Dog-Eared Daydreams

Axe-ing for Trouble (Maine Lumberjacks #5) by Daphne Elliot Release Date: May 19, 2025 About Axe-ing for Trouble On the run, injured, and out of options, I had no choice but to go back to him. Back to the one place I swore I wouldn’t—because staying away was the only way to keep him safe. Jude Hebert. My one-night stand turned unexpected protector. A rugged, guitar-playing lumberjack with broad shoulders and blue eyes that could light up the darkest Maine night. And the man determined to keep me safe. When we’re forced to hide out in his cozy cabin, we make the best of it by playing Scrabble and sharing stolen laughter, pretending the world outside isn’t closing in. He carries me like I weigh nothing, cleans my wounds with gentle hands, serenades me with his guitar and makes heat bloom beneath my skin with every stolen glance. He insists I take the bed every night. Eventually, I ask him to stay. The way Jude looks at me—like I’m worth protecting—breaks down my de...

Note: An advance reader copy (ARC) was provided by the author. Annabeth Albert has a new series, and it's set in a small Colorado town called Lovelorn, specifically the ranch that shares the same name (there's a name change much later in the story, but when you read the book, you'll get why). Want You Back  is a second chance romance and it's the first in the Second Chance Ranch  series. Maverick Lovelorn and Colt Jennings were best friends that became each other's first love when they were teenagers. But love and friendship wasn't enough for Maverick to want to stay in the town his forefathers founded. Two decades later, he's back and all he and his older sister want is to sell the ranch their father left behind as quickly as possible. However, his father's last wishes and being around Colt once again change whatever plans Mav had--but will that plan include a future in the one place he wanted to leave with the only man who's ever felt like home? Wh...

Just Business (Singing River #1) by Jenny Cross Release Date: May 16, 2025 About Just Business Country music star Austin James’ career is slowly unraveling. When faced with an ultimatum, he seeks refuge in small town Alabama. Maybe its singing river and legendary studio are exactly what he needs to find his way back to himself. What he doesn’t expect is Penny Miller, the fiercely independent studio owner. She’s filled with a stubborn fire that threatens to burn down every wall he’s built around himself. Penny is fighting to revive her family’s recording studio and carve out her place in a male dominated industry. A floundering country music star is the last thing she needs. Penny’s determined to keep things just business with the lines of professionalism firmly in place, but Austin James’ flirty smile and undeniable charm is hard to resist. Haunted by heartache, she finds her life hitting the same notes as his, their worlds slowly harmonizing in ways she never expected...

Hold the Line (The Kelly Ranch #2) by Julia Wolf Release Date: May 15, 2025 About Hold the Line Deacon Slater was my high school crush—the bad boy with haunted eyes that made my heart skip a beat. But in our small town, the Slater name is synonymous with trouble, and Deke lived up to it when he landed in prison a few years after graduation. He served his time and now he’s back, living in the apartment above mine, covered in ink and even more intriguing than before. As the owner of Sugar Rush bakery, I’m used to building bridges with my muffins and cookies. I’ve seen cowboys nearly come to blows over the last lemon bar. But Deke wants nothing to do with my treats…or me. He keeps his distance, barely speaking when I knock on his door. Until the day he doesn’t have a choice. He’s there when I need him, stepping in to protect me, showing me the caring man beneath his rough edges. We couldn’t be more different. I’m a curvy ray of sunshine in a pink apron and he’s a stoic, ...

Spotlight (The Holland Brothers #4) by Rebecca Jenshak Release Date: May 15, 2025 About Spotlight One night —that’s all it was supposed to be. No names. No complications. And now? He’s everywhere. In all the news headlines. On every freaking billboard. Turns out, he’s not just some guy. He’s Flynn Holland, Lake City’s new hotshot pitcher . The one that’s supposed to end our team’s fifty-year championship drought. (The same way I’ve fantasized about him ending mine.) As if that weren’t bad enough, my daughter loves him and he’s the poster boy for my rival bookstore. Flynn’s perfect smile is plastered all over town, selling their books, like some kind of traitorous golden boy—while he’s over here giving me his best game. Pass. I’ve had enough heartbreak for two lifetimes. But then he looks at me, and I forget how to breathe. Not to mention, he’s so good with my little girl, it’s downright unfair. He’s maddeningly gorgeous, ridiculously persistent, a...

My Favorite Bad Decision (The Favorites #1) by Elizabeth O'Roark Release Date: May 15, 2025 About My Favorite Bad Decision Climbing Kilimanjaro? No thank you. Climbing it with Miller West? Absolutely f***ing not. A full week without showers, a real bed or Internet was bad enough. Spending it with my family’s sworn enemy—the unbearably smug, indecently handsome Miller West—is a bridge too far. I’m determined to remain enemies, even if sparring with him is my favorite thing in the world. Even if he’s hell-bent on protecting me, whether I need it or not, and surprisingly kind, no matter how awful I am to him. But eight days is a long time to hate someone you’re sleeping next to. Especially when you suspect you never hated him at all. And what happens on Kilimanjaro stays on Kilimanjaro...right? Add My Favorite Bad Decision on BookBub |  Goodreads  | StoryGraph . Purchase Links Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU (included with Kindle U...

Tourist Trap by Morgan Elizabeth Release Date: May 15, 2025 About Tourist Trap Bestselling author Morgan Elizabeth delivers Tourist Trap , a small town, age gap, grumpy sunshine, summer romance based in Seaside Point, a shore town in New Jersey. Claire A summer in a tourist trap is exactly what I need. A single summer of fun before I finally buckle down and decide on what I want to do with the rest of my life. So when my best friend suggested I spend the summer as a lifeguard in Seaside Point I jumped at the opportunity. I was ready for a summer of uncomplicated fun, so imagine my surprise when my ex’s older brother owns the house I want to rent a room in. Not only is Miles the guy I used to have the biggest crush on, he refuses to give me the time of day. Miles I have enough on my plate trying to save up what I need to buy my brother out of the house we inherited by the end of the summer. I definitely don’t need the distraction of my brother’s gorgeous ex prancing around...