Dog-Eared Daydreams

Love on the Rise (Belleview Holiday #2) by A.C. Thomas Release Date: November 30, 2021 NineStar Press About Love on the Rise Matteo Leonelli is getting by, running his old-fashioned family bakery in the heart of Belleview, North Carolina. He’s struggled to keep the place going since his parents passed, and his cakes don’t taste the same without someone to share them. Then, Matteo meets Ethan, a thoughtful, handsome artist, who sees Matt in a way no one has before, who touches him as if it’s a privilege. One date, and Matt is in love, dancing among clouds of meringue as he bakes up a storm to prepare for the holidays. Ethan Price is getting by, running his family banking firm. He had to abandon his dreams of becoming an artist, but he gives it his best effort in his father’s memory. Then, he meets a man who makes his stress melt away like butter on warm bread. Matt, who smells like cookies and looks like a Caravaggio painting. Ethan is in love, head over heels as he rushes t

Gilded Love: The Complete Box Set Snapdragon Chrysalis Vertical Loaded Sleigh My Name by Kilby Blades Release Date: November 30, 2021 About Gilded Love: The Complete Box Set Money can buy them anything. Happiness might take a little work. They're young, they're hot, they're filthy rich, and they're using their power to change the world. From finding love to fighting the establishment, they'll do it. On their terms. Snapdragon The rules are simple: unattached companionship, toe-curling sex, and a clean break whenever it ends. And either one can say the single word to end it: Snapdragon. Chrysalis When taking a promotion in Sydney proves to be the biggest mistake of his life, Michael must go to extremes to win Darby back. But how will he fight for their love and protect her from her crooked politician father from half a world away? Vertical Jasmine is in desperate need of extraction from a high-end human trafficking bust gone wrong, one she never

Note: An advance reader copy (ARC) was provided by the author via Grey's Promotions. Kilby Blades is a new-to-me author and her Gilded Love: The Complete Box Set was certainly quite an introduction to her writing. This box set is comprised of two full-length novels, Snapdragon and Chrysalis , two novellas, Vertical and Loaded , and a short story, Sleigh My Name . The first two books are directly connected, what with featuring the same couple and continuing story line, and MUST be read in order so as to understand everything that goes on. The novellas have two different couples, and the short is part of the first two novels' story. All that being said, the books obviously share the same world and were good reads. The entire set averages to a four-star rating; Below are detailed explanations for each of the Gilded Love  stories: Darby Christensen (32, psychopharmacologist at Northwestern Memorial) and Michael Blaine (31, architect with Dewey and Rowe) are the main characters in S

Change with Me (With Me in Seattle #17.5) by Kristen Proby Release Date: November 30, 2021 1001 Dark Nights Press About Change with Me From New York Times bestselling author Kristen Proby comes an all new novella set in her beloved With Me In Seattle series… Zane Cooper. Hollywood royalty. Fourth generation superstar. He knows what it is to be one of the biggest celebrities in the world. And how lonely that title truly is. When scandal hits, his career hangs in the balance, and Zane flees LA for Seattle, laying low with his newly married best friend. Things will eventually blow over, and he’ll have his life back soon enough. Aubrey Stansfield arrives in Seattle excited to start a new job, and eager to settle into her new home. But when she arrives at her rental, Aubrey’s sure she’s imagining things because the uber sexy Zane Cooper is unpacking in her new bedroom. Thanks to a rental snafu, and unwilling to relocate on such short notice, Aubrey and Zane are thrust into being r

Note: An advance reader copy (ARC) was provided by 1001 Dark Nights Press via Social Butterfly PR. We're back in Seattle with the latest novella in the With Me in Seattle series from bestselling author Kristen Proby and published by 1001 Dark Nights Press. Change with Me finds thirty-year-old superstar actor Zane Cooper heading to Seattle to be close to his best friend while riding out a scandal that could very well derail his acting career. Renting a new and fully furnished condo for the next six months makes sense; what doesn't make sense, however, is agreeing to share the space with a woman who says she's a new renter as well. Something about twentysomething Aubrey Stansfield not only piques Zane's interest, but also makes him want to explore the connection between them. How can he convince this fascinating girl who sees herself as ordinary that she's the most extraordinary thing that someone like him--anyone--could ever hope to love? Ooh, I do believe this is no

Note: An advance reader copy (ARC) was provided by the authors. The air outside may be nippy, but Brooke Blaine and Ella Frank's newest standalone M/M romance is bound to get fans and readers hot and bothered. Secrets & Lies is a forbidden romance between a thirty-six-year-old art teacher and his eighteen-year-old student. When Ash Delaney and Ryder Ellis first meet, the attraction isn't just mutual, it's momentous. The next time they see each other leaves them both stupefied. A line is drawn, one that Ash is determined not to cross, but Ryder proves to be an irresistible temptation. Ash knows better than to act on his feelings, but lust--and something that feels like...more--doesn't play by any rules, and maybe Ryder is worth breaking every single one of them. The question is: What could it cost them? If you're a reader who's sensitive about age gaps and relationships that may be looked upon with disapproval by many, then here's your heads-up because th

Note: An advance reader copy (ARC) was provided by the author. Carrie Aarons delivers a heartwarming holiday romance in her newest standalone. If Only My Dreams is a story about second chances with an lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers feel to it. Madison Goldwin and Porter Kelly were once young and in love, albeit neither one admitting to feeling the latter. She's back in their hometown after her husband unexpectedly divorced her. After a rather caustic reunion in the grocery, Madison wants nothing more than to cancel the holidays. But she doesn't really have much of a choice but to be merry and bright, what with her parents insisting that she do her share with the family business. The clincher? Porter works for her parents, being all swoony while serenading those who ride the Christmas train. Maybe this is a second chance for them to rekindle what they once shared, but this could also be yet another opportunity for Porter to break Madison's fragile heart. This was an entert

Triumph's Ashes (Cassidy Chronicles #5) by Adam Gaffen Date Released: August 15, 2021 About Triumph's Ashes Viva la revolucion! The Primus, Vasilia Newling, is facing her worst nightmares: • A revolution on Luna. • Titan and the Asteroids abandoning the Solarian Union. • Defections from within her own government. All because of those damned Cassidys! But she's still as ruthless as ever. And if Aiyana and Kendra thought she was playing dirty before? They're going to see how filthy she really can get. There isn't room for both the Terran Federation and the Union. This time, one is going down. For good. Add Triumph's Ashes on Goodreads . Purchase Links Amazon | B&N | Kobo  | Liminal Fiction |  Smashwords About Adam Gaffen I was born in Maine, didn't live there for long before my parents figured out that it was too bloody cold and moved south, all the way to Massachusetts. Grew up there and in Connecticut

Note: An advance reader copy (ARC) was provided by the author. Dear Bellamy,   I do not cuddle.   Easton   * * *   Dear Easton,   No. It's more like you wrap yourself around me, octopi style.   Bellamy Ah, to be back in Lauren Blakely's Big Rock book universe is a joy that I am so not taking for granted. It's been over four years since readers were last here, so when Blakely announced that she had a new book in the series coming, the anticipation was boundless. This series is a personal favorite as well, given that Big Rock was my very first read from this author back in 2016, and I've been hooked on her writing ever since. All this being said, Come Again can very much be read independently of the first six Big Rock novels, but certainly wouldn't stop you if you decide to peruse those titles. Consider this my not-so-subtle prod for you to do exactly that! Come Again is a romantic comedy featuring rivals intent on proving to the public that their way trumps the