Dog-Eared Daydreams

Out in the Surf (Out in College #10) by Lane Hayes Date Released: March 21, 2023 About Out in the Surf The hockey player, the surfer, and a lesson neither can forget… Luca I love the beach, and I’m a good athlete. Learning how to surf should be a breeze, right? Wrong. In a twist, hockey is nothing like surfing. That’s okay—I just need a diversion to round out my new life in So Cal while I figure out what comes next. As long as I keep my head above water, this could be fun. Bonus…my instructor is hot. Cal Teaching newbies to surf is easy money. Usually. My newest student is a wild card who seems to think his jock status should make him a natural at everything he tries, and I can see why. Luca is…special. He’s dynamic, energetic, and fun. It’s hard not to like him. But I like him a little too much. This could be trouble. Out in the Surf is a low-angst MM romance, bisexual-awakening story. When the teacher becomes the student, it may be time to come out in the sur

Scoring Chance (Bainbridge Hockey #1) by Andi Burns Release Date: March 22, 2023 About Scoring Chance Will Freshman year is going to be my year. I’m no longer the ugly duckling I used to be. Thanks to a late growth spurt and a nasty puck to the face that knocked my buck teeth right out of my head, I no longer resemble the awkward kid I once was. As Bainbridge Hockey’s newest center, I’m gonna enjoy every bit of attention the ladies of Bainbridge want to give me. But I soon find out that looking the part is only half the battle. And if I want to lose my virginity before I make it to the big leagues, I’m going to need to learn the fine art of dating. Or at least how to kiss without being compared to a dying jellyfish. So that means I need help. But they don’t make tutors for dating. Do they? Mel Senior year is off to a rough start. One of my best friends has moved on to grad school, and my other best friend spends all her free time with her boyfriend. And my boyfriend? Oh

Sneak Attack (Nashville Steel #1) by Stacey Lynn Release Date: March 21, 2023 About Sneak Attack A sneak attack by the girl who broke my heart reminds me what could have been…   I might have made it as an NFL quarterback, but I was still me—still living in my hometown north of Nashville and tackling being a single dad. The media assumed I wore a halo beneath my helmet, but they didn't know my tragic past. I was no angel.    Because the only woman I ever truly loved was the girl who stole my heart when it was committed to another, and I never recovered from the mess we created.  Seven years is a long time to wait for a second chance. I tried to move on and live without her. Now, Eden's returned home to haunt me all over again, making me feel all the things I can't deny when she's near.    She might have her running shoes strapped on tight, but I'm desperate for her to stay this time. In order to do that, I need to find a way for us to put the past where it truly belo

Just a Little Hookup (Dare Crossover #1) by Carly Phillips & Erika Wilde Release Date: March 21, 2023 About Just a Little Hookup You asked for more characters in the Kingston-Dirty Dare world and we’re giving them to you! New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Carly Phillips and USA Today bestselling author Erika Wilde are back with a spin-off series of secondary characters you love! Being a bachelor has its perks. It also has its downside. Just ask Derek Bettencourt. Standing on stage and being auctioned off in the name of charity is awkward AF… until his business partner’s younger sister wins him for the weekend. He’s all hers to do with as she pleases and he can’t say he’s unhappy with the prospect. Especially since she saved him from an ex-fiancée determined to get her claws into him again. Jessica Cavanaugh never intended to bid on the man she’s had a lifetime crush on. But her spur-of-the-moment decision gives her a chance to exact a bit of playfu

Note: An advance reader copy (ARC) was provided by the authors via Wildfire Marketing. Just a Little Hookup  is the first book in the Dare Crossover  series from the writing duo of Carly Phillips and Erika Wilde. If you're familiar with Phillips's Kingston Family  and Dirty Dare  series, then I'm sure there's at least a couple of non-Dare supporting characters who have piqued your interest. Well, this new series will be featuring them, and Phillips and Wilde are kicking things off with Derek Bettencourt, who was introduced in Just One Taste  ( Dirty Dares #3) as Nikki Bettencourt's brother. He's part of a bachelor auction, and the thirty-two-year-old billionaire media mogul isn't exactly jumping for joy at the idea of being asked to parade around in hopes of bringing in bids. When his ex-fiancée sets her sights on him, Derek is rescued by none other than his best friend and business partner's younger sister. Of course, bidding on Derek wasn't par

The Other Empress (Qing Court #1) by Amanda Roberts Release Date: March 21, 2023 About The Other Empress In this exciting novel from USA Today best-selling author Amanda Roberts, the story of the slow march toward the fall of the Qing Dynasty comes to life in vivid detail, revealing a world of love, sex, ambition, and intrigue surrounding the world of empresses, princesses, consorts, and concubines, and the emperors they served. History books may tell about the fall of the Qing Dynasty. But they haven't told my story... Born to a family of wealth and privilege, Zhenxiu was trained from a young age to become the wife of a very powerful man, though she prayed it would not be Prince Yizhu, the future Xianfeng Emperor, a man with cruel and salacious appetites. The sudden death of the prince's consort, however, thrusts fifteen-year-old Zhenxiu into the prince's bed and the center of the Qing Court, a court still reeling from the aftershocks of the Opium War. Zhenxiu finds