“Finally, a realistic lesbian protagonist! The dynamic between Delilah and Ashley was super intense. Their first kiss was insanely hot and I am very much impressed with Melissa Foster’s talent for sex scenes. Lesbian sex scenes always end up TOO soft and feathery. It’s not realistic. This author turned up the heat. It wasn’t too dainty and prissy. There was a lot of passion and realism in the … realism in the sex scenes and I loved it. I also just loved the moments where they had deep conversations or acted playfully. It was sweet and really beautiful. The entire relationship and act of falling for each other was great.” Literary Meanderings, Amazon Review
If you enjoy the LOVE IN BLOOM series by New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Melissa Foster, you’ll love HARBORSIDE NIGHTS.
HARBORSIDE NIGHTS is a sexy, hot, and evocatively real New Adult Romance series that follows a group of friends who have known one another for years as “summer” friends, and now come together after college to build their lives. They’re tough, edgy, and accepting–most of the time. Catching Cassidy is written in the loving, raw, and emotional voice readers have come to love by New York Times & USA Today bestselling, award-winning author Melissa Foster.
DISCOVERING DELILAH is an New Adult Lesbian Romance (#LGBT)
After the death of her parents on the day of her college graduation, Delilah Armstrong thought she could finally follow her heart and come out to her closest friends, but the guilt of going against her parents’ beliefs haunts her. The feelings she has for her best friend, Ashley, are stronger than anything she’s felt before, but Delilah has never even kissed a girl, and fear stops her at every turn.
Ashley Carver promised herself that she would never again date another girl who wasn’t out, but that was before she met intoxicatingly sweet and sexy Delilah.
When another girl offers to teach Delilah the ropes, it changes Delilah’s whole world and gives her the courage to go after the only girl she really wants. But coming out isn’t as easy as Delilah imagined, and moving past her parents’ death and the feelings of guilt she is left with is even harder. The intense passion between Ashley and Delilah is too strong to deny, but coming together means risking everything.
Discovering Delilah is an edgy, evocative, romantic story of friendship, family, and the courage to love.
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COMING soon the full Harborside Nights series:
Catching Cassidy (Het)
Discovering Delilah (F/F)
Tempting Tristan (M/M)
Chasing Charley (Het)
Breaking Brandon (M/M)
Embracing Evan (Het)
Reaching Rusty (Het)
Loving Livi (Het)
Characters from the Love in Bloom series will appear in the Harborside Nights books.
Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance, new adult romance (M/F, M/M, F/F), romantic suspense, thrillers, and historical fiction with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Melissa also co-writes the Love on Rockwell Island series with New York Times bestselling author Bella Andre.
“Melissa Foster has an amazing penmanship in being able to create a world where family is of utmost importance, friendship is never to be abused, and that true love and trust is something that you can never break.” Kathleen, Alpha Book Club
discovery, growth, understanding, respect,
Overall 4 out of 5 stars
Performance 5 out of 5 stars
Story 4 out of 5 stars
First I have to give much respect and hi fives to the narrator duo Andi Arndt and Ava Erickson. These ladies brought two very different yet similar young ladies to life. Their grief, sorrow, confusion, loss, connection, understanding and more together to paint the fab picture that Melissa Foster put to words.
New Adult Romance LGBTQ with one woman that was coming into her time of discovery and loss. Delilah has graduated college and lost her parent all the same day. She loved her parents and do not want to dishonor them but she wants to be true to herself. With the way that her parents took the news of her coming out, Delilah is confused and a bit hurt. These things were a lot for her to deal with at this time in her life. Delilah and Ashley met at the seaside vacation spot of Harborside. They hit it off right from the start. Painful circumstances brought Delilah there, but running from grief and more she finds that she is not staying in her childhood vacation home. She finds refuge with a family friend. no
Self discovery and self-awareness was a challenge but also a release for her. She does lots to grown up and grow beyond the expectations of other.
Ashley has her own reasoning for keeping her friendship with Delilah and not taking it any further. She’s been in the place where her partner was not out and not sure. Ashley knew who she was and what she was striving for in life. Delilah was still playing catch-up. These two young women were working to take ownership of their lives just in different ways.
This was a sweet romance that required new skills and patience from both parties. NA-LGBTQ+ was done with the complication of accepting ones self and then being able to open to ones friends and family. This was full of what I have come to expect from Melissa Foster. Family, friends, and lots of love.
This book picks up not long after Catching Cassidy, and I couldn’t wait to find out more about Delilah’s story. This covers a female/female relationship line, which for some it might not be their cup of tea – for me I read anything and this was beautifully written that it didn’t make no never mind to me that they were both women.
It will stir up a lot of emotions as you follow Delilah coming to terms with being gay and always wondering what people will think of her because of it. Her brother loves and supports her no matter what but she is left feeling that her parents hated her as before they died she came out to them and saw (what she thought was) disdain and hurt in their eyes)
Carrying that weight on her shoulder is enough to make anyone feel uneasy about accepting who they truly are.
Ashley is a wonderful character and her and Delilah make a brilliant couple. They go through a lot of up and downs throughout the book and she is so patient with Delilah. Delilah gets to lay her demons to rest regarding how her parents feel when she goes back to empty the house of their things and has at talk with her aunt.
I am loving this whole series and especially how well this book was written, I still find that in this day and age it hard for someone to be with the person they love for fear or being targeted by bigoted people. A brilliant book and I cant to read what happens next in the Harborside Nights series.