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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This novel gets really steamy in parts–but it is from the love between two people who have been friends for years. They share the love of horses–he is a rodeo cowboy and she–well she has had her heart set on this particular cowboy forever–not that he knew it.
You are going to love how they both love animals–all animals really and are always taking care of them and loving on them. But they are both stubborn and bull headed and she doesn’t give him a break!! You will find yourself chuckling and cheering her on!
There is a definite happily ever after where two souls become one!
I really enjoyed the characters in this story. It was a wonderful crossing of the Braden & Jericho families. The slow build up between Nick & Trixie made eager to keep reading. Everyone could see what was going on, except the two principals.
This is actually one of those books that I stayed up all night to read. I was so interested in Nick and his history, especially with his family, that I couldn’t stop myself. I think there is still more to his story, but I did like how it took him time to work through his issues. They weren’t just solved and everything is hunky dunky. And Trixie could see he was trying, but still holding back. I’m not so sure I would have been as patient as she was. She is a take charge person so for her to sit back and let him work through things at his pace had to be incredibly hard for her.
Even though Nick is the strong, tough cowboy, it’s Trixie who truly shows the strength. She gently guides him to confronting his issues, while putting together a new business. I love seeing such a strong female lead. It is inspiring that women can do anything.
This was a steamy, well-written book. Trixie and Nick have been friends for years, but could there be more? Once I started reading the book I couldn’t stop and I didn’t want it to end. I enjoyed this book and look forward to reading more books by this author.
“Don’t you dare change a think about yourself. You hear me? You’re nothing like those girls. You’ve got dirt on your boots, county in your roots, and more brains than all of them put together.”
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Hot for Love is a sexy and fun small town, friends to lovers romance.
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Nick, a gruff and grumpy cowboy who would rather be around his animals than other humans, with the exception of one beautiful cowgirl who has been under his skin since he met her. Trixie, a strong and fierce cowgirl has had eyes for Nick forever but she is ready to give up on more than just friends until she tells him about her therapy horse business she wants to start and he offers for her to move in with him to get her business off the ground.
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Nick and Trixie are hot, steamy, exciting and so much fun. I could picture being on the ranch with all of the animals while reading. I enjoyed getting the updates on some favourite characters. Melissa Foster always knows how to take you on an emotional ride while reading her books. I do not think there is a book that I have not had tears in my eyes at some point during the book. #TEAMNIXIE
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“You wanted the fairy tale, darlin’, and I don’t know much about fairy tales, but I know this. There’s no greater love than the one we’re building, and nobody deserves to have their dream come true more than you.”
Wow what a great book. This story was explosive and wonderful, I don’t think any thing else would have done Nick and Trixie story justice. Their journey from friends to lovers really makes it hard to close the book. This is one of those books that keeps you hooked and you just can’t stop reading. Loved it and I highly recommend it!
Trixie wants to start a business using miniature horses as therapy animals. Her brothers laugh at everything she tries to do, so she’s not sure anyone else will take her seriously. No one except, Nick, that is. He’s her friend and has even become her biggest supporter of getting her business off the ground. Nick is a horse trainer, so when he offers to help her, she takes him up on that offer.
Nick and Trixie’s chemistry is off the charts! I love the way they interacted with each other. He was so supportive of her and a girl can’t help but enjoying the jealous part of him when she went jogging with another man!
Sweet, hot and very “real” characters in this story, which had me captivated from the beginning!!
I am all in for Team Nixie! Why is it that everytime I read one of Melissa Foster’s books, I find a new favorite couple? It is because she is a gifted writer that takes her characters and listens to them for their story. This is the story of Nick and Trixie, and is a friends to lovers romance. Nick is a “bullheaded, big-muscled, motorcycle riding cowboy”. Trixie is a “boot-stompin’, risk taking, Daisy Duke-wearing cowgirl”. That should get you to read this book with just that, but I will continue. Their story is very emotional, but at the same time is funny and sizzling hot. Taking that and add in cute miniature therapy horses, this book gets 5+ stars from me. I absolutely loved this book!
Nick is one of my favorite Braden men! He has been friends with Trixie for years and has offered to help her as she wants to start a miniature horse therapy program. Trixie’s brothers have teased her about this for a while so she was so grateful to have Nick’s help. Little did she know that her hardest job would be to get Nick to open up to her. This is such a great addition to this series!
Love this book! I love how Trixie Jericho stays true to what she wants for her business no matter what her brothers say. She knows she can make a significant impact on peoples lives and she’s bound and determined to make it a reality. She has her best friend and definite crush Nick Braden to help her. He’s always there to protect and support Trixie no matter what. But can he be the man she needs him to be when it comes to love? Nick watched and supported his brothers when they went through hell. Nick isn’t looking to get into a relationship and definitely not having his heart involved. But Trixie isn’t going to give up on Nick. At the start of their “relationship” Nick was a bit of a jerk with Trixie because he was trying so hard to keep his heart out of it. I’m so happy that Trixie kept nudging/pushing Nick away from that behavior.
Get ready for some SIZZLE!!!
The characters in the latest Melissa Foster release “Hot for Love” have sparks from the beginning and they just get bigger and hotter until they ignite!
Trixie Jericho is your rough and tumble cowgirl who works hard on her family’s ranch but her dream is to open a therapeutic horse ranch with miniature horses. When she talks about it around her friends and family – some make fun (her brother’s) but her friend’s support her.
Nick Braden, stunt rider, horseman who lives in Maryland has been visiting Oak Falls especially the Jericho Ranch. Nick offers Trixie some of his connections he has with miniature horse breeders, a place to stay and work with the horses until she gets set up in Oak Falls.
These two are best friends, add a little flirting, watch the sparks ignite, sizzling Hot!
#Team Nixie all the way!
This book was beyond exceptional. I’ve been waiting for Trixie’s story and it was so worth the wait. Total page turner and can’t put down read. There is so much love and chemistry between these two characters you can practically feel it jumping off the page.
Trixie grew up being the only girl with a house full of brothers. She loves them and would do anything for them, but she also wishes they would support her where she wants the support most. Trixie wants to open her own business. A miniature horse therapy business. All she is looking for is support from her brothers in her new endeavor.
Nick is a rancher, and the long-time crush of Trixie’s. These two are good friends and Trixie often stays at Nick’s house when she’s in town.
Nick likes his privacy. He lives alone with his dogs and his ranch animals. He doesn’t invite people over and prefers the quiet, except for when Trixie is in town. He loves having Trixie staying with him at his place, as he has had a crush on her since the 1st day he laid eyes on her. So, when Trixie plans to start her new business and needs help, Nick is first to jump at being the person to help and support her. Nick and Trixie decide that Trixie is going to stay in Nick’s house for a month while she does the leg work to start her business.
Will a month long stay with the hot Nick Braden, will business be all that goes on on Nick’s ranch? Or will Trixie or Nick finally tell the other of they’re feelings for the other?
There’s so much I want to say but I will only leave you with the above description as I don’t want to spoil it for you. You will not be disappointed. This is a must read!
Wow another hit from Melissa Foster. Nick Braden and Trixie Jericho’s story checked all the boxes. I don’t like leaving reviews that have spoiler alerts, but this is one hot story and Trixie is nothing but bull headed and one minded when it comes to breaking through to the man she has secretly loved for years, Nick Braden. If you haven’t read any of the Braden books, you can read this as a stand alone, but my advice, read them all! Heck, just start picking up Melissa Foster’s book! You will not be dissatisfied. Melissa does it again will be something you find your reviews saying over and over!
I received a free copy of Hot For Love if I would leave an honest review, and honestly, Melissa Foster does it again! The chemistry between Nick and Trixie is off the charts! Extremely sexy friends to lovers romance that will melt your heart!
Nick and Trixie have been crushing on each other forever thinking that it is not reciprocated. After Trixie’s brothers tease her about the miniature horse therapy business she is determined to open, Nick gets all protective of her and invites her to stay with him while she gets her business up and running. This is the perfect set up for two of the most stubborn people you will ever meet, who challenge each other at every turn, need to realize how much in love with each other they truly are.
Nick feels that love brings destruction because when tragedy struck his family and two of his brothers took off, he felt he had to be strong for the rest of his family. Because of this has built up some pretty tall walls around his heart. Trixie is determined to knock down those walls and show him love is not destructive and what it is like to be loved.
At first Nick may not be able to say how he truly feels or realize what he is feeling, but shows his emotions in all the things does for Trixie, champagne in the barn, romantic picnics to actually having family over to his house (which is huge for this private cowboy) you can see his walls coming down and fall in love with him!
One of the things I love about Melissa’s books is how characters you fell in met and fell in love with in other books make appearances. She does this beautifully in this book! Whether this is the first book you read of hers or you have been a fan for a long time, you will enjoy new characters and wanting to know their story and catching up with previous characters that you are already familiar with, and seeing what they are doing with their lives.
I’m a Melissa Foster newbie and I know I’m jumping right into the middle of a family series. However, she doesn’t make it hard to do just that and not be lost. Trixie Jericho’s story is just that, her story with one hot cowboy she has known most of her life, Nick Braden.
While Trixie is getting ready to start a new business and venture out on her own she gets some guidance from Nick. Nick who has experience training horses offers to lend Trixie a hand. Trixie has always had a crush on Nick but she knows how closed off he can be. Nick well he is one stubborn cowboy who is so afraid to give his heart away. These two begin to work on starting Trixie’s business and as each day goes by Nick’s walls start to come down. But when they both get spooked by their past and the future I’m not sure their HOT LOVE will allow them to rise off in the sunset.
Pick up Melissa Foster’s Hot for Love. You can start at the beginning of the series or just jump right in with this book.
Trixie Jericho and Nick Braden have been best friends for a long time. Nick has been the rock in his family for a really long time and has sworn off long-term deep relationships. He definitely feels something strong for Trixie though. Trixie however wants it all – marriage, kids and a new business – and she wants it with Nick. When he offers to help her get her business off the ground and in the process have her stay with him for a month, things begin to change. Nick can’t resist his feelings for Trixie for long. This is a great friends to lovers book and Nick is a great guy who just needed to unlock his heart.
Another great story from Melissa Foster…Nick and Trixie (fanning myself) are wonderful characters in Hot For Love and “hot” is the key word. I loved everything about this book. I also love visiting with other characters from other books. As always, a great read and definitely 5 stars for me!!! <3
Hot for Love is a fantastic Best Friend’s to Lovers Romance, the 7th Book in the Bradens and Montgomery series. I was about worried when we met Nick that he was a bit too loner/alpha for me, but I needn’t have worried! Nick Braden is a Creme Egg. Hard and delicious on the outside, and soft and squishy on the inside for those he lets close enough, especially his animals, and I am in love. Trixie is the perfect woman for him, and their love story just melted my heart. They’re both stubborn and hard headed, with hearts of gold and I am so here for it. Another fantastic read by Melissa Foster.
My heart is happy after reading this. I was in a funk and not feeling well lately with life in general and then I receive my copy of Hot for Love and the world was perfect for a little while. I got lost in Nick and Trixie and completely fell in love with them. I absolutely loved how strong Trixie was and how she didn’t take no for an answer, even when it came to her family. The way Nick and Trixie connect is magical and I loved their friendship and banter and the chemistry. It’s out of this world.
Nick Braden and Trixie Jericho are best friends; however, she’s had feelings for him for years. She is the only person, other than family, that has invaded his personal space. No one outside of family stays at his ranch, except Trixie. When Trixie takes Nick up on his offer to stay with him for a month to help her get her horse therapy business off the ground, she is determined to put her crush for Nick behind her.
Nick trains horses and is a stunt rider. Since his brother’s wedding when he watched over a drunk Trixie a year ago, his feelings have change towards her. Everyone knows Nick is closed off to love due to a tragic accident that left two of his brothers heartbroken, but when he and Trixie take their friendship to the next level, the sparkles ignite! Slowly, she is tearing down the concrete wall that he’s had around his heart for years. Once he realizes how great of a couple they are, until he can say the words, he shows her by helping make her dream of owning a horse therapy business come true. When it’s time for her to return to Oak Falls, Nick must decide if a long distant relationship is really what he wants or if he will do anything to keep her with him and have the HEA he thought he’d never have.
A wonderful friends to lovers story! Nick and Trixie are a steamy couple.