Dog-Eared Daydreams

Accidental Runaway Groom (Clover Lake #2) by Carrie Ann Ryan Release Date: February 9, 2026 About Accidental Runaway Groom I picked up a groom on the side of the road on the way to a wedding. One problem: I wasn’t the bride. And he didn’t mean to run away. Sometimes things happen for a reason and six months later, I’m back in Clover Lake and Sharp McBride is single, not-so-heartbroken, and my new best friend. Only neither one of us wants to be just friends. I don’t know where his heart belongs, and I don’t want to be the person to break what’s left. Yet I’m only in town for a short time and I’m not sure I’m made for small time life. And if we’re not careful, this time I might have to be the one who runs away. Accidental Runaway Groom is a next generation, grump rancher, friends to lovers, not-what-you-think romance set in the Montgomery World & Clover Lake series featuring Jamie Montgomery & Sharp McBride. Each book can be read as a complete standalone. A...

Note: An advance reader copy (ARC) was provided by the author. Back to Wyoming we go, to a small town called Clover Lake, for the second book in Carrie Ann Ryan's series by the same name. Accidental Runaway Groom  is the story of Jamie Montgomery and Sharp McBride. She's the daughter of Sierra Elder and Austin Montgomery, whose own happily-ever-after plays out in Delicate Ink , the first book in Ryan's Montgomery Ink  series--yup, the OG! She's also the cousin of Livvy, the female main character of the Clover Lake  series starter, Always a Fake Bridesmaid ; on the other hand, Sharp is the younger brother of Ewan, Livvy's now-husband. Jamie and Sharp meet when she picks him up from the side of the road--on the day of his wedding. The same wedding that he's extremely late for. Six months later, Jamie's back in Clover Lake, and the former not-quite-runaway groom is very much single. The two forge a kinship, one that refuses to be kept in the friend zone. Ho...

Sweet Obsession (Sins of the Father #3) by Riley Hart Release Date: February 5, 2026 About Sweet Obsession Rory I’m beginning to unravel. When I meet Shai Burrows, he intrigues me enough that he has me stalking him, following him, watching him. And when I find out he’s the one who robbed me, instead of handling business, it only makes me obsess over him even more. But I can’t just let him get away with that, so we cut a deal. Shai will work off what he owes me, with his body, something he’s as eager about as I am. Because after that first touch, our worlds collide. We get off on danger and seek trouble we’re not supposed to find. He craves my body, and though I don’t understand it, I know I want him by my side. He’s my obsession, and I can’t help but want more. In fact, I want it all. And I’ll take it. Our world is violent and chaotic. I’ve always reveled in that, but I’m risking it all now. I need to learn control because if I lose him, no one will be able to p...

A Simple Request (Cooper Town Boys #1) by Lacey Black Release Date: February 3, 2026 About A Simple Request Collin I’m not a fan of change. So, when I hear the old bar I work at a couple of nights a week has sold, I wonder if it’s time for me to give up that side gig. It’s not like I need the cash. My job as a full-time firefighter is more than enough to keep me comfortable and plenty busy. Then I meet the new owner, my new boss, Lizzie Meyer. She makes me a deal: give her thirty days. If I don’t like the direction she takes the place, I can quit. Simple, right? But nothing feels simple once I’m around her. I try to ignore the pull, but her easy smile, hypnotic green eyes, and that stubborn streak wrapped in determination makes it impossible. The line between professional and personal is clear…until it isn’t. Just when something real starts to take shape between us, my past stirs—ready to drag its way back into the light and threaten everything we’re beginning to build toget...

Peaches & Pucks by M.A. Wardell Release Date: February 2, 2026 About Peaches & Pucks One hotel room. One bed. Zero chance of keeping it professional. Harry When I agreed to chaperone the boys’ hockey team, I thought my biggest challenge would be pretending to understand the rules—not being stuck sharing a hotel room with Darius Hall. The hockey coach. The human whistle. The man who’s made my Mondays miserable for years. But somewhere between the bus ride, the tense semifinal, and one very small bed, I start to realize the worst part of Darius Hall might be how much I like him. Darius I’ve spent years pretending Harry Peterson doesn’t get under my skin. Easier to tease him than admit I notice everything—his color-coded lesson plans, the cedar-and-coffee smell, that unguarded laugh. Now we’re stuck sharing a hotel room, and I’m running out of excuses for the way I feel. One bed. One night. And suddenly I can’t decide what’s harder to handle: his endless commentary o...

Easy Tiger (The Boys of Sweetwater Springs #1) by Ginger Scott Release Date: January 29, 2026 About Easy Tiger Sweetwater’s hottest new pitcher Hunter Reddick doesn’t lose. But he’s never met me. And I won’t even let him in the game. Sweetwater Mavericks players are good for one thing—tips. I’ve been serving the latest crop of minor league ballers to hit my town every spring and summer for the past four years, and while I dream about life away from Sweetwater, I know that I’m tied to my hometown as long as my father needs me. As fun as one-night stands and summer flings are, they never lead anywhere good. Real love doesn’t exist—my mother taught me that. But then I’m tempted by him. Hunter Reddick is the talk of the league. He never backs down from a challenge. Bottom of the ninth, two outs, winning run on third? He’s throwing a fast ball for the win. But when Hunter and his new teammates come into my bar, he makes his move on me, not expecting to get benched. Just as he...