Doll’s book reviews

Cute Smalltown romance

August 4th, 2025

3.5 ⭐️

This is book 3 in this series where you get a cute small town romance. Chadwick gets an injury after winning the Stanley cup and goes to his small town to get his rehab. Eloise is the new PT and also the coach’s daughter and has been sent to rehab him and get him ready for next season. There is tension at first since Eloise sees him as a diva but forced proximity and all and the summer really starts to heat up. I enjoyed the story even though it wasn’t my favorite of the series. I do enjoy seeing appearances from past characters that do add to the plot line. Overall cute read!

3.5 stars

Over the Moon by Laura Pavlov is now live!

A Small Town, Hockey, Forbidden, Standalone Romance from USA Today and
Amazon #1 Bestselling Author, Laura Pavlov.

Hockey is my first love. And I’m coming off the best season of my life.
In the process of scoring the winning goal that gave us the Stanley Cup I tore my MCL, and I’ll need to spend the next few months recovering.
Eloise Gable, the team’s new physical therapist, has been sent to Rosewood River to help me heal and get me ready for the new season.
Yet, she doesn’t seem all too happy about the situation.
In fact, she can’t stand me most days.
It doesn’t stop me from staring at her any chance I get.
She’s beautiful and brilliant, but she’s got her guard up the minute I get close.
Eloise is a distraction I wasn’t prepared for.
Did I mention that she’s also my coach’s daughter?
But after a long run together in the summer heat, our built up tension snapped.
We end up stripping down and jumping in the river.
It seemed like the logical thing at the time.
The problem is, Eloise Gable is completely off limits.
But I’m a professional hockey player, and in my world, limits were meant to be pushed.
Hockey may be my first love, but after falling for my coach’s daughter—it’s definitely not my last.

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Cover reveal!🔥

July 25th, 2025

Releasing August 19, 2025

NYT and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan brings you a new standalone series surrounding the Nashville Rampage football team. Run the Play is a fake dating, found family, workplace, he falls first romance.

Rowan

I swore I’d never look twice at a football player again, especially after barely surviving the last one. But when my abusive ex gets traded to the team I work for, my past shows up to haunt me.

Not a moment too soon, star player Landry Reynolds runs interference, announcing that he’s my boyfriend. My emotions get the best of me, and I find myself playing along.

He’s charming, bold, and way too convincing. The more time we spend together, the harder it is to remember that it’s all pretend.

I might be falling for my fake boyfriend, but I can never have him for real. I could lose everything I’ve finally found, and that’s scarier than having my heart crushed by the wide receiver.

Landry

I didn’t mean to get involved. I just couldn’t watch her shrink away from him a second longer—not after knowing what he put her through.

So I did what I do best: I ran the play and told him she’s mine. Now I can’t stop thinking about how right that little white lie feels. How right she feels.

There’s a good chance I was never faking.

This started as a way to protect her. I never imagined it’d be so hard keeping my hands off her. Then again, I’ve never been very good at following the rules.

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Cover reveal!

July 18th, 2025

Rebecca Jenshak has revealed the cover for Lucky Shot!

Releasing: August 28, 2025

A grumpy hockey player. A sunshiney romance author. One very inconvenient attraction.

Nick Galaxy has zero interest in helping anyone write a love story—especially not one about him. He’s a single dad with enough on his plate, and the last thing he needs is a curious, chatty author poking around in his past.

But when Ruby shows up on his doorstep, notebook in hand and determined smile on her face, resistance becomes… complicated.

She’s supposed to be here for research. Instead, she’s moving into the empty cabin on his property, asking personal questions, and somehow roping him into teaching her how to skate. He’s not looking for love—but she’s writing it into every inch of his life.

And the more time they spend on the ice, the harder it is to pretend she doesn’t already have his heart.

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New release from Liane Mae

July 18th, 2025

⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2

Bailey is the country singer and Briggs is the football superstar. One night of some fun at their friends wedding and Briggs can’t forget her. Bailey has her walls up and sees Briggs as a player and he wants to prove her wrong. Two pink lines changes everything and really gets Briggs in motion to try to prove himself. I can see that he was a good guy so I was team Briggs all the way. I did want to push Bailey at some point so she could see that he is not a player! It was sweet seeing him balance his work life with being there for Bailey. The chemistry between these two is cute and I was excited to see their HEA!

3.5 stars

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This is a surprise pregnancy, wedding hookup, age gap romance between a famous country singer and pro football player! Add in childhood trauma, he falls first + afraid to commit – this is not one you want to miss!
New from LB Dunbar

July 18th, 2025

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This is a second chance, brothers best friend trope and later in life romance. LB Dunbar really knows how to write these romances so well. Declan and India(love her name) have known each other for so long. India has always had a crush on Declan but life has always had different plans for each other them Declan is now the coach for the Tennessee baseball team and India is the sportscaster dishing all the plays. There has been a lot of life changes and can now be it for them. India is battling making sure that she does well at her job and taken seriously and Declan can’t seem to let her go. This story goes well since it’s baseball season lol. Their journey hasn’t been perfect but it will have you glued to each page.

When double play means a second chance for this silver fox coach and the woman who got away; the one newly-hired to interview him from the dugout.

⚾Silver fox, baseball coach
⚾Single dad
⚾Best friend’s younger sister
⚾Reunited lovers
⚾Second chance romance
⚾All the spice

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New release MM sports romance

July 15th, 2025

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Meet cute, bi awakening romance and book 5. If you love sports romance with a sprinkle of friends to lovers then you will like this one. We meet Charlie and Nate who have a cute meet cute without knowing that it’s a meet cute( you will see once you read😁) Both men are straight and become friends. Charlie would like to play football and Nate plays for the school. The journey for these two is lighthearted and cute with some laughs along the way. The back and forth was funny and engaging. I am glad Nate and Sophie worked themselves out but that situation was 🫣. Overall the side characters were great plus to see past characters brought the story together.

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⚽️MM Romance

🔥College

⚽️Sports (soccer)

🔥Mistaken identity via dating app

⚽️Bi-awakening

🔥Denial

⚽️Off-limits

🔥Secret relationship

⚽️Flirting disguised as banter

🔥Obsessed with each other

I signed up for the LSU dating app for a bit of fun. Meet a girl, have a good time… You know the drill.

Or that was what was supposed to happen.

An error in the app’s code means that my blind date turns out to be a man.

Not just any man, either. Nate Glover. The hot, popular footballer who’s a serial dater. Oh, and he’s straight too.

So am I. I think.

We start hanging out as friends. He introduces me to his sister. She’s cute and just my type.

But why can’t I stop thinking about Nate?

And why does he keep looking at me like that?

Like he might be interested in something more than just friendship.

Maybe we were matched for a reason, after all.

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New from Kaylee Ryan

July 1st, 2025

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

First book in the series and also new author to me. I am a sucker for a great cover and it’s what sold me on reading this story. We have a sports , forbidden romance and introduced to Corie and Knox. Knox is her brothers best friend and when he sees she is grown up , Knox will have to try to control himself. She has a job with the team so things are even more complicated since they aren’t allowed to date. Knox is a softie and was so good to her. As we all know it’s never good to keep the secret so of course you will have to read to see how they can find their HEA. Corie is independent and sweet so her and Knox definitely make a match. I love the side characters and the world she builds great read!

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New from K.A. Knight

June 25th, 2025

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This book had me fanning myself through every page. Fox and Ryker have amazing chemistry and they are friends and band mates. Fox has always had a crush on Ryker and everytime they are on stage together their Act is HOT! Ryker is straight but he will go through some feels that will change his relationship with Fox. You will go through the emotions and my heart was aching for Fox and was hoping for him to get his HEA. Really great read!
Cover reveal 🔥🔥

June 25th, 2025

🏒 𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐀𝐋 & 𝐞𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐙𝐄! 🏒

Introducing this sinfully hot cover for 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐁𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐍 𝐏𝐔𝐂𝐊𝐁𝐎𝐘 by @finley.eden & @saxonjameswrites, created by Story Styling Cover Designs with photo credit to @wanderaguiar_photography featuring Gael!

𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐁𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐍 𝐏𝐔𝐂𝐊𝐁𝐎𝐘 is a steamy, friends to enemies to lovers, M/M hockey romance arriving on July 31st, and is the ninth book in their addictive and entertaining Puckboys series.

𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒…

🔥 Coach x Player
🤫 Secret relationship
😈 Collective Shenanigans

𝐏𝐑𝐄-𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐏𝐘 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘!

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5 star from Piper Rayne!

June 24th, 2025

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Hello! This is definitely a one click so wait no more! First order of business sorry Finn the winner is still Hudson! Lol even with Finn coming in second this story still had all the great feels and laughs that you expect from this perfect writing Duo. At the start of the book I was ready to smack Finn and I was so nervous to see how this would play out! Oh Harper girl!! She was a boss and I loved her personality. The chemistry between her and Finn was explosive and engaging. The famous cabin that plays a cameo and the Bailey family just puts a smile on my face and had me devouring this read. Thank you for a great read and can’t wait for the next book in line!

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