Dog-Eared Daydreams

Simon Howell and Pru Daniels appear to be tied together by fate. He's a demon hunter vampire sired by Merlin and she's a witch with Morgan Le Fay as her ancestor that met in London only to have Pru leave with a broken heart and Simon with a curse. Now, they find themselves in Vamptown for the holidays. Simon wants Pru to get rid of the curse as much as he wants to find Excalibur, the legendary sword belonging to King Arthur. Can these two work together or could they both lose more than a fabled sword? The Entity Who Came for Christmas is a holiday novella in the Entity series from Cat Devon and involves the best friends of the main characters from the second novel, The Entity Within . Simon Howell and Pru Daniels have a past together and now they have to work as a team in order to locate and lay claim to sword from the Arthurian legend known as Excalibur. There are demons that are lurking about, but what adds to the tension are all their unresolved feelings which start...

Zoe Adams and her grandmother are forced to leave Boston to find sanctuary in Chicago and they find it in a place unofficially called Vamptown. The fact that they're witches has the head of security for the area instantly on alert and distrustful of the two, but then Damon Thornheart knows from experience just how conniving a witch can be. However, the vampire demon hunter soon finds himself needing to protect Zoe and her grandmother from demons that are roaming Vamptown, demons that are after the two. Damon and Zoe will have to work together if they have any chance of vanquishing the demons before it's too late.  The Entity Within is the second novel in the Entity series from author Cat Devon and has a vampire who just happens to be a demon hunter locking horns (pun intended) with a witch who hasn't practiced her craft in two years. Damon Thornheart makes it pretty clear that he doesn't trust Zoe Adams or her grandmother and that he would rather have them as fa...

Daniella Delaney knows how irresistibly delicious her cupcake concoctions are and opening her new cupcake store in the place where she grew up is something she's been planning for so long. Unfortunately, the head of the business owners group doesn't seem too enthusiastic about her presence and if it's one thing that's clear, it's that Nick St. George would rather have Daniella take her business elsewhere. But compelling her to leave isn't working and now Nick wants to know why his vampire powers don't seem to work with the cupcake maker who's making him crave more than the baked goodness that she serves up. Sleeping with the Entity is the first novel in the Entity series from author Cat Devon and is set in Vamptown, a district in Chicago that is home to a number of vampires who keep their identity secret from humans nearby. Daniella Delaney's appearance in the area could call attention to Vamptown and that's simply something Nick St. Geor...

Note: This ARC was provided by Entangled Publishing in exchange for an honest review. Thirty-four-year-old single mom Jade Moran doesn't think she needs help finding a man, but tell that to her thirteen-year-old daughter who has launched Project Jade Morgan Needs a Man. When she unexpectedly meets thirty-three-year-old contractor Max Gianopoulis, she soon finds herself in the middle of much-needed kitchen makeover and trying to resist her Greek god of a contractor is offering her. Neither of them was looking to become romantically involved with anyone, but the more they're together, the more obvious it is how meant to be they are. Is Jade ready to say "yes" to someone like Max? Just Say Yes is a standalone contemporary romance about a single mother named Jade Moran who doesn't feel she's ready to be in any sort of relationship with another man but finds herself torn between saying yes to being with contractor Max Gianopoulis and resisting his char...

Note: This ARC was provided by Lake Union Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Jane Bailey has had to say goodbye to the man she was married to and to the dog that she loved within a matter of weeks. Now, she says goodbye to Philadelphia and makes her way back to the only place she's considered home--San Diego. But she's called upon to help out her aunt and uncle who need her to help out at the bed and breakfast in Arizona they own while they're away. Soon, she's distracted by the menagerie of guests, the good-looking jerk of a handyman/neighbor, her friendship with the B&B's only employee, and the dog she swore not to fall in love with. You know what they say about best-laid plans... Rescue Me, Maybe by Jackie Bouchard is the story of a thirty-seven-year-old woman who is dealing with the devastating loss of her beloved dog as well as the death of her husband, though she is more deeply affected by one over the other. Jane Bailey...

Note: This ARC was provided by Kensington Books via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. “Cadie, don’t you see? I’ve spent most of my life  thinking about you and wanting to be with you again . . . and I  never had the chance. Now I have that chance, and I want to  make the most of it.” In the summer of 1989, seventeen-year-old Liam Tate meets and falls in love with college-bound Acadia Knox on the island of Nantucket, but after her father intervenes, deeming Liam not worthy to be with someone of Cadie's social standing and the two young lovers are kept apart...until their paths cross again more than a quarter of a century later at an art showing for a talented young artist named Levi Knox. Two secrets are soon revealed and Liam and Cadie find themselves re-discovering a love that never truly died. But Liam is about to face changes and challenges that will have him questioning and doubting choices and decisions that he needs to make and quickly realize...

Note: This ARC was provided by Montlake Romance via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. He's the son of a senator and a socialite and lived a life of privilege until one betrayal caused him to walk away from it all. Now, Aiden Kruze is living his life on his terms, enjoying a successful career as a mixed martial arts fighter in Las Vegas with the ring moniker of Disco Stick, for more than obvious reasons. His parents, however, refuse to let him be, leading his mother to hire private investigator Ryann Andrews to find and return him to New York. Aiden's been able to evade those that were sent his way before but Ryann is proving to be more difficult to get rid of, not only because she's willing to use underhanded tactics to do her job but also because she's the first woman to stir up a myriad of emotions within him. But there's more going on than Aiden and Ryann realize and when they do, much more is at stake for the two. Passing His Guard is the ...