Dog-Eared Daydreams

Follow the Play (Nashville Rampage #4) by Kaylee Ryan Release Date: December 16, 2025 About Follow the Play NYT and USA Today bestselling author Kaylee Ryan brings you a new standalone series surrounding the Nashville Rampage football team. Follow the Play is a single dad, nanny, friends-to-lovers, forced proximity sports romance. Baker Being a single dad was never part of the playbook, but one look at my son and everything changed. Now football and fatherhood are my whole world—a world that gets turned upside down when my nanny quits two weeks before training camp. Sloane Peterson runs interference by stepping in to help. She's sweet, dependable, and the one woman I shouldn't want. Not when our lives are so entwined. But every time she smiles at my son—or me—it gets harder to remember that our little arrangement is only temporary.  Sloane Taking a short-term nanny gig for Nashville Rampage’s most eligible DILF has disaster written all over it. But when Da...

A Cowboy Holiday by Lane Hayes Release Date: December 15, 2025 About A Cowboy Holiday The cowboy, the rancher, and a little holiday magic... Tanner I meet the grumpiest man on the planet, and I’m head over heels in lust. No joke. Oak Ridge Ranch’s new part-time-vet-slash-ranch-hand is a bear, and he’s built like one too. If I were smart, I’d keep my distance. In a twist, I’m not so smart. But I can tell that under his hard-as-nails exterior, the cowboy is a gentle giant. Axel is a devoted single dad, a dedicated vet, and…I think he likes me. Or he wants me. I can work with that. Axel I need the job at the ranch through December; then I’m out of here. I have a kid to think of, and it’s time to settle old scores and build a new life. But Tanner complicates things. He’s smart, intuitive, charming, and— Whoa! This is temporary. I’m not Tanner’s cowboy. But I am attracted to him…and there’s nothing wrong with a little holiday fun, is there? A Cowboy Holiday is an...

Note: An advance reader copy (ARC) was provided by the author. What happens when the person who was closest to you cuts off all contact and leaves without a word unexpectedly returns? Well, that's how Axel Chadwick finds himself in the presence of Wren Waterstone in the beginning of In a Heartbeat , the fifth book in Laura Pavlov's Rosewood River  series. They had been the best of friends for all their lives, up until Wren walked away and left their hometown, blocking Axel from any possible form of communication in the two years that followed. He knew she'd just been injured after an unfortunate fall during an equestrian competition, but he had no idea why she was now looking for work at Chadwick Trailers, his trailer customization business on his ranch. As long as she kept her distance, it was a win-win--she'd have a job, and he had an office manager, albeit a temporary one. However, time spent together could mend their broken friendship, and maybe even give them t...

Beautiful Chaos by S. Nelson Date Released: December 10, 2025 About Beautiful Chaos Jackson Crew is a star in the MMA world, his skill a testament to years of ruthless training. But behind the brutal punches and unyielding victories lies a man haunted by a tragic past—one that has left him emotionally scarred and unwilling to believe he deserves to be happy. He channels his pain into his fights, but when the cage door shuts, the ghosts of his past remain, lurking in the shadows, taunting him, luring him to believe he’s destined for a life of loneliness. Sophie Delaney never thought she’d be going through a divorce at the age of twenty-nine, and as the decision to leave her abusive ex shatters her world, she is left unsure of her next step. Rebuilding her life feels impossible, but when a new job opportunity presents itself, she prays this will be the first step she needs, allowing her to finally move forward in this next phase of her life. But then she meets her new boss, and...

Where You Belong (The Blackwells of Montana #5) by Kristen Proby Release Date: December 11, 2025 About Where You Belong From New York Times bestselling author Kristen Proby  comes the final installment of the Blackwells of Montana series, Where You Belong , a small-town, second-chance romance set in Bitterroot Valley! Brooks Fifteen years ago, I’d planned a romantic proposal, but that was the day Juliet walked out of my life and never looked back. I never wanted to see her again and decided that love wasn’t for me. But now, Juliet has returned to Bitterroot Valley and opened a restaurant. Catching glimpses of her around town makes my heart ache. I want to hate her. I wish she’d do what she does best and go away . Instead, I find myself wanting to be near her. Helping her. Touching her perfect skin. I don’t want to love her. I don’t want to need her. Juliet Coming home to Bitterroot Valley might have been a mistake. Just because I grew up here doesn’t mean I belong here...

My Favorite Fake Romance (The Favorites #3) by Elizabeth O'Roark Release Date: December 11, 2025 About My Favorite Fake Romance Faking it never felt this good. Dr. Easton Walsh thought she’d be showing up to her best friend’s wedding with a dazzling ring and a fiancé everyone wanted to Instagram. Instead, her boyfriend dumped her over what was supposed to be a proposal dinner and the only man offering her a lifeline is the last one she’d ever choose: Elijah Cabot. Her best friend’s older brother. The guy who broke her heart once already. He'll help make her ex jealous...All she has to do is help him drive his grandmother across several states to the wedding. Easy. But the fake relationship is starting to feel real, and the longer the trip goes on, the harder it is for Easton to remember that Boston—and her carefully built life—don’t include Elijah. Especially when her ex starts dangling threats that could derail her career if she doesn’t come back to him. Now Eas...