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Rocked by Love: Jillian Braden by Melissa Foster-a review

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Rocked by Love: Jillian Braden (A Braden – Bad Boys After Dark Crossover Novel) (The Bradens & Montgomerys: Pleasant Hill – Oak Falls Book 10) by Melissa Foster

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 8, 2023

What happens when a rock star with no plans of settling down finds out he has a teenage daughter, his manager is embezzling from him, and the woman he’s hired to design his tour wardrobe is breathing fire? Come along for the snarky, emotional, and insanely sexy ride as Jillian and Johnny get caught up in a storm that just might be bigger than both of them.

Jillian Braden’s quick, creative thinking and fierce determination have helped her singlehandedly build a fashion empire. She doesn’t mince words and demands respect, but beneath all that armor, she carries the Braden curse of a soft heart. But that soft heart isn’t looking to start a family and doesn’t know the first thing about mollycoddling. When famed rock star Johnny Bad hires her to design his tour wardrobe and then postpones it at the last minute for the third time, she’s had enough. Jillian is determined to set him straight, but she isn’t at all prepared for what she finds or for the type of help Johnny Bad really needs.

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REVIEW:ROCKED BY LOVE: JILLIAN BRADEN is the tenth instalment in Melissa Foster’s contemporary, adult THE BRADENS AND MONTGOMERYS, PLEASANT HILL / OAK FALLS erotic, romance series, a cross over with the author’s Bradens/Bad Boys After Dark series. This is thirty year old fashion designer Jillian Braden, and rock star Johnny Bad’s story line. ROCKED BY LOVE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Jillian and Johnny) ROCKED BY LOVE follows the building romance and relationship between thirty year old fashion designer Jillian Braden and rock star Johnny Bad. Months earlier Jillian Braden was hired by the rock band Bad Intensions to design the costumes for their upcoming tour but the order had been canceled without warning two to three times, and Jillian had had enough. Desperate to uncover the truth, Jillian faces off against lead singer Johnny Bad, only to discover all was not well in Johnny’s life. Johnny’s past has caught up, disrupting his life, a life that is no longer his alone. With the help of Jillian, Johnny must rearrange his life going forward, a life he is hoping will include our story line heroine. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Jillian and Johnny, and the potential fall-out as Jillian’s time with Johnny comes to an end.

Jillian Braden never expected to find herself falling for a rock star, let alone a rock star with a bit of a reputation but Johnny’s life has been turned upside down, and our hero uses the band’s contract with Jillian for emotional support and help with everything going on. The daughter Johnny never knew existed is struggling to find her way, and Jillian finds herself mothering a girl who does not want to be mothered.

The relationship between Jillian and Johnny begins acrimoniously as Jillian is angry that the band’s manager has cancelled a third time but Jillian knows immediately something is wrong when all h*ll breaks lose about a fourteen year old child. Johnny has cancelled his upcoming tour but is struggling to find peace with the daughter he never knew. With Jillian’s help, Johnny becomes both father and mentor, a man who wants something more from our story line heroine. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense.

There is a large and familiar secondary and supporting cast of wonderful characters many of whom we met in the previous series and story line. We are introduced to Johnny’s daughter Zoey, and his siblings Kane, Aria and Harlow, as well as Jillian’s siblings Beau, Jax, Graham, Nick and Zev, and their parents.

ROCKED BY LOVE is a story of family and relationships, a wonderland of Xanadu perfection, an idyllic, almost utopian and heartwarming world where Johnny’s daughter’s acclimation and acceptance in the family is positive, with limited issues or drama, and very few challenges. The premise is fascinating and delightful; the romance is seductive and provocative; the characters are charismatic, charming and captivating.

Reading Order and previous reviews
Embracing Her Heart
Anything For Love
Trails of Love
Wild Crazy Hearts
Making you Mine
Searching for Love
Hot For Love
Sweet Sexy Heart
Then Came Love

Bad Boys After Dark-Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Mick
Dylan
Carson
Brett

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Reviewed by Sandy

Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance, new adult romance and women’s fiction with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Readers adore Melissa’s fun, flirty, and sinfully sexy, award-winning big-family romance collection, LOVE IN BLOOM featuring the Snow Sisters, Bradens, Remingtons, Ryders, Seaside Summer, Harborside Nights, Wild Boys and Bad Boys After Dark, and the Montgomerys. Melissa’s emotional journeys are lovingly erotic and always family oriented– perfect beach reads for contemporary romance lovers who enjoy reading about loyal, wealthy heroes and smart, sassy heroines with complex and relatable issues.Melissa also writes sweet and clean romance under the pen name Addison Cole.

Melissa has painted and donated several murals to The Hospital for Sick Children in Washington, DC. Her interests include her family, reading, writing, painting, friends, helping others see the positive side of life, and visiting Cape Cod.

Melissa is available to chat with book clubs and welcomes comments and emails from her readers. Visit Melissa on Facebook or her personal website.

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THE WICKED TRUTH (The Wickeds) by Melissa Foster-a review

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THE WICKED TRUTH (The Wickeds: Dark Knights at Bayside 4) by Melissa Foster

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 7, 2022

What happens when you’re not looking for love, but it walks in the door?

Madigan Wicked’s heart is not up for grabs. She’s been there, done that, and she’s not going back for seconds. She pours her heart and soul into her family, her greeting card line, puppetry, and storytelling performances. But she’s not opposed to having a night of fun, and the gruff, sinfully hot, definitely-not-looking-for-love mysterious stranger she runs into at a bar might be just the right man to enjoy it with.

Ex-con Tobias Riggs has lost enough for one lifetime. The only family member in his corner doesn’t remember him, and the people who he thought would always be in his life, walked away. He’s just trying to make it through each day, and the last thing he’s looking for is any sort of connection. When chemistry ignites with the snarky, sexy storyteller, with lips he can’t stop thinking about, he gives in to a night of passion.

Though neither is open to love, it’s been known to bully its way into even the most resisting hearts. But can it survive the wicked truth of Tobias’s dark past?

About The Wickeds: Dark Knights at Bayside
Set on the sandy shores of Cape Cod, the Wickeds feature fiercely protective heroes, strong heroines, and unbreakable family bonds. If you think bikers are all the same, you haven’t met the Dark Knights. The Dark Knights are a motorcycle club, not a gang. Their members stick together like family and will stop at nothing to keep their communities safe. These men are wickedly alpha and intensely loyal, but they are not alphaholes.

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REVIEW:THE WICKED TRUTH is the four instalment in Melissa Foster’s contemporary adult THE WICKEDS: DARK KNIGHTS AT BAYSIDE erotic, romance series-one of the many spin offs from the author’s Bayside Summers, The Whiskeys, and its’ numerous franchises. This is twenty-eight year old, former inmate and mechanic Tobias Riggs, and twenty-five year old story teller, musician and greeting card designer Madigan Wicked’s story line. THE WICKED TRUTH can be read as a stand-alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Madigan and Tobias) THE WICKED TRUTH follows the building romance and relationship between twenty-eight year old, former inmate and mechanic Tobias Riggs, and twenty-five year old story teller, musician and greeting card designer Madigan Wicked. A drink at a bar ended with Tobias Riggs coming face to face with the woman with whom he would fall in love but a comment about her singing, perceived to be negative by everyone concerned found Tobias facing the wrath of the Wicked clan, a wrath that quickly pushed Tobias away from our story line heroine. Madigan Wicked was immediately pulled into the aura that was Tobias Riggs but Tobias had a secret, a dark and dangerous past, and with it our hero doesn’t do relationships, refusing to place anyone in the direct line of fire. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Madigan and Tobias as Madigan continues to pursue our story line hero offering nothing more than the present, and their time together until the Wicked brothers go into overdrive to protect the sister they love.

Tobias Riggs served his time, and lost everything in the aftermath of protecting someone he loved. Falling for Madigan brought with it a large extended family of overprotective cousins and brothers, brothers that push Madigan out of his life. Madigan Wicked wants her own happily ever after having watched from the sidelines as her family and friends found a future with love but Tobias doesn’t want anything beyond the present, and his secret is about to push Madigan out of his life.

The relationship between Madigan and Tobias begins acrimoniously but quickly turns into something more.Tobias never promises Madigan a happily ever after but the heart wants what the head doesn’t understand. Tobias needs to forgive himself before moving forward with our story line heroine but forgiving himself means facing the people whose life he destroyed. The. $ex scenes are intimate, provocative and seductive without the use of over the top sexually graphic language and text.

As per Melissa Foster’s style of writing, there is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters from several of her interconnected series and stories including Madigan’s sibling: Blaine, Justin, Maverick, best friend Marley, and Tobias’ sister Carrie. Blaine’s story line is next.

THE WICKED TRUTH is a story of family, relationships, grief and love; a tale of acceptance and forgiveness, love and understanding. The premise is emotional and captivating; the romance is energetic, erotic and intense; the characters are struggling, broken but learning to heal.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Tru Blue
Truly Madly Whiskey
Driving Whiskey Wild
Wicked Whiskey Love
Mad About Moon
Taming My Whiskey
The Gritty Truth
Running on Diesel
Crazy Wicked Love

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Reviewed by Sandy

Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance, new adult romance and women’s fiction with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Readers adore Melissa’s fun, flirty, and sinfully sexy, award-winning big-family romance collection, LOVE IN BLOOM featuring the Snow Sisters, Bradens, Remingtons, Ryders, Seaside Summer, Harborside Nights, Wild Boys and Bad Boys After Dark, and the Montgomerys. Melissa’s emotional journeys are lovingly erotic and always family oriented– perfect beach reads for contemporary romance lovers who enjoy reading about loyal, wealthy heroes and smart, sassy heroines with complex and relatable issues.Melissa also writes sweet and clean romance under the pen name Addison Cole.

Melissa has painted and donated several murals to The Hospital for Sick Children in Washington, DC. Her interests include her family, reading, writing, painting, friends, helping others see the positive side of life, and visiting Cape Cod.

Melissa is available to chat with book clubs and welcomes comments and emails from her readers. Visit Melissa on Facebook or her personal website.

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ALWAYS HER LOVE by Melissa Foster-Review & Giveaway tour 

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ALWAYS HER LOVE (The Steels of Silver Island 4) by Melissa Foster-review & Giveaway tour 

 

ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date: Release Date September 21, 2022
Some fates are too tempting to deny… 
If you love single-parent romances, you won’t want to miss Always Her Love, an emotionally gripping, funny, and sinfully-hot story of forbidden love, with a much deserved and epic happily ever after. Fall in love on the sandy shores of Silver Island, home to coffee shops, boat races, midnight rendezvous, and the sexy, sharp-witted Steeles. They have a penchant for pranks, a passion for loyalty, and a trunk full of secrets. All Steele novels may be enjoyed as standalone romances.
In ALWAYS HER LOVE
“I’m pregnant. It’s yours. I’m having it, and unless you want it, I’m putting it up for adoption.” Those were the words that changed Levi Steele’s life before he was even legally allowed to drink. There was never any question about whether he would keep his daughter, and eight years later, he doesn’t have a single regret. He owns a successful contracting company, he’s part of the Dark Knights motorcycle club, and Joey’s happiness is his top priority. None of that would be possible without the help of Joey’s beautiful and selfless aunt Tara, who’s going to be staying with them over spring break and who he’s been thinking about in ways he shouldn’t. But Tara’s older sister is Joey’s birth mother, and she’s the last woman the dirty-talking biker should want to get his hands on.
Tara Osten has been crushing on Levi for as long as she can remember. He’s a loving father, a loyal friend, someone with whom she can always be herself, and six-plus feet of deliciously hard, tattooed muscle. At twenty-four, she’s finally realized he will never see her as more than his baby mama’s younger sister. It’s time to let go of her lustful fantasies starring Levi Steele and move on with her life. Step one: Buy her own place and start dating. Step two: Survive spring break without falling harder for the one man she can never have.

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REVIEW: ALWAYS HER LOVE is the fourth instalment in Melissa Foster’s contemporary, adult STEELES AT SILVER ISLAND erotic,romance series-one of many spin offs from the author’s LOVE IN BLOOM series. This is twenty-nine year old, single father/ house renovator Levi Steele, and twenty-four year old, professional photographer Tara Osten’s story line. ALWAYS HER LOVE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Tara and Levi) ALWAYS HER LOVE follows the friends to lovers relationship between twenty-nine year old, single father/ house renovator Levi Steele, and twenty-four year old, professional photographer Tara Osten. Approximately ten years earlier, in the wake of a one-night stand, Levi discovered he was going to be a father, and the mother wanted nothing to do with raising a child. Fast forward to present day, Levi’s daughter Joey is now eight years old, and the proverbial apple of his eye but Levi and Joey have found themselves in a precarious situation having fallen in love with Joey’s aunt Tara, the younger sister of Levi’s one-night stand. Battling between head and heart, Levi struggles to keep his distance from the woman with whom he is falling in love. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Levi and Tara, and the potential fall-out as the past returns looking for a second chance.

The relationship between Tara and Levi is a friend to lovers. Tara has been in love with Levi for as long as she can remember but her six year age difference left Tara the target of taunts and ridicule by her older sibling and mother, something very few knew anything about. Struggling with ongoing issues of low self-esteem, Tara believes she isn’t good enough when rejection comes at the hands of the man that she loves. Levi Steele doesn’t do relationships, making his eight year old daughter his main priority but his attraction to Tara can no longer be denied, an attraction everyone sees, but the man in the middle. The $ex scenes are erotic and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

As per Melissa Foster’s style, there is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including Levi and Tara’s friends and family, and many characters from the author’s other interconnected series, story lines and spin off. Levi’s sister Leni’s story line is next in WILD ISLAND LOVE.

ALWAYS HER LOVE is a story of family, friendships, relationships and unrequited love; a tale of emotional abuse and heart break; strength and acceptance. The premise is dramatic, engaging and entertaining; the romance is seductive and edgy; the characters are dynamic and determined.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Tempted by Love
My True Love

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance and women’s fiction with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Melissa’s emotional journeys are lovingly erotic and always family oriented–perfect beach reads for contemporary romance and new adult romance lovers who enjoy reading about loyal, wealthy heroes and smart, sassy heroines with complex relatable issues.Melissa also writes sweet romance under the pen name Addison Cole.Melissa enjoys chatting with readers and book clubs. Send her an email invitation to your next event!

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The Trouble with Whiskey by Melissa Foster-Review Tour

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The Trouble with Whiskey ( (The Whiskeys: Dark Knights at Redemption Ranch #1)) by Melissa Foster-Review Tour

 

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date July 20, 2022.

She’s the only woman he’s ever loved, and the one he could never have…
Years after losing one of their best friends to a dare gone wrong, Devlin “Dare” Whiskey continues to live up to his name, endlessly testing fate, while Billie Mancini buried the best parts of herself. Billie is beautiful and tough, and battling demons Dare has no idea exist. But Dare is done watching her pretend to be something she’s not and takes on his most important challenge yet—showing the woman he loves that some dares are worth the risk.

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REVIEW:THE TROUBLE WITH WHISKEY is the first instalment in Melissa Foster’s contemporary, adult THE WHISKEYS: DARK KNIGHTS AT REDEMPTION RANCH erotic, romance series-a spin off from the author’s The Whiskeys: Dark Knights at Peaceful Harbor and The Wickeds: Dark Knights at Bayside. This is therapist Devlin ‘Dare’ Whiskey, and bar manager Billie Mancini’s story line. THE TROUBLE WITH WHISKEY can be read as a stand alone, you do not have to have read any of the previous series to understand or follow along.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Dare and Billie) using present day and memories from the past THE TROUBLE WITH WHISKEY follows the childhood friends to frenemies to lovers relationship between therapist Devlin ‘Dare’ Whiskey, and bar manager Billie Mancini. Devlin, Billie, and Eddie Baker grew up together in Hope Ridge, Colorado, and both boys/men fell in love with our story line heroine but Eddie jumped the gun, asking Billie to be his bride but an accident would claim the life of Eddie Baker. Six years would pass, and Billie continued to struggle with the guilt and grief, so much so that she pushed everyone she had ever loved out of her life including family, friends, and our story line hero but Devlin ‘Dare’ Whiskey refused to give up on the woman he loved, and vowed to pursue Billie Mancini to the end of his life. What ensues is the slow rebuilding friendship, and growing romance between Billie and Dare, and the potential fall-out as a disaster threatens to destroy all progress between Billie and Dare.

Billie, Dare and Eddie were dirt bike riders, and professional motocross racers but Eddie’s death pulled Dare and Billie apart, threatening a life long friendship in the face of guilt and grief. Dare Whiskey would become a licensed therapist, currently working at the family owned rehab centre Redemption Ranch, while Billie struggled to move on, opting to manage her father’s bar. Throughout the six years since Eddie’s death, Dare has battled with Billie for control of her heart, the heart of the woman Dare is hoping to claim as his own.

The relationship between Dare and Billie is one of second-chances, of a sorts. Best friends since childhood, Dare, Billie and Eddie did everything together but the loss of Eddie slowly shrouded our heroine in a cloud of grief, a cloud that follows her where ever she goes. Rejecting family, friends and the man that she loves, Billie struggles to move on from the past. The $ex scenes are intimate erotic and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is another large ensemble cast of colorful, energetic and fun secondary and supporting characters including both Billie and Dare’s families, friends, and several members of the Dark Knights.

THE TROUBLE WITH WHISKEY: The Whiskeys: Dark Knights at Redemption Ranch is an emotional, heart breaking and powerful story of love and friendship, family and relationships, acceptance and move forward. The premise is powerful; the romance is seductive ; the characters are struggling but healing and strong.

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

 

Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance, new adult romance and women’s fiction with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Readers adore Melissa’s fun, flirty, and sinfully sexy, award-winning big-family romance collection, LOVE IN BLOOM featuring the Snow Sisters, Bradens, Remingtons, Ryders, Seaside Summer, Harborside Nights, Wild Boys and Bad Boys After Dark, and the Montgomerys. Melissa’s emotional journeys are lovingly erotic and always family oriented– perfect beach reads for contemporary romance lovers who enjoy reading about loyal, wealthy heroes and smart, sassy heroines with complex and relatable issues.

Melissa also writes sweet and clean romance under the pen name Addison Cole.

Melissa has painted and donated several murals to The Hospital for Sick Children in Washington, DC. Her interests include her family, reading, writing, painting, friends, helping others see the positive side of life, and visiting Cape Cod.

Melissa is available to chat with book clubs and welcomes comments and emails from her readers. Visit Melissa on Facebook  or her personal website.

Never miss a brand new release, special promotions or inside gossip again by simply signing up to receive your newsletter from Melissa.

Find Melissa on the following sites….

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THEN CAME LOVE (Pleasant Hill-Oak Falls 9) by Melissa Foster

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THEN CAME LOVE (The Bradens & Montgomerys:Pleasant Hill-Oak Falls 9) by Melissa Foster-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 18, 2022

What happens when you find your soul mate but she belongs to someone else?
Months ago, famed wedding-gown designer Jax Braden met the woman of his dreams when a bride-to-be came in for a consultation. He’s tried to move on, but there is no forgetting beautiful, smart, and refreshingly real Jordan Lawler, or the loneliness she cleverly tries to hide. When Jordan hires him to design her wedding gown, Jax knows he’s in trouble, but he cannot walk away. As business meetings turn to late-night confessions, their connection deepens, igniting passion too strong to deny. They’re drawn into an inescapable and forbidden love. Loyalties are tested and hearts are frayed, but neither will cross that invisible line in the sand. Come along for the sexy, emotional ride as Jax and Jordan face their toughest competitors yet—their hearts.

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REVIEW: THEN CAME LOVE is the ninth instalment in Melissa Foster’s contemporary, adult The Bradens & Montgomerys:Pleasant Hill-Oak Falls erotic, romance series- a spin off and companion to a number of the author’s other series. This is twenty-nine year old, wedding-gown designer Jax Braden, and health care administrator and amateur designer Jordan Lawler’s story line. THEN CAME LOVE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Jax and Jordan) THEN CAME LOVE follows the building romance and relationship between twenty-nine year old, wedding-gown designer Jax Braden, and health care administrator and amateur designer Jordan Lawler. Jax Braden fell madly in love with Jordan Lawler the moment they met but Jordan was a client, engaged to someone else, someone who didn’t have the time or patience for our story line heroine. Having postponed her wedding on three previous occasions, Jordan thought she was ready, making plans with Jax Braden to design her gown but as the wedding day drew closer, Jordan began to have doubts, doubts in the wake of too many red flags. Jax Braden knew not to cross the line with our story line heroine but his heart was breaking for the woman whose own heart was about to be trampled and destroyed. What ensues is the building friendship and relationship between Jax and Jordan, and the potential fall-out as Jordan’s life is upended with in more ways than one.

Years before, Jordan Lawler lost her parents and a younger sister to a motor vehicle accident but has spend her life struggling to make sense of what happened and why. Battling between head and heart about her upcoming wedding, Jordan must make a decision that will affect her life, going forward. Jax Braden never thought he would fall for another man’s fiance but our hero refuses to cross the line into the forbidden territory but that never stopped Jax from flirting his way into Jordan’s heart, a heart he is hoping one day to call his own.

The relationship between Jax and Jordan is one of the forbidden. Jordan is engaged to a man who is rarely around, and in this, she begins to have doubts about the man and her future. Falling for Jax was easy but disappointing everyone else was harder to swallow. Jax knows Jordan is his forever but refuses to watch the woman he loves walk down the aisle with somebody else. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

As per Melissa Foster’s style of writing, there is a large ensemble cast of colorful, energetic and familiar secondary and supporting characters all of whom will play a significant role in our couple’s lives. The back and forth chatter between

THEN CAME LOVE is a story of betrayal and loss, family and friendships, relationships, acceptance, moving forward and love. The premise is emotional and intense; the romance is seductive; the characters are charismatic and determined. Melissa Foster writes wonderful stories of romance and love.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews

Embracing Her Heart
Anything for Love
Trails of Love
Wild Crazy Hearts
Making you Mine
Searching For Love
Hot For Love
Sweet Sexy Heart

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance, new adult romance and women’s fiction with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Readers adore Melissa’s fun, flirty, and sinfully sexy, award-winning big-family romance collection, LOVE IN BLOOM featuring the Snow Sisters, Bradens, Remingtons, Ryders, Seaside Summer, Harborside Nights, Wild Boys and Bad Boys After Dark, and the Montgomerys. Melissa’s emotional journeys are lovingly erotic and always family oriented– perfect beach reads for contemporary romance lovers who enjoy reading about loyal, wealthy heroes and smart, sassy heroines with complex and relatable issues.

Melissa also writes sweet and clean romance under the pen name Addison Cole.

Melissa has painted and donated several murals to The Hospital for Sick Children in Washington, DC. Her interests include her family, reading, writing, painting, friends, helping others see the positive side of life, and visiting Cape Cod.

Melissa is available to chat with book clubs and welcomes comments and emails from her readers. Visit Melissa on Facebook  or her personal website.

Never miss a brand new release, special promotions or inside gossip again by simply signing up to receive your newsletter from Melissa.

Find Melissa on the following sites….

Website /Facebook /Twitter/ Google+/ Goodreads/ Pinterest /Amazon Author Page

 

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Maybe We Won’t (Silver Harbor 3) by Melissa Foster-Review Tour

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Maybe We Won’t (Silver Harbor 3) by Melissa Foster-Review Tour

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The Silver Harbor series is published by Montlake Romance and will be available in paperback and audio formats, and exclusively in digital format for Kindle and Kindle apps.

ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 26, 2022.

When workaholic Boston attorney Deirdra de Messiéres is passed over for a well-deserved promotion, she takes a two-month hiatus to show her boss just how much he needs her and heads home to Silver Island. But beyond seeing her sisters happy, home is not where Deirdra’s heart is. She has no interest in their family restaurant, the Bistro, or reliving hurtful childhood memories, and absolutely no interest in spending a single second with Josiah “Jagger” Jones, the Bistro’s too-laid-back musician and chef. Sure, the hippie is hot, but he drives her nuts. The guy lives in a van with his dog, and he can’t even commit to a solid work schedule. To make matters worse, he’s always around. She needs to get off the island, stat.

Jagger has overcome his own personal trials to place stock in life’s pleasures: family, friends, peace…and if he has his way, one positively beautiful, absolutely uptight attorney. Jagger knows he’s the perfect person to help Deirdra deal with her hurtful past and find her way back to being happy.

A chance encounter leads to deep conversation, and night after liberating night, Deirdra lets down her guard. But neither is long for Silver Island. Free-spirited Jagger has wanderlust, and Deirdra has a career to return to. They’re on different paths, and plans for a future together don’t stand a chance. But when has anything gone according to plan?

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REVIEW:MAYBE WE WON’T is the third instalment in Melissa Foster’s contemporary, adult SILVER HARBOR erotic, romance series-one of the many spin offs from the author’s Love in Bloom Series. This is twenty-five year old, chef and musician Josiah ‘Jagger’ Jones, and thirty year old attorney Dierdra de Messieres’s story line. MAYBE WE CON’T can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty but I recommend reading the series in order for back story and cohesion as there is an ongoing premise throughout.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Jagger and Dierdra) MAYBE WE WON’T focuses on the building romance and relationship between twenty-five year old, chef and musician Josiah ‘Jagger’ Jones, and thirty year old attorney Dierdra de Messieres. Several months earlier Dierdra’s alcoholic mother died, and our heroine struggled in the aftermath, discovering her mother had a secret that was about to be exposed. Fast forward to present day wherein Dierdra is passed over for a promotion at the law firm, and our heroine embarks on a two month hiatus back home in Silver Island where our heroine will discover there is more to life than working hard for someone else. Enter chef and musician Jagger Jones, and the man with whom Dierdra will fall in love. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Dierdra and Jagger, and the potential fall-out as their time together comes to a close.

Dierdra de Messieres had left Silver Island in the hopes to never return. Having lived through the loss of her father, and her mother’s spiral into alcoholism, Dierdra’s memories of the past are emotional and heart breaking. But Didi never expected to find herself falling for a man whose life is mostly lived on the road, a life Dierdra would never consider for herself. Spending time in Silver Island, preparing for her sister’s engagement party, Dierdra would find herself facing the past, a past she had pushed behind, and refused to relive. Josiah ‘Jagger’ Jones has always wanted to be a musician but life had other plans including the struggles of his brother who battled autism for as long as he could remember.Jagger had never intended to settle down or stay in one place forever thus working seasonal jobs as a chef then heading back on the road when the weather changed. Falling for Dierdra de Messieres was never in the cards but Jagger’s heart wanted something more than a summer fling with the woman with whom he had fallen in love.

The relationship between Jagger and Dierdra is one of immediate attraction but Dierdra struggles with Jagger’s lack of permanence, and his need to move on whenever the urge hit him hard. Dierdra knew her time and Jagger’s time in Silver Island was coming to a close but our heroine never expected to fall for a man who lifestyle was completely different than her own. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

As per Melissa Foster’s style, there is a large ensemble cast of colorful, energetic and familiar characters having crossed over from the previous instalments as well as several of the author’s related series. We are reintroduced to Dierdra’s sisters Cait and Abby, as well as many of the locals who live and work in and around Silver Island.

MAYBE WE WON’T is a story of family and friendships, relationships and struggles, acceptance and recognition, forgiveness and love. The character driven premise is emotional, entertaining and consuming; the characters are tenacious and dynamic; the romance is seductive and hot.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Maybe We Will
Maybe We Should

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Reviewed by Sandy

Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance and women’s fiction with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Melissa’s emotional journeys are lovingly erotic and always family oriented–perfect beach reads for contemporary romance and new adult romance lovers who enjoy reading about loyal, wealthy heroes and smart, sassy heroines with complex relatable issues.

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CRAZY WICKED LOVE (The Wickeds: Dark Knights at Bayside 3) by Melissa Foster-Review Tour

ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 23, 2022

What happens when the player gets played?

Sidney Carver has a big problem, and he goes by the name of Dwayne “Gunner” Wicked: six-plus feet of muscular, motorcycle-riding, animal-loving deliciousness. Gunner is her boss, roommate, and best friend. They’ve seen each other through life-altering injuries and unimaginable losses, and they work side by side at Wicked Animal Rescue, fulfilling their passion to save animals. Unfortunately, Gunner is also the man Sidney is in love with, and he’s the ultimate player. As her former military comrade, Gunner sees her as his buddy—just one of the guys. Sidney is at her wit’s end, ready to risk the friendship and job she adores for a chance at forever love with the man she can’t live without. Like any good marine, she comes up with a mission. Enter Operation Get My Guy.

Gunner loves his life. He has a family he adores, a brotherhood that always has his back, and a host of willing women to warm his bed. As the owner of Wicked Animal Rescue, he saves lives and works with his best friend, Sid, the coolest woman on the planet. When Sid concocts a crazy plan to win his cousin’s heart, Gunner reluctantly agrees to be her wingman.

Practices heat up as roommates become teammates. Let the wicked fun begin…

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REVIEW:  CRAZY WICKED LOVE is the third instalment in Melissa Fosters’ contemporary adult THE WICKEDS: DARK KNIGHTS AT BAYSIDE erotic, romance series. This is former US Marines Dwayne ‘Gunner’ Wicked, and Sidney ‘MOS’ Carver’s story line. CRAZY WICKED LOVE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary. CRAZY WICKED LOVE and The Wickeds: Dark Knights at Bayside is a spin off from the author’s Bayside Summers, The Whiskeys, and its’ numerous franchises.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Gunner and Sidney) CRAZY WICKED LOVE follows the best friends to lovers relationship between former US Marines Dwayne ‘Gunner’ Wicked, and Sidney ‘MOS’ Carver. Both approaching thirty years of age, Gunner and Sidney were once members of the same US Marine Unit but upon their ‘retirement’ started an animal rescue and rehab business together, but as time went by Sidney Carver started falling in love with her best friend, and watched from the sidelines as Gunner Wicked entertained a long parade of various women. Knowing she would never be the type of woman Gunner could love, Sidney devised a ‘scheme’ to make Gunner jealous, a scheme that potentially involved Gunner’s cousin Zander. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Sidney and Gunner, and the potential fall-out as Sidney reveals the truth sending Gunner into a spiral of betrayal.

Sidney Carver and Dwayne ‘Gunner’ Wicked are best friends; co-owners of Wicked Animal Rescue, and members of the same former US Marine Unit but Sidney is tired of all the women in and out of Gunner’s life, knowing she will never be enough for our story line hero. Gunner Wicked fears losing his best friend if crosses the proverbial line from friendship to lovers but jealousy is a constant companion every time someone acknowledges the woman with whom he will fall in love.

The relationship between Gunner and Sidney is a best friends to lovers relationship in which Gunner is oblivious to Sidney’s attraction and desire for more. When Sidney asks for advice to flirty and pick up Gunner’s cousin, Gunner sees red, and makes it his mission to claim Sidney as his own. The $ex scenes are erotic, passionate and intense without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

As per Melissa Foster’s style of writing, there is a large ensemble cast of colorful, energetic and familiar secondary and supporting characters from the previous story lines as well as the numerous cross-over and interconnected series.

CRAZY WICKED LOVE is a wonderful story of friendships, relationships, family and love. The premise is emotional and captivating; the romance is seductive and hot; the characters are engaging, animated and spirited.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Tru Blue
Truly Madly Whiskey
Driving Whiskey Wild
Wicked Whiskey Love
Mad About Moon
Taming My Whiskey
The Gritty Truth
Running on Diesel

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Reviewed by Sandy

Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance, new adult romance and women’s fiction with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Readers adore Melissa’s fun, flirty, and sinfully sexy, award-winning big-family romance collection, LOVE IN BLOOM featuring the Snow Sisters, Bradens, Remingtons, Ryders, Seaside Summer, Harborside Nights, Wild Boys and Bad Boys After Dark, and the Montgomerys. Melissa’s emotional journeys are lovingly erotic and always family oriented– perfect beach reads for contemporary romance lovers who enjoy reading about loyal, wealthy heroes and smart, sassy heroines with complex and relatable issues.Melissa also writes sweet and clean romance under the pen name Addison Cole.

Melissa has painted and donated several murals to The Hospital for Sick Children in Washington, DC. Her interests include her family, reading, writing, painting, friends, helping others see the positive side of life, and visiting Cape Cod.

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Caught by Love (The Steeles at Silver Island 3) by Melissa Foster-Review & Giveaway Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 9, 2022.

He’s set on pleasure, but she’s all business. Sizzling chemistry and a surprising connection set this sexy love story in motion. But is it enough to last forever? Find out and fall in love on the sandy shores of Silver Island, home to coffee shops, boat races, midnight rendezvous, and the sexy, sharp-witted Steeles.

Archer Steele is one of the leading vintners on the East Coast. He’s arrogant, aggressive, and has never been interested in settling down, which is what makes his hookups with his sister’s beautiful blond best friend, hair and makeup artist Indi Oliver, the perfect escape. But Indi’s toying with moving to the island, and when she ends their no-strings trysts to focus on her business, Archer isn’t ready to let her go…

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REVIEW:CAUGHT BY LOVE is the third instalment in Melissa Foster’s contemporary, adult THE STEELES OF SILVER ISLAND erotic, romance series- one of the many spin offs from the author’s LOVE IN BLOOM series. This is vintner Archer Steele, and make-up artist/business woman Indira ‘Indi’ Oliver’s story line. CAUGHT BY LOVE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Indi and Archer) CAUGHT BY LOVE follows the building romance and relationship between vintner Archer Steele, and make-up artist/business woman Indira ‘Indi’ Oliver’. Archer Steele doesn’t do relationships, and for the past decade has struggled to forgive himself for the death of someone he loved, and the estrangement from his twin brother Jock, an estrangement that placed hardships on his family and friends. A friends with benefits relationship with Indi Oliver meant never having to succumb to marriage and love but Archer finds himself falling for a woman who is about to move to Silver Island, and set up shop for the foreseeable future. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Indi and Archer, and the potential fall-out as Archer struggles with demons from the past, battling the guilt and turmoil of a loss from which he has yet to recover.

Indi Oliver has always wanted to build a business of her own, and her successful contract working as a make-up artist for New York’s elite gave our heroine a head start with what she had always wanted to do. Silver Island was the perfect setting with the perfect clientele, and a man who worshipped the ground upon which she walked but Indi knew there would never be a happily ever after with Archer Steele, a man’s whose rough exterior held a secret of which he could never forgive.

The relationship between Indi and Archer is one of immediate attraction that begins as a friends with benefits in which Indi battles between head and heart knowing there would never be a future with Archer Steele. Archer is unable to forgive himself for sins of the past, and in this, Archer believes he is not worthy of his own happiness, not even with the woman with whom he is falling in love. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

Once again, there is a large ensemble cast of colorful, flirty, charming and familiar secondary and supporting characters, most of whom we have met in the numerous interconnected series and spin offs. Melissa Foster easily weaves and inserts her previous story line characters such that everyone feels like family and home.

CAUGHT BY LOVE is another story of family and friendships, relationships and love; grief and guilt, forgiveness and acceptance. The character driven premise is edgy yet heart warming ; the characters are animated, stubborn and charismatic; the romance is inspiring and provocative.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Tempted by Love
My True Love

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Reviewed by Sandy

Tempted by Love (The Steeles at Silver Island, Book 1)
Enjoy heart-meltingly beautiful and toe-curlingly sexy romance in Tempted by Love, an emotionally riveting story about a man who has lost it all and carries a torturous secret, a divorced single mother who has everything to lose, and the little girl who helps them heal. Fall in love on the sandy shores of Silver Island, home to coffee shops, boat races, midnight rendezvous, and the sexy, sharp-witted Steeles.In TEMPTED BY LOVE… 
Years ago, bestselling author Jack “Jock” Steele lost his girlfriend and baby in a horrific accident that drove a wedge between Jock and his family, keeping him from sharing a devastating secret. An aging philanthropist saved him from the brink of despair, and for a decade Jock cared for his ailing friend who became his family. Now his friend has passed away and left him a fortune—on the condition that he publishes another book. Jock is floundering, unsure how to rebuild the life he’d walked away from, much less find his muse, have another relationship with a woman, or even think about having a family of his own. But he can’t get his sweet, sexy new friend, single-mother Daphne Zablonski out of his head, and her adorable toddler must know something he doesn’t, because she wraps her tiny fingers around his heart and won’t let go.Daphne has been through the wringer with her ex-husband and doesn’t believe true love is in the cards for her. Friends she can handle, but letting a man see her mom bod naked? Especially someone as strikingly handsome and unbelievably sexy as Jock? No, thank you. Besides, she has a toddler to chase after and enough fictional boyfriends to fill her lonely nights. If only her book boyfriends could make her body tingle the way one look from her mysterious neighbor does.As Jock and Daphne’s friendship turns to something too tempting to deny, their lives take an unexpected turn. Can a man who has lost everything find redemption with a woman who has everything to lose? And then there’s that secret…

 

My True Love (The Steeles at Silver Island, Book 2)

Embracing Her Heart (The Montgomerys Book 1) by [Foster, Melissa]
Can a man who resents the hand he’s been dealt and a woman who spends her days grateful for every little thing find true love in each other’s arms—or are their differences stronger than both of them?

Find out in this funny, sexy, heartfelt romance, and fall in love with Grant and Jules on the sandy shores of Silver Island, home to coffee shops, boat races, and midnight rendezvous.

Even war heroes need a little help sometimes… 
After spending years fighting for his country and too damn long learning to navigate life with a prosthetic leg, Grant Silver returns to Silver Island to figure out a future he couldn’t fathom without fatigues and a gun in his hand. He’d almost forgotten how a man could suffocate from the warmth and caring community in which he’d grown up, and if that weren’t bad enough, his buddies’ beautiful and far-too-chipper younger sister won’t stop flitting into his life, trying to sprinkle happy dust everywhere she goes. 
As a cancer survivor, Jules Steele knows better than to count on seeing tomorrow. She doesn’t take a single moment for granted, and she isn’t about to let a man who used to be charming and full of life waste the future he’s been blessed with. She’s determined to get through to him, even if it takes a few steamy kisses… 
Releasing 21 September!
Always Her Love (The Steeles at Silver Island, Book 4)

Some fates are too tempting to deny… 
When single-father Levi Steele offers to help his daughter’s beautiful aunt Tara find a home on Silver Island, their intense connection makes it even harder to resist the one woman he and his daughter can’t afford to lose. Come along for the fun, sexy ride and fall in love on the sandy shores of Silver Island, home to coffee shops, boat races, midnight rendezvous, and the sexy, sharp-witted Steeles.
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Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance and women’s fiction with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Melissa’s emotional journeys are lovingly erotic and always family oriented–perfect beach reads for contemporary romance and new adult romance lovers who enjoy reading about loyal, wealthy heroes and smart, sassy heroines with complex relatable issues.Melissa also writes sweet romance under the pen name Addison Cole.Melissa enjoys chatting with readers and book clubs. Send her an email invitation to your next event!

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