Dog-Eared Daydreams

Forever Home (Dogwood County #2) by Elysia Whisler Release Date: November 30, 2021 MIRA Books About Forever Home If home is where the heart is, Dogwood County may have just what Delaney Monroe needs. Newly retired from the Marine Corps, Delaney is looking for somewhere to start over. It's not going to be easy, but when she finds the perfect place to open her dream motorcycle shop, she goes for it. What she doesn't expect is an abandoned pit bull to come with the building. The shy pup is slow to trust, but Delaney is determined to win it over. Detective Sean Callahan is smitten from the moment he sees Delaney, but her cool demeanor throws him off his game. When her late father's vintage motorcycle is stolen from Delaney's shop, Sean gets to turn up in his element: chasing the bad guy and showing his best self to a woman who's gotten under his skin in a bad way. Delaney isn't used to lasting relationships, but letting love in—both human and canine—he...

Christmas Wish List (Hartbridge Christmas #2) by N.R. Walker Release Date: November 25, 2021 About Christmas Wish List In need of work and a change of scenery, Aussie ex-pat Jayden Turner agrees to a short-term chef position at a Bed and Breakfast over the Christmas holidays. After all, how hard could it be in a small town in the mountains of Montana? What he finds is a grand old house in a beautiful town, and his new boss is gorgeous, gay, and single. After his divorce, Carter “Cass” Campion bought his great-aunt’s rundown country manor in his home town, and he’s determined to get it ready for the busy holiday period. Recently out as gay, he’s been focused solely on his business and hasn’t had time for a man. Not that many gay men come through Hartbridge . . . As his new clients arrive, and being away from his two kids, celebrating Christmas is the last thing on Cass’s mind, but his new chef has other ideas. And if there’s one thing on his Christmas Wish List this year, Jay...

The Life Revamp (The Love Study #3) by Kris Ripper Release Date: November 30, 2021 Carina Adores About The Life Revamp All Mason wants to do is fall in love, get married and live happily ever after. The hunt is beginning to wear him down…until he meets (slightly) famous fashion designer Diego. Everything sparks between them—the banter, the sex, the fiery eye contact across a crowded room. There's just one thing: Diego is already married and living his happily-ever-after, which luckily (or not) for Mason includes outside courtships. But not quite in the way he'd always imagined. Mason thought he knew what would make him happy, but it turns out the traditional life he'd expected has some surprises in store. Add Meet Me in Madrid on Goodreads . Purchase Links Carina Press Amazon | Apple Books | B&N | Google Play | Kobo An Excerpt from Meet Me in Madrid The car arrived with the luggage while they were still flirting and deliberating in t...

The Cuckoo's Call by Lily Morton Date Released: November 20, 2021 About The Cuckoo's Call Can a summer romance last forever? Wren Roberts thought he’d found his fairy tale when he met Mateo Rossi on holiday in Majorca. The wealthy and successful older man swept him off his feet, and before he knew it, he’d thrown caution to the wind and was living in Mateo’s waterside apartment in Venice. It’s a far cry from his harsh upbringing and crummy flat in London. But as the summer turns to autumn, cracks begin to show. Mateo’s family aren’t welcoming, and there doesn’t seem to be a place for Wren in Mateo’s world. He could have coped with all of that, but Mateo himself seems like a different person away from the sunshine island. Should Wren have been more cautious in riding off into the sunset when he wasn’t sure what lay over the horizon? From bestselling author Lily Morton comes a romance about two men who find that sometimes happily ever after doesn’t end there. ...

Note: An advance reader copy (ARC) was provided by the author. N.R. Walker takes readers back to the quaint town of Hartbridge, Montana in the second book from her Hartbridge Christmas series, Christmas Wish List . You don't need to read the series starter, Tic-Tac-Mistletoe , in order to understand what happens in this second book, although Hamish Kenneally and Ren Brooks are supporting characters in this new story, plus the first book was a fun read, so who I am to stop you from reading it? (GO READ IT ALREADY!) This time around, we've got another Australian who comes to Hartbridge, although twenty-eight-year-old Jayden Turner is an expatriate who's been in the US since he was fifteen. That doesn't mean that he's necessarily planted roots though. His work as a chef takes him from one place to another until he feels the urge to leave. Working as a temporary chef over the holidays for a soon-to-open bed and breakfast in Hartbridge should give him time to figure out ...

Note: An advance reader copy (ARC) was provided by the authors via Gay Romance Reviews ARC Team. Bigger Than Us is the newest novel in Jodi Payne and BA Tortuga's "shoe stories" collection, and it's my second read from said collection, the first being Keeping Promises . I've now got Heart of a Redneck and Land of Enchantment , although I'm not entirely sure if the latter is actually one of the "shoe stories" since there are shoes, but there are legs attached to them AND there don't seem to be any kids in the story based on the blurb. Anyway, back to the latest "shoe" book! This is a story about two men who come together to not only deal with the huge loss of someone who meant a great deal to them, but to help his two young children hold on to family and home. Daniel McCaverty and Mitchell Brown were an interesting pair, what with them seemingly being opposites yet sharing a genuine platonic love for a man who was Dan's best friend a...

A Very Grumpy Chrimstas by Jerica MacMillan Release Date: November 22, 2021 About A Very Grumpy Christmas My neighbor is a Grinch.  Since I run the Christmas Emporium and sometimes moonlight as an elf, that's kind of a problem for me.  No surprise, though. When I brought over cookies to welcome him to the neighborhood this summer, he slammed the door in my face. Until he brings his kid to visit Santa one of the days I'm working as an elf, and I realize there are key parts of their story I'm missing ... The little girl is his much younger sister, not his daughter. He's her guardian since their parents died in a tragic accident. Now all of his handsome, broody glares make so much more sense. As one of Santa's elves, I make it my mission to make this Christmas as special for them as possible. Which somehow includes trespassing on his property to hang Christmas lights and braiding the little girl's hair regularly.  Despite his glares and grumpiness,...