Discover the magic of New York Times bestseller Melissa Foster’s writing and see why millions of readers have fallen in love with the fiercely loyal and sassily sexy characters in the Love in Bloom big-family romance families. All Love in Bloom books can be enjoyed as stand-alone novels or as part of the larger series.In USA Today Bestseller HOT FOR LOVE…Trixie Jericho is on a mission to start … Jericho is on a mission to start her own miniature horse business. She’s sick of being told her idea is cute and wants nothing more than to be taken seriously. When rancher and sought-after freestyle horse trainer Nick Braden offers an opportunity she can’t refuse, Trixie jumps on it. The problem is, she also wants to jump on him, but the bullheaded, big-muscled, motorcycle-riding cowboy doesn’t mix business with pleasure. Little does he know, Trixie has never backed down from a challenge, especially one she wants more than her next breath. Saddle up, big boy, because this boot-stompin’, risk-taking, Daisy Duke-wearing cowgirl isn’t afraid to play dirty.
LOVE IN BLOOM novels feature alpha male heroes and smart, empowered women. They’re flawed, funny, passionate, and relatable to readers who enjoy contemporary romance and women’s fiction.
THE BRADENS & MONTGOMERYS (Pleasant Hill – Oak Falls). Order of future books is subject to change.
Embracing Her Heart
Anything For Love
Trails of Love
Wild Crazy Hearts
Making You Mine
Searching for Love
Hot for Love
Sweet Sexy Heart
Our Wicked Hearts
Summer of Love
Claiming Her Heart
Winter of Love
READY TO BINGE READ? The LOVE IN BLOOM big-family contemporary romance collection features billionaires as well as everyday heroes. Characters from each sub-series appear in future books so you never lose track of engagements, weddings, or births.
BIG FAMILIES / SMALL TOWNS
Snow Sisters
The Bradens at Weston
The Bradens at Trusty
The Bradens at Peaceful Harbor
The Bradens & The Montgomerys
The Remingtons
The Ryders
Sugar Lake
Harmony Pointe
CAPE COD and BEACH READS
Seaside Summers
Bayside Summers
Silver Island
Harborside Nights
BILLIONAIRES
Wild Billionaires After Dark
Bad Billionaires After Dark
BIKERS & BAD BOYS
The Whiskeys: Dark Knights at Bayside
The Wickeds: Dark Knights at Bayside
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“When it comes to contemporary romances with realistic characters, an emotional love story and smokin’ hot sex, author Melissa Foster always delivers!” The Romance Reviews
“You can always rely on Melissa Foster to deliver a story that’s fresh, emotional and entertaining. Make sure you have all night, because once you start you won’t want to stop reading. Every book’s a winner!” NYT Bestselling Author Brenda Novak
“With her wonderful characters and resonating emotions, Melissa Foster is a must-read author!” NYT Bestseller J. Kenner
“Melissa Foster is synonymous with sexy, swoony, heartfelt romance!” New York TimesBestseller Lauren Blakely
“Melissa Foster writes her romance novels similarly to my favorite adult romance author, Danielle Steel: the perfect blend of drama, romance, friendship, love and passion.”- Andrea Buginsky, author
“I highly recommend this book to fans of Nora Roberts (one of my personal faves) and fans of a sweet story filled with heat and heart.” – Tia Bach, author
“Melissa Foster is quickly becoming one of my favorites. Fated For Love was amazing. It kind of reminds me of Jill Shalvis’ books and they are my benchmark for contemporary romance awesomeness.” –Books Like Breathing (on Fated for Love)
“I highly recommend the Snow Sisters all the Braden and Remington books….I am sure there are going to be other family’s that intertwine and that is what I love most about these books. They remind me of the McCarthy of Gansett series and The Green Mountain series. I am a huge fan of Marie Force. And now Melissa Foster has joined her ranks….” – I Love NY, Reviewer
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With every friends to lovers story, I’m pretty sure Melissa Foster thinks “THIS is EXACTLY what Shelly wants to read!” and then she creates a story that WOWS me beyond belief. This read will definitely make you Hot for Love between Nick and Trixie. Nick is swoon-worthy in every way possible. They are both incredibly stubborn but together, a force that will warm you like an inferno. Loved the secondary storyline of the horse therapy and business aspect. It’s nice to see such depth given to the main characters. Melissa burned me up with another fantastic couple who makes you hot for love!
I received a complimentary copy for reviewing purposes. All opinions are my own.
Trixie Jericho is a spitfire. Growing up with only brothers she has always had to prove herself. Prove that she can keep up with the boys, prove that she can handle herself, and prove that she can follow her own dreams. Nick Braden, sigh, has offered Trixie his house as a home base for the next month to figure out what it will take to start her own miniature horse business. He has no doubt it will be hard to share his house with Trixie since he has been attracted to her and has had feelings for her forever.
I just have to say that I love, love, love these two together. They challenge each other, they push each other, and the trust each other. Nick pushes Trixie to start her business, purchase her horses, and make her dreams come true. Trixie pushes Nick to let people in, open up about his past, and to let her in. Both knew that they needed to find their happy ever after and knew that that happiness was dependent on them being together.
Their fights, their making up, and the loving was always exactly right. Neither lost their spunk by being together. They both stood their ground, opened their hearts, and fell into each other.
I get giddy every time a Melissa Foster book hits my kindle. I know that I will get a great story that is full of passion and a family saga I never want to end. And with the amount of Bradens, I don’ think it ever will!!
Hot for Love is about best friends Nick Braden and Trixie Jericho. Nick has always been a big fan and supporter of Trixie so when she lets Nick know about her plans to start a new business with therapy miniature horses, he encourages her to move forward with the plans now, instead of waiting down the line to start. And what better way to help his friend out than to offer her a place to stay for a month, while she gathers information and looks into horses to buy.
What he didn’t expect was that Trixie was having the same type of feeling for him, as he was having for her… starting to think of her as more than just his best friend. What was he thinking, letting her stay at his house. He wasn’t going to be able to resist the temptation of Trixie on a daily basis. But when Trixie lets her feeling be known, Nick decides with the jealousy and need that he’s feeling for Trixie, maybe exploring these feelings for the next month that he has her daily would be a great time to explore if they could have more.
These two were made for each other. Nick, more of an introvert and damaged by the past, sometimes didn’t know what to do with a brash extrovert who didn’t seem to know a stranger. But Trixie was the perfect yin to his yang.
I really loved their story and learned so much about therapy miniature horses too! LOL. Another great love story from one of my favorite authors. I can’t wait for more!
There is just something about a Melissa Foster book that whisks me away from reality and into the book, and I for one am forever grateful for her ability to do that, and even though I absolutely love her Cape Code Series, there is just something about the Pleasant Hill – Oak Falls books that just seem to speak to my soul.
Hot for Love is Trixie Jerico and Nick Bradens book and it hot, sweet, and it’s full of characters that I have loved for SO long…. though I will admit, I am super excited to read Amber’s book! But getting back to this story and from the moment that Nick and Trixie hit the dance floor, the sparks began to fly, so much so that people would think it was the 4th of July.
And even though there are sparks aplenty, when Trixie expresses her desire to train miniature therapy horses, Nick is the first person to step up and support Trixie’s dream and also helps to make that dream come to life at his farm in Pleasent Hill. But despite they have both assumed that each other has put them in the “friend Zone”, passions come to life in a big way when they are together when they are on the farm together. But Nick struggles with the past and relationships, Trixie doesn’t know what will happen with them long term.
Once again the author has knocked it out of the park with this story, the characters are amazing and that total hallmark movie part of the book, is just everything! Hot for Love is definitely up there in the top 10 favorite Melissa Foster books, it’s just simply divine.
I received this book with the understanding that I could leave a voluntary and honest review.
In this book we get Trixie Jericho and Nick Braden’s story. Trixie and her brother’s have been Nick’s closest friends for years. Everything was going along as it should be until a year ago when they were in Colorado and Trixie made Nick promise to watch out for her while she drank that night. There was a part of him that wanted nothing more that to drag her to his room and have his way with her but he knew she was in the no go zone no matter what he wanted. So when he comes to town to see his friends just like every other time and finds out that Trixie wants to start her own business. He is proud of her but listening to her brother’s pick on her and hurt her feelings is something he can’t take. So he proposes that she come to his place for a month and talk to a guy he knows to see if the horses are what she wants. If it all works out for her she can take them home after that. He just didn’t realize what he would be signing himself up for making that suggestion. Trixie has had a crush on Nick for as longs as she can remember. When she throws herself at him that night she made him promise to watch out for her. She knows he knows she is drunk but she remembers everything including the way he rejected her. When he listens to her business plan really listens she can’t believe what all he will do for her. After all the ribbing she has been taking from her brothers she jumps at the chance to work with someone who believes in her vision. Knowing how she feels about Nick will this be a HEA or will this just be another regret she has when it comes to him?
Super hot, amazing story. So many things I want to tell you about this story. However I don’t want to ruin it for other readers. I will say this is one of those books you lock the door, order dinner in and say no one allowed near me till I read those 2 words “the end”. I would highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.
4.5 Stars
I so love those Bradens so I couldn’t wait to dive into this one. I loved this one so much. I literally couldn’t put it down. Trixie and Nick had me gobbling up the pages. Nick had me swooning all over the place. He’s definitely going on my top book boyfriends list. Something I truly enjoyed about this book is the work Trixie is doing. It made heart really happy. Watching Nick support and help her is one of Nick’s swoon worthy moments. I really can’t recommend this one enough. This is a make you feel good story. It packs in the heart and feels.
Rating: 4.5 Stars
Nick shows you can be friends with the opposite sex. But is that a good thing? Trixie wants a chance at something she shouldn’t. But would it be safer to just concentrate on her dream?
The author has a way of getting her readers so involved in what she writes. It’s very easy to picture her characters as family, neighbors, friends, or even loved ones. It was interesting to see two characters that seemed to have the same feelings but to see them from different perspectives.
This is a story that takes place in horse country. It had me missing the days when there was a small farm at the end of my street and when I would do my paper route, I would stop to feed their horse and get in a couple of rubs. It’s winter where I live now but if you drive around where some of the farms are, you can still see the horses sometimes and they had me think about this story.
One thing that you can take bets on is that our author will get us to laugh. Sometimes it’s at someone else’s expense but nowadays you’ll take a laugh wherever you can get it. And when a character finally smartens up you say “about time”. Sometimes they frustrate you because they have a very hard time taking hints. Sometimes you want to have a certain character in front of you so that you can give them a piece of your mind. Or if they’re not looking, a swift kick in the shin.
Ms. Foster’s stories are so easy to get lost in that you don’t want them to end. But if they didn’t end then you wouldn’t be able to read the next book coming out. One last thing this author does for me is that she always leaves me with both a happy ending and a smile on my face.
I was not compensated nor was I required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.
Not my first read by the author, MF is my top 3 favorite author’s and I have read many many of her books including all of the books in this series and previous connecting ones. So to say I am excited to read her books is an understatement.
Okay this took me by surprise, usually at the beginning when the heroine is very ‘young acting’ super strong, I get a bit reserved reading but Trix here took me by surprise. That said I loved Trix & Nick together, long time friends, longing for one another but from afar…Trix takes it in her hands to break through Nick’s tough broody lonely exterior and brings color into his world. You can’t go wrong with NICK because not only is he a cowboy and sexy but he does Horse Stunts and well that requires a lot of flexing while on the horse and all I want to do now is google the states and see if there is such a thing so I can go watch it! *sigh* there really isn’t much for me to be able to say because I rather not give out too much as always but will say that Trixie keeps you on your toes and you’ll love the way the hero Nick is with her. Aaaaaand as always the side characters kee you entertained and engaged!
If you want romance, cowboys, adventure, sweet and fun heroine mixed with a sexy broody hero that really didn’t know what he needed until Trix barged through those doors.
Rating: 5 out of 5.
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Triggers: NA
Standalone/Series: Book 7 in Series
Type: All Tags on top of this page!
Recommended: HIGHLY
HOT FOR LOVE by Melissa Foster is book 7 in The Bradens & Montgomerys: Pleasant Hill – Oak Falls Series. This is the story of Nick Braden and Trixie Jericho. I have read the previous books (Loved them!) but I did feel this can be a standalone book if you wish to do so. Trixie and Nick have been friends for a while. Nick offers to help her with her Miniature Horse ideal which leads them to be closely working together. This leads Trixie to start to work at taking things with their relationship to the next level although Nick is somewhat resistant. Ms. Foster’s books are out of this world in the story telling. I start reading her books and I am grabbed into the book. Loved them and this book. I do recommend them for sure!
I have been waiting for Tricia and Nick’s book. It did not disappoint. Watching their relationship grow throughout the other books in the The Bradens & Montgomerys: Pleasant Hill – Oak Falls series. It was great to read this friends to lovers book. Their chemistry has been coming off the pages in the other books and in Hot For Love, it was surreal. “If it’s meant to be, it’ll be.”
It was also nice to catch up with some of the other characters.
LOVE IN BLOOM novels feature alpha male heroes and smart, empowered women. They’re flawed, funny, passionate, and relatable to readers who enjoy contemporary romance and women’s fiction.
Blurb:
Trixie Jericho is on a mission to start her own miniature horse business. She’s sick of being told her idea is cute and wants nothing more than to be taken seriously. When rancher and sought-after freestyle horse trainer Nick Braden offers an opportunity she can’t refuse, Trixie jumps on it. The problem is, she also wants to jump on him, but the bullheaded, big-muscled, motorcycle-riding cowboy doesn’t mix business with pleasure. Little does he know, Trixie has never backed down from a challenge, especially one she wants more than her next breath. Saddle up, big boy, because this boot-stompin’, risk-taking, Daisy Duke-wearing cowgirl isn’t afraid to play dirty.
Hot for Love is the seventh book in the Braden & Montgomery series by Melissa Foster. The story focuses on the characters Trixie Jericho and Nick Braden who we’ve met in previous books. Trixie Jericho loves with all of her being. She loves her family albeit her annoying brothers, her friends and her life in general, but she is feeling a little bit stifled when it comes to going for her dreams of being an animal therapist and opening up her own miniature horse therapy business. But she has the support of Nick Braden, her best guy friend and overall hottie. The only issue is that she has feelings for him, and Nick hasn’t shown her anything but friendly interest.
Nick Braden is a hardworking man with simple needs. He loves working on his farm with his animals, doing his stunts with his horses and has unrequited feelings for Trixie who has friend-zoned him. He’s reluctant to make a move on Trixie, not only because of his friendship with her but also because of hurts in his past.
This was another wonderfully written book by Melissa Foster. The slow burn but intense heat from Trixie and Nick kept you turning the pages. We’re left guessing if Trixie will melt Nick’s heart or whether he will be open to love, even though we know he ‘loves’ Trixie. Will Trixie’s business make it off the ground? All is going to be revealed in this beautiful and romantic story.
I also love the cast of other characters that make themselves known in this book, from family to friends, everyone has a story and a part to play in getting Trixie and Nick together! The book is full of passion, chemistry, fun and lots of animals (which always makes for a good read!). If you’re a new reader or an old reader of Melissa Foster, you’re going to love this book!
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Like every Melissa Foster book, I adored this! Trixie and Nick were perfect. I can’t wait to read what Melissa writes next!
This is new book from Melissa Foster is one I didn’t know I needed. She filled it with humor, tender moments, lots & lots of passion, and love. Nick & Trixie, or should I say, #TEAMNIXIE, were just the perfect match. They have been the best of friends for years. Now, they are about to cross over into the next lane of lovers. It is scary & exhilarating all at once! And, true of a Melissa Foster story, she brings in their family & friends to these two along the path of their HEA. Thank you Melissa Foster for another wonderful story. Looking forward to the next one. Hoping that Travis & his little girl get a story. And, you have me wondering if Jax’s story will have him matched with the bride!!!!
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Let’s talk about “Hot For Love by Melissa Foster”.
Every single time I finished reading a book from Melissa I wonder how is her writing process, because the amount of details and information regarding a relevant matter that she pours in the story is extraordinaire. I’m always in awe and I love that in the end I’m happy with the story but also I feel like I learned something too. Anyway, this is Nick Braden’s and his long-time lady best friend Trixie Jericho’s story, and it’s oooh so steamy, smart, full of banter, with strong and lovable characters.
Nick and Trix understood each other in another level, they’re in another wavelength when compared to every other human being. When all her brothers are making fun of her new business idea of opening a miniature therapy horse facility, Nick jumps at her life in an incredible supportive way. When people say that actions speak louder than words, it’s true and it’s Nick’s moto. He might be grumpy, broody or whatever, but dear lord, may I order on Nick to go, please? I love him so much!
Trixie is another force to be reckoned with. That girl is strong, fierce and challenges Nick at every turn. I loved that despite her family, she wanted to create a legacy of her own. And may I say? Now I really want to have a mini horse! They are so freakin’ cute! Although I love her, at the beginning I was really annoyed with her, I hate when “people” force others to open up or tell their secrets and she did that to Nick I was ready to scream “back off, girl”! Anyway, her strategy worked in the end, so who am I to say?
As usual, another must read from Melissa. With the end of this book she brought swoony effect to a new high. Sigh. If anyone find a real life Nick around, let me know!
4.25 stars–HOT FOR LOVE is the seventh instalment in Melissa Foster’s contemporary, adult THE BRADENS & MONTGOMERY: PLEASANT HILL-OAK FALLS erotic, romance series –a spin off and companion to several of the author’s other series. This is rancher Patricia ‘Trixie’ Jericho, and thirty-one year old, freestyle horse trainer / rancher Nick Braden’s story line. HOT FOR 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 (Nick and Trixie) HOT FOR LOVE follows the best friends to lovers romance between rancher Trixie Jericho, and thirty-one year old, freestyle horse trainer and rancher Nick Braden. Trixie Jericho has plans to own and operate a miniature horse centre in her home town of Oak Falls, Virginia of which her horses would become therapy animals for hospitals, nursing homes, sick children, as well as birthday parties and fun. Trixie has asked her best friend Nick Braden to help with acquiring and training the miniature horses in Pleasant Hill, Maryland, placing her in the direct line of fire while she lives with our hero for up to one month. Nick Braden doesn’t do relationships, and struggles with the demons from his past. Always considered the glue that held together his family in the face of loss and adversity, Nick’s heart and emotions have been fractured but for the love he feels for his best friend Trix. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Trixie and Nick, and the potential fall-out as Trixie’s time with Nick comes to a close.
Nick Braden battles between head and heart refusing to cross the proverbial line between friendship and love. Years earlier, the family was torn apart by the death of a friend, a death that sent Nick’s siblings in different directions. Never giving love a chance, Nick has harbored feelings for Trixie but refuses to lose his best friend in the wake of a love affair gone bad. Trixie Jericho has loved Nick Braden for as long as she can remember but believes Nick is too busy with the ‘buckle bunnies’ on the rodeo circuit. Sitting on the sidelines watching the women throw themselves at the man that she loves, our heroine takes matters into her own hands in an effort to prove he is worthy of her love.
The relationship between Nick and Trixie is a best friend to lovers romance wherein Nick struggles with what happened years before, and the possibility of losing the friendship with our story line heroine. Trixie believes Nick is the man that she will always love but Trixie knows that Nick struggles with the demons from his past. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and energetic secondary and supporting characters including Nick’s sibling Beau and Charlotte, Jillian, Jax, Graham and Morgyn, Zev and Carly, and their parents Clint and Lily; Trixie’s siblings Jeb, Trace and Brindle, Shane, JJ, as well as their parents Nancy and Waylon, as well as Dr. Jon Butterscotch, miniature horses breeder Travis Helms, Trixie’s friend Lindsay, and several cameos and appearances from characters found throughout the author’s numerous series.
HOT FOR LOVE is a story of family, friendships, relationships and love; loss, grief, acceptance and moving forward. The premise is inviting and realistic; the romance is flirty, sexy and spicy; the characters are sensitive, animated and energetic. HOT FOR LOVE is another wonderful addition to Melissa Foster’s The Bradens & Montgomerys: Pleasant Hill-Oak Falls.
Nick Braden and Trixie Jericho. They’ve known each other for years, and even though they live two hours apart, they have become good friends. Nick doesn’t do relationships and Trixie has goals of her own. They both have strong families and they each love their life. And yet, can you see where this is going??? While the outcome may be predictable (who doesn’t want a HEA), author Melissa Foster uses her first-rate storytelling to bring you in and keep you turning pages. I shed some tears, laughed out loud, and really enjoyed visiting the Braden’s again. Nick and Trixie are special. Jump in and enjoy the rides – there are horses involved!
I loved this book! Trixie has a dream of opening a business where she uses miniature horses in therapy. But her brother’s just laugh at her idea. Nick steps in and offers to help her. These two have been friends for so long but things have changed. Trixie has had a crush on Nick for so long. Nick is finally seeing her as something other than a friend. Sparks fly around these two! I loved everything that Nick does for Trixie to help her get her business going. Loved how he finally let’s his walls down for her as well. This is an amazing book and I would recommend it to anyone who loves love and happily ever afters!
Trixie and Nick’s story just grabbed me from the beginning. I loved that they are best friends since forever then when their relationship shifts, Nick falls hard for her. And their chemistry was wow! It was hot. The title really reflects their story to the tea.
If you love romance with all of the feels, you don’t want to miss this one.
Trixie and Nick have been in the making for a long time now. Any regular reader of MF books know that the two of them have been on a collision course to each other for awhile. Now that it has happened I can fully breathe. Trixie in her own right was sexy, sassy, strong, determined, independent, and a dream for Nick. The antics unleashed by Trixie were well worth the wait to see them put into action on Nick.
Nick. Trixie. Miniature horses. Motorcycle. Risk. Saddle. And all this must not forget super short shorts.
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that something extra was added
Overall 5 out of 5 stars
Performance 5 out of 5 stars
Story 5 out of 5 stars
Trixie and Nick have been in the making for a long time now. Any regular reader of MF books know that the two of them have been on a collision course to each other for awhile. That day just over a year ago was the turning point for Nick. He was able to see well beyond any boundaries that he erected, but not fully able to move past them. Trixie was everything that he could have desired in a woman, a partner, a lover. Trixie in her own right was sexy, sassy, strong, determined, independent, and a dream for Nick. She had to push to get what she wanted even if she had to phrase it as something other. The antics unleashed by Trixie were well worth the wait to see them put into action on Nick. Nick had his moments of romance. He had his moments of just plain blindness or maleness.
Nick took his time opening up to the possibilities of a future, a love, and a life with someone outside of the little world he built for himself. While at the same time no fully realizing that he had let Trixie in a long time ago. Nick has been her hero/protector/ideal for a long time. She just could not find it in herself to move on to someone else.
Melissa Foster (MF) makes a way to have you involved in the world that she has created with the family, friends, communities, and so much more. Each time I begin a new story I feel like I am there right along with the other characters.
Nick. Trixie. Miniature horses. Motorcycle. Risk. Saddle. And all this must not forget super short shorts.
Savannah and Aiden are very welcome additions to making this romance come to life. I loved very much hearing Nick’s ‘darlin’. It for me added that something extra. Its one thing to read it but hearing it took it to a new level. Thank you Savannah and Aiden for your contributions to an already perfect read for me. You made that read work while in travel.
Melissa Foster knows how to steal your heart with her beautiful heartfelt and sexy stories.
I have been waiting for Nicks story for ages and absolutely adored it. Definately my favourite of this series so far. The perfect friends to lovers romance. Highly emotional charged read. Plenty of laugh out load moments, beautiful tender moments and a whole lot of sexy times too. Trixie was the perfect woman to break down the walls of Nicks heart. She was fierce, independent and loved with her whole heart. Nick was the swoonworthy, gruff hero but underneath all that had a heart of gold.
They were a perfect match.
Melissa is a romance Queen and I love her perfect magical worlds she creates.