Dog-Eared Daydreams

Stay with Me (Dangerous Obsession #1) by Nikki Sloane Release Date: April 30, 2026 About Stay with Me When the spotlight turns deadly, survival becomes the performance of her life. A single gunshot rings out, shattering Laurel Hayward’s debut as a professional dancer—and witnessing an assassination is only the beginning of her nightmare. The ruthless killer will stop at nothing to find her—determined to possess her or silence her forever. Enter Deputy U.S. Marshal Jason Dunn: handsome, confident, and far too good at getting under Laurel’s skin. Keeping her alive is his job, but keeping his distance? Impossible. Alone in the secluded safe house, the line between duty and desire blurs into something too powerful to resist. Laurel needs Jason to survive. Jason needs her to finally capture the ghost who’s haunted his career for years. But as their attraction ignites, the obsessed killer returns with a deadly final act . . . And it could cost them everything. Stay With Me ...

The Backup Plan (Lone Star Rebels #1) by K. Bromberg Release Date: April 30, 2026 About The Backup Plan Sometimes love isn’t part of the plan. Sometimes it’s the backup plan. Lucas Hale built his entire life around football. The franchise quarterback. The GOAT. The man everyone on his team counts on. Recovering from a devastating shoulder injury, the veteran quarterback signs with the Lone Star Rebels for one last chance to prove he still belongs in the league. There’s just one problem— Dr. Emery Porter . The Rebels’ new injury specialist isn’t impressed by Lucas’s charm—or his determination to push through pain. She’s seen the scans. She knows the damage. And if she clears him to play, it might mean destroying his career for good. But the more time they spend together, the more dangerous everything becomes. For Emery’s career. For Lucas’s future. And the harder it becomes to remember where professional boundaries end—and where love begins. Because if Lucas...

Note: An advance reader copy (ARC) was provided by the author. We may still be in the off-season, but K. Bromberg is giving her readers something to cheer for with the release of the first book in her Lone Star Rebels American football romance series. If you're a longtime reader of Bromberg's, you'll know that sports romance isn't anything new to her, but it has been over a year since her last foray in the genre. The Backup Plan  is a firm reminder of just how adept she is when it comes to writing sports and romance together. It's got main characters in their 30s, both trying to start new chapters to their respective lives in a new city, and a whole lot of slow burn goodness. If the beginning of the series is this good, then the bar has been set high, at the very least, for the next novel. Football is Lucas Hale's life. At thirty-four and with lingering concerns regarding his throwing shoulder, he knows the end of his career has increasingly become a matter ...

Love Overboard by Kandi Steiner Release Date: April 21, 2026 Arndell About Love Overboard From USA Today , #1 Amazon, and BookTok bestselling author Kandi Steiner comes a sizzling, second-chance romance set on the high seas—perfect for fans of Below Deck and readers who crave angsty, high-stakes love stories. Ember Reed is finally living her dream: chief stew on a Mediterranean superyacht, sun-kissed days at sea, and the star of Close Quarters, the hottest new reality TV show. But just as she finds her stride, the producers throw her a curveball—by hiring the one man who nearly sank her. Finn Pearson was the one that got away. The boy who kissed her like they had forever, then left without a word. But now he’s the chef in her new crew, and the cameras are watching their every move, innocent, or not. Even on a superyacht, there's nowhere to hide from the past. Every stolen glance, every whispered argument, every lingering memory threatens to ignite what never fully b...

No, Don't Ever Stop (The Billionaires of Boston #2) by Marni Mann Release Date: April 21, 2026 Montlake About No, Don't Ever Stop A guarded billionaire single dad meets the one woman who could heal his heart in this emotional and blisteringly hot romance by USA Today bestselling author Marni Mann. One look at former NFL player Gavin Worthington has Emily craving things she shouldn’t. Yet his scorching-hot body and dangerously perfect smile are everything she wants. At the same time, a single glance at the breathtakingly sexy Emily Wren and her unforgettable blue eyes has Gavin desiring things he hasn’t in years. Their agreement is simple: one night of uninhibited pleasure. No strings, no complications. But one taste isn’t enough, and he can’t get Emily out of his head. Gavin never lets women get close—his seven-year-old son, Ben, is his entire world. But there’s something about the gorgeous nurse that breaks through every wall he’s built. She’s incredible with ...

Sweet Oblivion (Love & Legacy #4) by Bella Matthews Release Date: April 15, 2026 About Sweet Oblivion From #1 Amazon and USA Today bestselling author Bella Matthews comes a marriage of convenience, billionaire, sports romance. I never wanted to get married. Until the night my life went up in flames, and Ryker Beneventi walked into the fire to save me. The Philadelphia Kings’ scorching hot defensive end has a tendency of doing that . . . Protecting me is instinct. Marrying me is strategy. Calling me “ his wife ” . . . That’s for fun. One carefully crafted press release later, and I’m standing beside the most photographed man in football, wearing a diamond I didn’t choose, and bearing a last name revered in this town. It’s supposed to be temporary. A clean solution to a messy problem. But nothing about our marriage is as it seems. Because somewhere between the locked doors and late nights, the lines between love and legacy blur. Until the only thing left more ...

Bluebird by Brooke Blaine Release Date: April 13, 2026 About Bluebird Every morning, I stop at the same gas station for coffee before my shift. Same routine. Same quiet moment before the sirens start. And the same beautiful stranger. We see each other almost every day—two men passing in the early hours, never speaking. Until one morning, we finally do. Reid is kind, easy to talk to, and someone who would never be interested in me, at least not in the way I want him to. Then the call comes in. A wreck in town. One patient critical. It’s Reid. I save his life—but the accident steals ten years of his memories. Reid doesn’t remember his past, his job, or the man he was before the crash. The only thing that feels familiar to him… is me. He trusts me. Leans on me. And as he begins discovering who he is again—he falls for me. But loving a man who doesn’t remember his life means living in fear of the moment he does. Because when his memories return, I might lose him all ov...