Dog-Eared Daydreams

Note: This ARC was provided by the author via Signal Boost Promotions in exchange for an honest review. Smiling wide, Ben stepped back in invitation, but as soon as Jason stepped foot over the threshold, Ben stopped him with a hand on his chest. He pointed up at the mistletoe above their heads. "We've tried this twice now; the first was okay I guess, but the second was a non-starter." He hooked a finger in Jason's belt and tugged him closer until they were almost touching. "Third time's the charm, right?" I've read MANY falling-for-your-sibling's-best-friend stories in all my years of reading (I'm talking decades, people!), so when I say that Annabelle Jacobs's  Not Just for Christmas is one of the most adorable that I've ever read, that's saying something. This holiday novella was anything and everything I could have hoped for. It was as if Santa took a peek at my wishlist for this particular trope and decided I was ...

Holding On by Sarah Hadley Brook Date Released: November 25, 2017 JMS Books About Holding On Eighteen-year-old Aaron Pickard is dealing with a lot: he’s falling for his straight best friend, his mother has ended up in the hospital after a violent assault by his father, and he’s trying to decide when to come out. Tack on the stress of an upcoming prom and graduation, a part-time job, and the possibility he could lose his best friend, and he’s an emotional wreck. Aaron’s best friend Jeff Leaton provides a soft place for him to fall when his life is thrown into chaos, literally holding him each night as they fall asleep. As Jeff helps Aaron navigate through the mess that has become his new normal, Aaron’s feelings for Jeff intensify. Aaron’s pretty sure it’s all going to end badly, but he’s holding on to hope. Read my four-starred review of Holding On . Add Holding On on Goodreads . Purchase Links JMS Books Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazo...

Note: This ARC was provided by the publisher via Signal Boost Promotions in exchange for an honest review. I've enjoyed a couple of Sarah Hadley Brook's novellas this year, so I was looking forward to reading her new release by way of JMS Books, which also happens to be a full-length novel! Holding On  is a young adult (YA) story that takes on one of my favorite tropes, friends to lovers. Aaron Pickard and Jeff Leaton have been best friends ever since the seventh grade and Jeff being the new kid in school chose the seat right beside Aaron. With graduation several months away, Aaron and Jeff should be thinking of everything life away from home will holds for them, but Aaron's life is on hold, what with the constant threat of his father lingering. When his mother is nearly beaten to death by his father, Aaron knows he needs to be strong for her and his younger sister, but even with his maternal grandparents to lean on, it's Jeff's support that provides Aaron w...

Shallow by Cora Kenborn Release Date: November 28, 2017 About Shallow Shiloh Only the good die young. But I’ve never been good. I’ve lived a life most people only dream about. Famous men, expensive booze, and the finest drugs money could buy. But every vice has its price, and living a life of excess has finally dragged me down, forcing me back to the one place I swore I’d never return. We met in high school, but we were far from sweethearts. I ruined his life and then walked away. Losing everything is bad enough, but crawling back to people who wish you were dead is a nightmare.  Some say absence makes the heart grow fonder. Not always. You either forgive and forget, or fracture and finish. Cary Seven years ago, Shiloh West was my world. I gave up my future for her. Then, I spent every waking moment hating her for it. I’ve followed her train wreck of a career in the tabloids since she drove out of town with her nose in the air. The woman is toxic. The...

Note: This ARC was provided by the author via Give Me Books Promotions in exchange for an honest review. "This is you. Every time this is what you do to me, and it scares me to death."   He sucks air through his teeth, the blue in his eyes completely gone. "We're going to rip each other apart."   "I'm already in pieces," I groan, rocking against him. "Finish me." Cora Kenborn is a new-to-me author, but if her past work is as good as her latest release, then smack me stupid because I've clearly been missing out on some stellar storytelling! Shallow is the story of Shiloh West and Carrick Kincaid--two people who, for all intents and purposes, shouldn't be together. She was the girl nicknamed "Shallow" and he was the boy his more well-off peers called "Lawn Boy". And yet, away from her judgmental teens who would end up being more foe than friend, Shiloh and Carrick clicked in a way that no one co...

The Bachelor Contract (Bachelors of Arizona #3) by Rachel Van Dyken Release Date: November 28, 2017 Forever About The Bachelor Contract A second-chance romance from the #1 New York Times bestseller of The Bet , Matchmaker , and Elite series! She's everywhere. Ex-wife. Love of his life. The last person in the world he wanted to see...ever. And now that he's working beside her every day, he can't escape her. Her scent, glimpses of her smile, even the tension in the air that makes his body hum with the kind of need he'd only experienced with one person-all of it is driving him over the edge. Brant Wellington was certain of three things: Alcohol wasn't going to solve this. He really was losing his F-ing mind. And his gorgeous ex-wife was going to be the death of him. Read my five-plus-starred review of The Bachelor Contract . Add The Bachelor Contract on Goodreads . Find the Bachelors of Ariz...

Note: This ARC was provided by Forever (Grand Central Publishing) in exchange for an honest review. “I don’t understand.” She gripped his wrists, her fingers digging painfully into his skin. “You’re seducing me and giving me closure?” “I define our relationship as before the accident. Because after? After, we were nothing, we were too broken, too damaged. There was never an after. Only a before. I’m giving us the after. And I’m giving you the choice you never had.” A tear slid down her cheek, colliding with his hand. “And if I walk away in the end?” His heart twisted inside his chest. “Then that’s your choice. But now, at least you have one.” Brand and Nikki Wellington were both twenty-one and in love and ready to fight their love and the family they were going to have. But a devastating loss made even more traumatizing by an accident that leads to Nikki losing most of her eyesight tore them apart. Thoughtless words caused by two tragedies led to hurtful actions and...