons: first, this was going to be my second Lucy Score read and I wanted to see if my first read--which I loved--was a fluke or not (totally NOT a fluke because I floved this new novel!); and second, I finally had Kindle Unlimited and would be able to read the previous books should my curiosity be piqued about the rest of the cast of characters (which it has, and now, my to-be-read list has grown!). Fair warning: My review may or may not contain one or few, erm, two fire- and medical-related puns just because.

Benevolence Fire Department Chief Lincol…

This Is Forever (This Is #4) by Natasha Madison Date Released: January 14, 2020
About This Is Forever Caroline
Becoming a teen mom at eighteen was not what I expected, but then again, neither was being a single parent. Still, I wouldn’t change my past because that boy is my world.

Hockey is the only thing my son seems to care about, so I work two jobs to make sure he can play. I’d do anything to make sure he doesn’t suffer because of the bad decisions his father made.

When he won a whole summer of hockey training, I knew in my heart he was going to have an amazing time.

What I wasn’t prepared for was meeting his new summer coach.

He was magnetic, powerful, and a player—in all forms of the word.

If my life had taught me anything up to this point, it was how to avoid making bad decisions, and Justin Stone was the definition of a bad decision.

I could never be a woman his family approved of. Even if I wished I could be.

Justin
Growing up as the son of a hockey God is one thing. Growing up as t…

Note: An advanced reader copy (ARC) was provided by the author via Wildfire Marketing Solutions.

“Let me be the one who protects you for once.” His hands rub the backs of my legs. “Let me be the one who holds your hand for once.”“You really are that perfect person,” I say, leaning down to kiss his lips.“Not even close,” he whispers, “but with you, I want to be as perfect as I can be.”
Natasha Madison's fourth and final book in her This Is series? This. Was. Everything! Did you like that play on words in honor of the series? I liked the author's Something So series, but this spin-off was pretty damn addictive, so saying goodbye is definitely bittersweet. This Is Forever is the story of twenty-four-year-old Justin Stone, star player for Edmonton, and twenty-six-year-old Caroline (whose last name I'm unsure of because I'm pretty sure she was no longer using that of her ex-husband's), a single mother working two jobs. When Caroline's eight-year-old son, Dylan, is si…

Roughing (Ottawa Titans #1) by Sarah Hegger Release Date: January 14, 2020
About Roughing He’s the hotter than sin bad boy of hockey, on and off the ice, but right now Sam Stone is in trouble so deep, it’ll take a miracle to save his career.
A miracle like getting town sweetheart, and everybody’s go-to girl, Elizabeth Rogers to help him polish his tarnished reputation.
Problem is, Elizabeth and Sam grew up together, and she’s not even a little impressed by Sam. But she’s also the girl who—try as she might—can’t say no…
If Elizabeth and Sam can learn to play nice with each other, what will happen to all those sparks?

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About Sarah Hegger Born British and raised in South Africa, Sarah Hegger suffers from an incurable case of wanderlust. Her match? A hot Canadian engineer, whose marriage proposal she accepted six short weeks after they first met. To…