Discover the magic of the Bradens, and fall in love with Addison Cole’s rich and romantic storytelling.In A LOVE SO SWEET… intense connection, and for the first time in his life Treat wanted more than a casual affair. But something caused Max to turn away, and now, after weeks of unanswered phone calls and longing for the one woman he cannot have, Treat is going back to his family’s ranch to try to finally move on.
A chance encounter brings Treat and Max together again, and it turns into a night of intense passion and honesty. When Max reveals her secret, painful past, Treat vows to do everything within his power to win Max’s heart forever-including helping her finally face her demons head-on.
SWEET WITH HEAT: WESTON BRADENS
A Love So Sweet
Our Sweet Destiny
Unraveling the Truth About Love
The Art of Loving Lacy
Promise of a New Beginning
And Then There Was Us
A Love So Sweet is a Sweet with Heat novel and conveys all of the passion you’d expect to find between two people in love without any graphic scenes or harsh language. If you’re looking for a more explicit romance, pick up the steamy edition, Lovers at Heart, Reimagined, written by New York Times bestselling author Melissa Foster. Addison Cole is Melissa’s sweet-romance pen name.
ALSO AVAILABLE for your binge-reading pleasure, more fun, heartwarming, and romantic love stories. The Seaside and Bayside series are set in the quaint small towns of Cape Cod, making them perfect beach reads!
SWEET WITH HEAT: SEASIDE SUMMERS SERIES
Read, Write, Love at Seaside
Dreaming at Seaside
Hearts at Seaside
Sunsets at Seaside
Secrets at Seaside
Nights at Seaside
Seized by Love at Seaside
Embraced at Seaside
Lovers at Seaside
Whispers at Seaside
SWEET WITH HEAT: BAYSIDE SUMMERS SERIES
Sweet Love at Bayside
Sweet Passions at Bayside
Sweet Heat at Bayside
Sweet Escape at Bayside
“Addison Cole’s stories are the perfect blend of sizzle and sweet. You won’t be able to stop reading.” – New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne
“Romance, fun, emotions, and happily ever afters that will warm your heart, Addison Cole writes charming and unforgettable stories about real people and love in its most wonderfully moving forms.” – New York Times bestselling author Violet Duke
“Addison Cole has created characters you’ll fall in love with and a seaside world you’ll never want to leave.” USA Today bestselling author Chris Keniston
“An absolute treat to read and cannot wait for more from Addison Cole.” ~ New York Times bestselling author Sawyer Bennett (aka Juliette Poe, on “Read, Write, Love at Seaside”)
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Addison Cole is the sweet alter ego of New York Times and USA Today bestselling and award-winning author Melissa Foster. She writes humorous and emotional sweet contemporary romance. Her books do not include explicit sex scenes or harsh language. Addison spends her summers on Cape Cod, where she dreams up wonderful love stories in her house overlooking Cape Cod Bay.
Addison enjoys discussing her books with book clubs and reader groups and welcomes an invitation to your event.
The perfect beach read for fans of Susan Mallery, Debbie Macomber, Sherryl Woods, Linda Lael Miller, Brenda Novak, and other big-family, small-town romance fans. The Bradens are wealthy and loyal, and you’re guaranteed to enjoy a loving happily ever after.
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‘A Love So Sweet’ is the first book in the Weston Braden series by Addison Cole, and it is a sweet love story about Treat Braden and Max Armstrong.
Treat is the eldest of six siblings, he is suave, a business tycoon and is used to always getting what he wants. So when he encounters Max at his cousin’s wedding in Nassau, he very much wants her. After an unfortunate misunderstanding that allows them to part ways, both are left with a lingering lasting impression of the other which they are unable to forget.
Max is a strong, independent woman who is very successful in her profession. She is determined and refuses to let anyone see the true version of herself. Treat is able to instantly see through her facade and is determined to break down the walls that Max attempts to place around herself in order to stay away from him.
This book captures the initial ‘spark’ of chemistry between lovers well and is a beautifully written romance that is full of sweetness, lovey-dovey moments and cuteness. Cole has the ability to create characters with interesting quirks and relatable issues and will have you hooked on this series after the first few pages. It is a story of overcoming and personifies love well.
It is the perfect introduction into the world of the Braden’s and an addictive read. I would recommend to anyone who loves romance novels, enjoys reading books that are part of a series or is just a genereal fan of chicklit. It will have you swooning all the way to pre-ordering the others.
This sweet with heat view of Treat and Max’s romance was a great book for me to escape into. Every book by Ms. Cole has a way of pulling me and making me fall in love with her world, this book was no exception. Ms. Cole has a way of making her men strong but sensitive and her women independent, sometimes to a fault. Treat was that strong but very in tune with his feelings man that always has me rooting for him. Max, well she made me want to yell and scream at her a lot, but I couldn’t stop rooting for her either. I love that Ms. Cole is continuing her Sweet with Heat series with the Weston Bradens.
This new series, featuring the Bradens, has characters you’ll quickly care about. I love that Addison writes such strong, intelligent female protagonists. Even though Treat Braden makes more money than he can spend in several lifetimes, his love for and loyalty to family are what make him most attractive to me. The description of each of his brothers has me hungrily anticipating their individual stories in this series. (There is a preview at the end of this book.)
Whether you believe in love at first sight or not, it is undeniable that Max and Treat have chemistry.
Max is a beautiful, successful, independent woman with one major flaw. Underneath her collected exterior, her self confidence regarding her personal life is flailing. That is the major issue that could keep her, keep THEM, from their happily ever after ending.
The attraction between them begins before they meet face to face. That eventual meeting starts the true sparks flying, but a misunderstanding puts the brakes on quickly. That doesn’t tamp the flames out, though.
Treat is not without his flaws and fractured past. I’m not going to give any spoilers, but it is his connection to family that brings this book home for me.
Yes- this book is sweet. While clean, not graphic, the romance does indeed have HEAT. Because of her mental struggling, they take the physical side slow, often with Treat being the one to step back. Prepare for your engine to be revved without exploding into full combustion on every page.
The characters will mature and change as this relationship develops.
I have been spoiled by Addison Cole’s Seaside and Bayside series. It is hard for any other series to shine as brightly in my eyes.
If you are new to Addison Cole, A Love So Sweet is going to open your eyes to the wonderful, sweet Love in Bloom Series. If you are a fan of Addison Cole, A Love So Sweet is going to introduce you to the wonderful Braden Family. Treat is the first Braden that we get to meet and he is so yummy. Strong, successful, sexy, and loving are all word I use to describe Treat Braden. He is the oldest of the Braden family and with the death of his mother took a lot on his shoulder as a young man. Now he is successful, met a woman he can’t get out of his heart or head, and has returned home to visit. What he doesn’t expect is for Max, the woman he can’t get over, to be in his hometown.
I love the relationship between Treat and Max. He woos her, he treats her like a queen, and yet he stays true to his family and his values. He appreciates Max’s strengths, helps her stay strong when she feels weak, and loves her more than she ever imagined being loved. Max, in turn, respects Treat’s love of family, understands his strong sense of business, and knows that he needs to be in charge of the relationship most of the time. I love how perfect these two are together.
As the beginning of a whole new look at a series that I already love, I am excited to get to know the rest of the Braden’s. To learn how they fit together as a family and also to keep caught up on Treat and Max’s relationship.
This was romantic sweet romance. Learning what Max went through broke my heart, but so happy for her to find someone like Treat. Treat has some inner issues he has to work through himself and with the help of Max he may just heal as well. Treat had many swoon worthy moments especially when it came to Max. All of Treat’s siblings were intriguing and I can’t wait for more books from this series.
I love Treat and Max. Meeting someone who makes your whole life light up is an amazing part of life, and that is what happened with Treat and Max. Mistakes are made, but that amazing connection is still there. There is so much more to Treat and Max … you just need to pick this baby up to find out how much more. I love Melissa and how she brought these two to life.
A Love so Sweet by Addison Cole is a “Sweet with Heat”, novel. Book #1 in her new series “Sweet with Heat: The Bradens at Weston”
Featuring Treat Braden and Max Armstrong. Trent is the oldest of the Braden at Weston children. Addison Cole’s characters are multidimensional, with empowered and sassy women, hot, loyal heroes, friends, family with a sweet romance without graphic love scenes or foul language. I adore flawed characters which adds more drama, and gives readers a better understanding of the way they act. Trent and Max are charming and realistic. A satisfying and enjoyable read. Addison Cole is Melissa Foster’s pen name for her “Sweet with Heat” series, in case you didn’t already know this tidbit of information. Another great by the fantastic Addison Cole.
I have volunteered to share my review and all the opinions are 100% my own.
Rating: 4.5
Heat rating: Sweet with heat
Reviewer: AprilR
Rating: 4.5 Stars
Treat Braden has decided to go home. Someone very important to him is his sister, Savannah. You will find her story in the book titled Bursting With Love – this is not a Sweet With Heat version. Max Armstrong seems to be a little skittish around men. But that doesn’t stop Treat from being enamored with her.
Treat is a man who likes to tease – both with Max and us. I got to the point where there was no way I was turning away – unless I come notice that my tablet’s battery life is dwindling. There are relationship ups and downs, which helps to make the storyline seem so realistic, and that’s part of what keeps my attention. I ended up feeling the need to check out a movie festival. A nearby town has a small one that will be coming up soon. I would say that this book is an incentive to set the mood but I’m afraid that the films would just draw my attention away from our couple. But it would be a good way to people watch and see if I can scope out anyone that would fit my preconceived notion of our couple.
I love how the author takes a story that originally had plenty of heat and change it up enough that she leaves more to my imagination. You get to decide how you want to fill in the blanks if you so choose. Treat’s theme seems to be patience but there were times that word became particularly tough for me. Our main characters are the ones to decide when things were to be revealed – we have no choice but to sit back and enjoy the ride. They show the difficulties that can sometimes happen when trying to develop a new relationship.
Our author has me feeling as if the Bradens are including the reader into their family unit. I made a promise to myself that I would make the trek across the state of Massachusetts. Will need to make sure my tablet has plenty of power because there are plenty of this author’s work that will be coming with me. But since the Bradens are just getting started with us, I may have to make multiple trips since I expect to get to know this family and their loves for a little while more. I’ll have to scope out the perfect place to sit and shut off the rest of the world so I can get pulled into all the characters that have a connection to Wellfleet. Ms. Cole is getting me ready for Rex’s story so my trip may have to be postponed for a little while because I have at least one more book to put on to my Cape reading list. Plus by the time I got to the end of this story I was still left wanting to know more about Savannah.
I was not compensated nor was I required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.
A sweet and heartwarming story. It will captivate you from the beginning as it pulls at your heartstrings as it gives you all the feels. I loved the characters and the connection they have. I enjoyed reading about their journey as they overcome insecurities. Looking forward to reading more.
Oh my gosh! A Love so Sweet is one of the loveliest books I have read this year! And a great introduction to the Braden family.
Treat (yes that’s the name, I did double check) Braden is back from yet another high profile meeting, making him more successful, but a job that keeps him away from his family, but now he is back home, suffering from burn out, and a case of obsession (not creepy) over a women he can’t get out of his head! But someone he made a mistake with and acted like a jerk! But as soon as he see her again, he knows he needs to make it right.
Max Armstrong is a strong women! Except when it comes to Treat Braden, then she turns in to a pie of goo! But when he accused her of something she didn’t do, he hurt her more than she would have believed! And even though they work it out, there is something Max needs to find closure on, and first step of that is to tell Treat everything!
This is an amazing book from Addison Cole and a great start to a new series! It has the right amount of everything and makes you want to have Treat in your life too!
I give A Love so Sweet 5 stars
A Love So Sweet is book one in the Sweet with Heat: Weston Bradens series. This book hooked me from the start. Treat believes Max is the one for him, but she isn’t responding. Then fate steps in and Treat learns what he didn’t know before. Treat and Max are destined to be together, and he vows to help her overcome her past. Their story was so believable, and the heartfelt emotions it invoked were powerful. I absolutely loved this story.
This is the story of Treat Braden and Max Armstrong. They had worked together (over the phone and emails) to plan her boss’ wedding at his resort in Nassau and finally meet the weekend of the wedding. There is instant chemistry and after an enjoyable night together, there is a misunderstanding the next morning and Max leaves and Treat thinks he’s lost her. To help him get over his loss, he heads back home to the family ranch to spend time with his father and siblings. Unknown to him, Max lives in the area and they unexpectedly run into each other. They clearly still have feelings for each other but both also have a lot of baggage and obstacles that they will need to overcome if this new and budding relationship is going to work. It’s a great story that takes you from Colorado to Cape Cod as their relationship grows. Max learns to trust Treat and lets him in on her darkest secrets as he helps her heal as she helps him get through his issues from his childhood and the loss of his mother. It’s a great read that draws you in and doesn’t let go. You meet the rest of Treat’s siblings and I am looking forward to reading their stories as they also find their happily-ever-afters as well.
Good start to a new series!
I enjoyed this story, although I found it dragged on a bit after the main characters quickly resolved their initial misunderstanding. I felt for Max and what she went through when she was younger, but it was remarkable how sweet, kind and patient Treat was with her. I found the interactions with the rest of Treat’s family so fun! They were an initial glimpse into a family of siblings ready to find their persons. I can’t wait for the next in this series!
I received an ARC copy of this book and am voluntarily reviewing it.
Addison Cole A Love So Sweet Book 1 Sweet With Heat: Weston Bradens
What an amazing start to a brand new series!! Sweet romance! Very enjoyable, easy to read.
Max and Trent~ Six months ago, Trent thought Max had a one night stand with someone else but now he is more than determined to be her one and only. Trent, the oldest of six, lost his mother at an early age. Max, something happened to her in her past which makes it hard for her in the relationship area. Even though, they both have obstacles to overcome, they want one another…
Wonderful story by a wonderful author! Highly recommend!!
I loved Max and Treat. They had chemistry and desire. Neither of them were perfect as they both had ghosts from their pasts holding them back from moving on with life. Finding a way to put the ghosts to rest they can finally, truly, be together was a great way to start the Braden family stories. I loved the Braden family, and I want more of them.
As usual with Addison’s sweet stories, there was just enough heat to make me imagine more, but still left some mystery.
A Love So Sweet is a clean romance – a wonderful tale of personal loss, fear and slaying those elements of the past. The characters are true to life; I can imagine having conversations with them. All those hunky Braden men would make any woman swoon. I love the care these characters take of each other. An absolutely heart-warming romance that you will done want to miss.
“It’s not you and me; it’s us”.
Some people are harder to forget because they not only touched your heart but imprinted your soul. This amazing love story is about how trust, loyalty, love and friendship can glue back together a broken spirit. When you are surrounded by strong family ties and loyal friends; you can overcome anything ! I couldn’t help myself and fall deeply in love with Treat and his whole family.
I loved the characters; Max and Treat’s chemistry is palpable and you can feel their mutual growing feelings. They each go thru real life matters and it’s touching how they try to heal each other. There is so much emotions emanating from the Braden’s clan that I had to stop reading for a minute and absorb it all.
Can’t wait for Rex Braden’s story and see what’s in store for him!
Addison Cole is the sweet alter ego of Melissa Foster and it is a version of her books that is a little less sexy and more sweet.
On that note I say that Max and Treat’s story is so good that you can read it in all the versions!
Max and Treat’s story is the beginning of it all for me. I remember I was browsing through my favorite book vendor as I wanted to read books in English. I found out this Lovers at Heart and fell in love with Melissa Foster’s Love in Bloom world. I have read all the Braden’s story and always wondered about Max and Treat.
I confess that when Melissa Foster informed in her Facebook page that she was re-imagining their story and giving them a second look, I was kind of afraid. But, all my fears were in vain… This is their love story and it is really a second look, a new way of reading with more insightful details about how they are feeling and why they take some actions.
The romance is the same but with great new views and angles that makes you enjoy them more and more.
Melissa Foster is a great author and I admire her for putting the author’s ego aside and re-imagining this great love story and turning it into a better and wonderful first tale of the Braden’s.
Loved this book. It is Book 1 of the Bradens but does include some characters from the previous Love In Bloom: Snow Sisters series. The back story gives additional depth to the characters but is not needed to fully enjoy this book. Melissa continues to develop complex characters with all of the drama of real life people. Other than Treat’s money, they could be the couple down the block trying to get past misunderstandings & previous hurts to find a way to be together. The scenes descriptions are wonderful. The changing point of views threw me for a little but as I got into the story, it was easy to navigate.
This is a story about relationships and overcoming obstacles in order to be successful. The interactions between the characters draw you in and make you want to learn more about them. Melissa’s writing brings in past characters and creates a strong sense of family. Treat’s mother passing away when he was young affected him in new and different ways than the rest of the family. How he comes to terms with this loss & the way it molded him is a compelling part of the story. Max has her own issues that she has to deal with before they can have a successful relationship. This is a book that once I started reading, I couldn’t put it down. I loved it the first time & even more so now.
WOW! I loved this book. A Love So Sweet by Addison Cole is the first book of the Weston Bradens (Sweet With Heat). Treat Braden and Max Armstrong story is one of instant attraction when they meet after working together for months by phone then there is a misunderstanding with trust issues for both of them. Addison Cole wrote a sweet book of dealing with how past traumatic relationships and the affects of it in a new relationship. I highly recommend reading this book. A Love So Sweet is an emotional story that explores the trust and support between Treat and Max in their relationship. I received a free copy of this book and have voluntarily choose to review it