Dog-Eared Daydreams

A December to Remember by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward, Catherine Cowles, Shaina Rose Lene Hendrix, Adriana Locke, and Teagan Hunter Release Date: November 30, 2024 Cover Design: Sommer Stein ( Perfect Pear Creative ) About A December to Remember It’s the season for gift giving! Six FREE standalone holiday short stories! The Christmas Card by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward When my ex got engaged pretty quickly after we broke up, I did something stupid… I made up a new boyfriend. How would anyone ever know? They wouldn’t. Unless my fake boyfriend showed up at my ex’s annual Christmas party… Mistletoe and Murder by Catherine Cowles All I wanted to do was avoid my cheating ex and get through my brother’s Christmas wedding. When his grumpy, broody, Scrooge of a best friend steps in to pretend to be my boyfriend, I say yes. Suddenly, the kisses we’re swapping under the mistletoe are all too real, and I’m dangerously close to falling. But someone isn’t so happy about my ne...

A Fatal Autumnal Stew (The Skeleton Crew #2) by Dahlia Donovan Date Released: November 27, 2024 Hot Tree Publishing About A Fatal Autumnal Stew Welcome back to the Skeleton Crew. Keep your knitting needles sharp and have a strong brew in hand for their next adventure . Life for gender-fluid, autistic vampire Hyde Snodgrass has never been better. Her cosy village bookshop is thriving as is their new relationship with witch and taco bus owner, Teresa Vega. Autumn is in full magical tilt in their corner of the Scottish Highlands. Everything is beautifully perfect right up until a tainted meal ends with Hyde sick and someone dead. The police immediately suspect the restaurant owners. Hyde and Teresa find themselves drawn into yet another investigation, trying to save their friends from arrest and themselves from a murderer. The situation becomes even more complex when family feuds become tangled in the midst. Can they find the killer? Or will everything Hyde loves go up i...

All I Want for Christmas is the Hot Fireman Next Door (Snowfall Valley #2) by Rebecca Norinne Caudill Release Date: November 27, 2024 About All I Want for Christmas is the Hot Fireman Next Door Single mom Callie Caldwell doesn’t have time for romance—especially with her brother’s best friend, James Carmichael, the handsome firefighter who lives next door. But no matter how hard she tries to fight it, James keeps slipping through the defenses around her battered heart. He’s dependable and steadfast, and his easy charm and protective nature make it impossible to deny the spark between them. With James, Callie finally allows herself to imagine a future she never thought possible. But when wealthy hotelier Sterling Whitmore arrives in Snowfall Valley to open a luxury ski resort, Callie’s world is shaken. The sophisticated New Yorker seems hauntingly familiar, and his presence tugs at memories that she would rather forget. When Callie takes a job working for him, her professional a...

From Air (Wildfire #1) by Jewel E. Ann Release Date: November 26, 2024 About From Air Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Jewel E. Ann parachutes into the burning, hazardous heart of love in a sexy yet dramatic romance set in Big Sky country. When Jamie Andrews moves in with a house full of firefighters, things start heating up fast. Battling the wilderness of rural Montana, these guys are always charging into danger—for a living, for duty, for the rush—and since Jamie is a psychiatric nurse, they fascinate her analytic mind. She can’t help but fixate on Calvin, a grumpy, enigmatic smoke jumper ten years her senior. She makes playfully tormenting him her pet project, trying to get him to open up. It turns out he gives as good as he gets. When something smoldering between them sparks, they’ll have to keep it quiet, which makes Jamie start to wonder about Calvin ’s secret, the one he won’t explain. She’ll learn more after life pulls them apart. But as she fo...

Merry with Me by Kaylee Ryan Release Date: November 26, 2024 About Merry with Me NYT and USA Today bestselling author Kaylee Ryan brings you a new grumpy-sunshine standalone holiday romance Blakely When my boss tells me I’m taking over the planning of the annual Christmas gala, I can barely contain my excitement. Not only is it a huge opportunity, but I also love all things Christmas. I’m on cloud nine until I realize I have to work closely with the grumpy doctor, who is my opposite in every way. He loathes the holidays. At least that’s what he says. His eyes tell me a different story. That’s why I make it my mission to make him fall in love with Christmas. That’s our family motto after all. I’ll make him love the holidays harder than ever before. How hard can it be? Oliver My contract states I have to serve on a committee. When I fail to submit which committee I’d like to work on, I’m assigned the Christmas gala. Me… the guy who detests the holiday. In years past, I...