Dog-Eared Daydreams

Note: An advanced reader copy (ARC) was provided by Heart Eyes Press. Sarah Mayberry kicks off the multi-authored  Busy Bean series in Sarina Bowen's World of True North collection. Sweetheart is a story of forbidden romance between one woman and her older sister's former boyfriend. Twenty-five-year-old Haley Elliot is the newest barista at Busy Bean, but her true passion is working with leather, creating and designing items like belts, boots, wallets, and the like and selling them on Etsy. When she notices that coffee sales have gone down at Busy Bean, she decides to do a bit of investigating and learns that their competition is selling some truly awesome coffee. She checks out their supplier, Dark Horse Coffee Roasters, and discovers that it's owned by the Beck brothers, one of whom just happens to be her sister, Jess's, ex-boyfriend--twenty-eight-year-old Daniel Beck. Convincing Beck to do business with Busy Bean won't be easy, but Haley may soon realize convinci

Note: An advanced reader copy (ARC) was provided by the authors. "I don't need anything in common with her, because...I have you."Oh my God. This man's brain was a fucking labyrinth.   How could a functioning human be so foolish?   How could he be so impossibly sweet?   Dunn misunderstood my silence. "I do have you, don't I, Tuck?" he whispered. Ever since Dunn Johnson kissed Tucker Wright in Liars , I was counting the days till Lucy Lennox and May Archer released Fools . It pretty much goes without saying--at least to fans and readers of the Licking Thicket series--that this was going to be a friends-to-lovers romance. However, this is Lennox and Archer we're talking about here, so I had a feeling this wasn't going to be your typical story with this all-too-familiar trope. Dunn, whose name makes me hum the opening theme to Miami Vice , and Tucker have been each other's lives for years, and even with the eight-year age difference  betwee

How to Live (Lovestrong #7) by Susan Hawke Date Released: February 25, 2021 About How to Live Take one clueless, spoiled guy with notoriously bad luck… When Derek Leigh is diagnosed with breast cancer at twenty-four, it’s the final straw in a lifetime of bad luck. If he’s going to die, it’ll be on his terms… with one helluva party that packs a lifetime’s worth of fun into whatever time he has left. To make this happen, Derek blows up his life: dumps the long-term boyfriend in the worst way possible, borrows money he can’t repay from a loan shark, and heads to Atlantic City... where his luck unexpectedly changes, giving him fresh hope. Add one easygoing tattoo artist with a big, open heart… Asher Matthews has dealt with a lot in his thirty-five years: he and his twin were born addicted to heroin and abandoned at birth… until Mama Maisie added them to her brood of lost boys. ADHD and dyslexia didn’t keep him from following his dream of opening his own tattoo shop, esp

Paws for Love (Fur Haven Dog Park #3) by Mara Wells Date Released: February 23, 2021 Sourcebooks Casablanca About Paws for Love Broken hearts—man, woman, and dog—have a second chance for love, healing, and happiness under the warm Miami Beach sun in this endearing contemporary romance… Danielle Morrow works tirelessly for a greyhound rescue helping retired racing dogs find their forever homes. She guards her heart as vigilantly as her two adopted greyhounds guard her. One heartbreak per lifetime is enough for any woman, and no one she’s met since her high school boyfriend dumped her to join the military has ever tempted her enough to risk love again. Knox Donovan expected to be career military, but an injury and an honorable discharge leave him uncertain of his future. When his brothers ask him to come back to Miami Beach to help with their new condo conversion, he has no intention of staying on in the city that has so many bad memories for him. Knox is reminded that not

Candy Colored Sky by Ginger Scott Date Released: February 26, 2021 About Candy Colored Sky Jonah Wydner has been in love with his neighbor Eleanor Trombley for years. He has watched her life play out from the sidelines—homecoming dances, football parties, and first dates. Her life seemed easy…simple… perfect . The complete opposite of his own. But when Eleanor’s younger sister goes missing and the national media sets up camp in the middle of their street, the girl with the seemingly perfect life shows up in Jonah’s garage in search of a place to hide from the hurt and chaos. What begins as one night becomes many filled with unexpected surprises and unveiling, healing truths about Jonah’s own messy past.  Soon, Jonah gets to know the real Eleanor, and discover all the ways they’re the same. Friendship blossoms into more, plans turn into promises, and hopes and dreams become shared under the warm glow of the fading Midwestern sunsets. But how far can a kiss under a candy-colore

Note: An advanced reader copy (ARC) was provided by the author via Wordsmith Publicity. No one writes coming-of-age stories and young adult romances quite like Ginger Scott, and her newest standalone is a standout! Candy Colored Sky introduces readers to seventeen-year-old Jonah Wydner, a high school senior who's had feelings for his neighbor for years. He's had a perfect view of snippets of eighteen-year-old Eleanor Trombley from his window. She and her family seem to have such an idyllic life, far from the one that he leads. Then the unthinkable happens: Eleanor's younger sister is missing, and her disappearance has garnered national attention. When Jonah finds Eleanor in his family's garage hiding from the invasive press and media, he knew he could never turn her away. A need for solace and escape becomes a hope for friendship that develops into a desire for more. But when the real world threatens the bubble they've created for themselves, will anything survi

Blind Pass (Fury #4) by Monty Jay Date Released: February 25, 2021 About Blind Pass Emerson Greene Being the life of the party had always been easy until one fatal night five years ago sent him into a spiral of self-destruction.  A night that cost him, not only his best friend, but also the only woman he's ever loved.  The bad boy of the NHL is trying to outskate the ghosts of his past.  Searching for redemption by clinging to his sobriety and fighting for his spot on the Fury. He never expected that same, brown-eyed girl to walk back into his life with secrets of her own. Sofia Morgan  She was not the kind of girl tragic things happened to.  She had plans.  She had goals.  She had dreams.  But that was before everything changed.  Now, she is navigating through the card's life dealt to her.  Raised by strong Hispanic women she has no choice, but to suck it up and brave whatever storm comes next.  Except Emerson Greene is not a storm. He is a crash cou