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 collection. Love in Bloom novels are written to stand alone or may be enjoyed as part of the larger series, so dive right into this fun, sexy romance featuring Graham Braden’s … Braden’s business partner, Knox Bentley!
In MAKING YOU MINE…
Knox Bentley never liked the pomp and circumstance that came with being wealthy. He’d distanced himself from his pretentious family and their fortune as a young adult and found his own path to success. But even with the world at his fingertips, he realizes something is missing, and after a long stay overseas, he finally knows exactly what it is. His no-strings-attached hookups with Aubrey Stewart, an exquisite and stubbornly independent blonde, are no longer enough for him. They connect on every level, but Aubrey is a fierce businesswoman with a new movie channel on the horizon and no time for much else. She is the deal he can’t close, the precious jewel even his billions can’t buy. Now that he’s back in the States, he’s determined to show her that what they have goes beyond the bedroom and finally make her his.
Love in Bloom novels feature alpha male heroes and sexy, empowered women. They’re flawed, funny, passionate, and relatable to readers who enjoy contemporary romance and women’s fiction. For avid readers of the Love in Bloom series, you may have met sexy and hilarious Knox Bentley, Graham Braden’s business partner, in Trails of Love, and Aubrey Stewart, one of the badass billionaire founders of the Ladies Who Write (LWW), in Anything for Love.
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
Our Wicked Hearts
Summer of Love
Hot for Love
Claiming Her Heart
Sweet Sexy Hearts
Winter of Love
“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!” New York Times Bestselling Author Brenda Novak
“With her wonderful characters and resonating emotions, Melissa Foster is a must-read author!” New York Times 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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I adored this book! Loved Aubrey and Knox in the Ladies Who Write World highly recommend!
A sexy, romantic, and fun new story in the Ladies Who Write World!! Aubrey and Knox are amazing – I enjoyed every moment of their love story!
I received a complimentary ARC – early release copy of this book in Kindle format from the author for review purposes.
This is part of series about the Brayden’s and Montgomery family and their friends. This is Knox and Aubrey. Knox is Graham Braden’s business partner and Aubrey is friends with many of the women in this series. More importantly she is making a movie about Charlotte and Beau’s love story who started this whole series.
Aubrey is a strong and high powered woman with ambition and no time for drama. Knox is a hot billionaire who travels the world doing good and making deals and money. He and A have had a casual thing for 2 years but he wants more and well he has it tough convincing A to give him a date.
He uses his family connections and A’s desire for Charlotte’s movie to try and get her to date and spend time with him outside of bed. As always with a Melissa Foster story, its very insta love and I was okay with that as both characters have a long history with each other and lots of friends in common.
I also loved meeting Knox’s family and getting to know his sister Paige. I also really loved A’s family and hope her brothers get stories too. This is a fast paced romance with a wonderful ending.
Melissa Foster captivated me with this story from start to finish because it was steamy, swoon worthy and full of heart. Knox and Aubrey have this undeniable chemistry and I think they are a great match. I love how Knox won’t back down because he knows he can’t live without her. Once Aubrey stops getting in her own way, magic happens and this couple is unstoppable. Knox could make me his any day!
Tracey, Life Reads With Friends Book Blog
AUDIOBOOK REVIEW
I loved this second chance romance! Ok I don’t even know if you can call it that.
Aubrey and Knox have had a no relationship “relationship” but when Knox gets feelings for her how will he make her see what they have between them?
I loved the way he worked for it. Truly inspirational and romantic to see.
#audiobookobsession
I’m not sure how Melissa Foster does it, but yet again she’s come up with a story that just pulls you in. This was a book that I couldn’t put down. I read the whole thing in one setting because I just had to know what would happen next. A great thing about all of these books is that you can read them as stand alone and you don’t feel like you’re missing anything. Knox and Aubrey are two of the toughest, sharpest, hardest working people in the business world, but that left them with a big hole in their personal lives. Knox is a man after my own heart. He refused to give up even when Aubrey did her best to push him away. The sub stories in this book really got to me. To see both of their family dynamics and realize how much of an affect they had on Knox and Aubrey’s feelings about relationship. It’s STEAMY is parts. Definitely one you’ll want to read!
Making You Mine will have you falling in love with love! There’s no way to fight the chemistry in this book, so sit back and enjoy the pages. Knox and Aubrey are two equally stubborn characters, which makes for a fantastic romance. I loved getting to watch as they truly get to know one another, outside of the bedroom, although don’t get me wrong, there’s plenty of steamy scenes behind closed doors! Knox’s family was the highlight of the book for me, and I enjoyed the character growth as well. A wonderful addition to the series, and I can’t wait for the next book to come out!
‘Making You Mine’ is the fifth book in the ‘Braden and Montgomery Pleasant Hill and Oak Falls’ series by Melissa Foster, and I was given a copy in exchange for an honest review.
This book is about Aubrey Stewart and Knox Bentley, two business driven singletons, that can’t help continuing to hook up with one another. After some helpful meddling, they always appear to attend the same business events, and always end up catching one another’s attention.
Aubrey is very cautious, she has worked hard to forge her career, and does not want to be the stereotypical woman who ‘falls for a man and gives up everything’. This thought has held her back in love, and she doesn’t dedicate a lot of time to relationships.
Knox is equally as driven and does not give much away in the beginning of just how successful he is. He has always strived to be independent from his family, forging his own way, and making his own goals. He is very much a lone wolf, like Aubrey, but he can’t help but be attracted to how inspirational and motivated she is.
But when after two years, Knox attempts to prove to Aubrey that they can be just as successful as a couple, as they are at hooking up, will it all backfire?
This book is full of chemistry and sweet moments, that you can’t help but wish for Knox to be in your life! He is very attentive, and when he’s set his sights on something, he’s very much ‘all in’. Him and Aubrey together are like their very own little pack and I loved it.
As always, Foster enables you to fully become a part of her fictional world, by enabling you to get to know the Bentley’s and the Stewart’s, and I absolutely love the relationship Aubrey has with her two football playing brothers.
Knox has had a very different kind of upbringing, but The way he looks out for both of his siblings is incredibly admirable.
This book was the perfect romantic read for a cosy night in, and had me swooning over yet another amazing book boyfriend. Foster just simply knows what women want!
Making You Mine is the perfect read for all romance lovers, and can be read as a stand-alone, or as part of this expanding series. Once you start reading a Melissa Foster book, I can guarantee that you will not be able to stop! They are utterly romantic and totally swoon worthy!
This is the 5th book in this phenomenal series and is Knox and Aubrey’s story. This is a beautifully written story which is heartfelt, emotional, sweet, humorous, and an entertaining love story. I was totally captivated throughout this epic love story, and I highly recommend this gifted authors’ work for all readers.
This story was a little twist on the typical who falls first, whereas it was the man that fell first this time and he had to win her over which I loved. Knox and Aubrey have been hooking up after different events for the last two years but something has changed in Knox and he knows that the person he wants to spend the rest of his nights, and days, with is Aubrey…now he just has to convince her that she feels the same way.
Aubrey is a hard worker and feels she needs to put everything else on the back-burner so she isn’t distracted by anything, she is a very successful women but she needs to live a little and that is exactly what Knox has in store for her .
I absolutely LOVED Knox and I think everyone would like a little bit of him in their lives. He is a sex god but more than that he knows how to treat a woman. I loved their getting to know one another moments as well as their intimate ones. There was a little angst but nothing that wasn’t quickly resolved.
This, as with all of Melissa Foster’s books, can be read as a standalone even though you may see characters from previous books. I would recommend all of her books because they are just that good, she’s one of my favorite authors for a reason!
Happy Reading!!!
Aubrey Stewart is s super powerful business woman with so many things to do that a day is not enough. For two years she has been on a on and off “relatioship” with Knox Bentley, but only she does not see that… Knox is head over heels in love with Aubrey and in hopes to convice her to finally give in he persuade her to help to find the perfect place to film a new movie for her friend and company.
This book is like a meeting with old friends! You will read about characters in the other books of The Bradens and The Montgomerys and it is so good! Knox and Aubrey are sexy couple with so many great scenes and blanter between them, she is smart and fast thinking and he is patient and so sweet with her. They are a powerful couple and the writing is so great that you will not put the book away until the last page.
I loved it!
I don’t think Melissa can do no wrong with her books. Though I do wonder how she remembers all of her characters and keeps them straight. I do love that you can pick up any book of hers and start reading it and not feel like you missed a lot of background info. I also like that Melissa doesn’t make the conflict in her books last very long. Aubrey is a woman on a mission and that does not include a man. Knox comes to a decision to bring aubrey out of her one way mission. This book is another fun, funny, sexy and all heart book.
*I received a free copy of this book via the author and am voluntarily leaving a review.*
Making You Mine is the fifth title in The Bradens & Montgomerys: Pleasant Hills – Oak Falls series, featuring Aubrey and Knox. For anyone who is familiar with this series and other titles by Melissa Foster, many side characters appear within this storyline that you will recognize.
Melissa Foster has a knack of crafting characters that are quite relatable, as is the case with Knox and Aubrey. She’s an independent workaholic, who is driven and determined to succeed. Knox is sweet, charming, sexy and can be quite stubborn.
The chemistry between this pair is undeniable, and the love scenes are plentiful. As with many of Ms Foster’s titles strong themes of family and friendship flow throughout this title.
Knox Bentley completely stole my heart. Making You Mine is perfection from the very start and will have you swooning over Knox, Aubrey and their relationship.
Their story was fun, beautiful and nothing short of perfection. Knox is tired of just hooking up with Aubrey after events, especially after two years. Aubrey doesn’t want more, she doesn’t have the time. She is an independent woman and doesn’t need a man by her side. However, Knox is persistent and doesn’t back down easily.
The chemistry between these two was fantastic from the start and I only grew to love it as the story continued. Like the two of them, I couldn’t stay away from the story. I was addicted.
The secondary characters in this story were also fantastic and added so much to their relationship and the story. Aubrey’s family was hilarious and protective of her. Knox’s family was different but also still loveable, especially his two siblings, Paige and Landon.
Making You Mine is a swoony, sweet, steamy story that is perfection from the very start and a MUST READ!
4.25 stars–MAKING YOU MINE is the fifth instalment in Melissa Foster’s contemporary, adult The Bradens and Montgomerys: Pleasant Hill-Oak Falls erotic, romance series. This is wealthy business owner Knox Bentley, and business woman Aubrey Stewart’s story line MAKING YOU MINE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines and series is revealed where necessary. THE BRADENS AND MONTGOMERY: Pleasnt Hill-Oak Falls series is a spin off from several of the author’s other ongoing series.
Told from dual third person perspectives (Knox and Aubrey) MAKING YOU MINE follows the building romance and relationship between ‘friends with benefits’ wealthy business owner Knox Bentley, and business woman Aubrey Stewart. Aubrey Stewart is all about the success of the Ladies Who Write, an enterprise she co-owns with best friends Presley Cabot and Libby Warren, but sacrificing love is the least of her worries. Business owner Knox Bentley is hoping for something more from his two year, no strings attached / friends with benefits relationship with Aubrey Stewart, a relationship in which Aubrey refuses to see beyond the convenience of $ex. A trip to scout out a location for an upcoming movie, finds Aubrey and Knox stranded in a snow storm, battling their attraction, of which Aubrey struggles to accept or deny. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Aubrey and Knox, and the potential fall-out as Knox’s need to fix everything and everyone backfires for the two of the people he loves the most.
Aubrey Stewart doesn’t do relationship but her two year ‘affair’ with Knox Bentley is just that-a monogamous relationship with a man who is the personification of the perfect man. A week together ‘scouting’ the location at the Monroe House, finds our couple taking their no strings attached relationship to the next level, a level that turns into something more. Knox Bentley wants it all: the happy family, wife, children and more but the woman that calls to his heart refuses to accept their relationship beyond the present. Know has an ‘in’ with the owners of Monroe House, an ‘in’ that pushes the boundaries for our leading couple.
The relationship between Aubrey and Knox is a friends with benefits relationship wherein our couple find themselves together at numerous events. Aubrey is determined to remain single in an effort to focus on the business and her friends, but heart wins the battle when Knox offers Audrey something more. The $ex scenes are intimate, passionate and intense without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
There is a large ensemble cast of colorful secondary and supporting characters including many of the author’s characters from previous instalments and cross-over series. We are introduced to Knox’s family: brother Landon, and sister Paige, as well as their parents Griffin and Elizabeth Bentley ; chef Leon and his wife Joyce; Aubrey’s brothers Troy and Joe, and their parents Hammond and Debra; and Aubrey’s best friends Presley Cabot ,Libby Warren, and Charlotte Sterling.
MAKING YOU MINE is a story of determination and acceptance; family and friendships; romance and love. The premise is stirring ; the romance is sensual and spicy; the characters are energetic and strong but I read several chapters before I was able to warm up to Aubrey Stewart –her attitude about relationships was distracting and detracted from my overall enjoyment.
Another great read from Melissa Foster. After finishing this I decided that I really need to find time to go through the entire series because it would seem I’m missing out on a lot of fun books.
Knox and Aubrey were explosive together. I loved that he wouldn’t give up on her and was willing to do just about anything to break through her walls.
The banter was funny, chemistry off the charts and the side characters gave this story additional flare.
Loved it and I can’t wait to start the next one in the series.
***Review copy requested and reviewed on behalf of OMGReads Blog***
MAKING YOU MINE by Melissa Foster is book 5 in The Bradens & Montgomerys: Pleasant Hill – Oak Falls Series. This is the story of Aubrey Stewart and Knox Bentley. I have read the previous book (Loved it!) but feel you can make this a standalone book if you wish to do so.
Knox although was from a well off family wanted to create his own wealth and life. Now that he has settled that and is successful in his own right there is still something missing. Knox starts to know that missing ingredient is Aubrey. Aubrey and Know have been for a about 2 years being just friends with benefits of sorts. No commitments but just having a hot time together. But Knox knows that he wants more from her now. Aubrey is all about building her career and proving herself which leaves her with no time for any sort of relationship…just her short encounters with Knox is all she has time for it seems. But is it time to change some focus on something other than work? I loved their story. I am a huge fan of this author’s writing…a must read for me.
I must say at first I didn’t like Aubrey AT ALL~ I was yelling for Knox to RUN!!! I mean the two of them are scorching hot together (let me tell you – you may need some way of fanning yourself because these two together are SIZZLING!) but when Knox decides he wants more than their usual hookups… Aubrey was ready to run and run fast.
Knox is charming, sexy, cocky and patient as hell. Aubrey can fell that things are changing but she’s always been so focused on her career, she just never expected that she would be able to open up to more.
As the story progresses and Aubrey’s walls start to fall, these two together are so much fun and I really loved tagging along on their love story.
Another great read from Melissa. The Bradens and Montgomerys are my addiction and I can’t wait for the next love story to hit my kindle.
Book 5 in The Bradens & Montgomery’s: Pleasant Hill – Oak Falls Series and this is Knox Bentley and Aubrey Stewart’s story and boy do they have a tale to tell.
Aubrey needs to find the perfect Inn for the upcoming movie the LWW (Lady’s Who Write) are planing to shot. Knox knows just the place problem is it’s his family home and he doesn’t always see eye to eye with them but he is determined to get the woman he has been hooking up with for the past 2 years just what she needs but what will Aubrey think when she finds out who really owns the Inn, will the secrets Knox has kept tear this couple apart………….
This book has all the feels, characters with sizzling chemistry and who also share plenty of witty banter, a swoon worthy hero with a strong sassy heroine add to this entertaining read. I loved everything about this book and I can’t wait for the next book in the series because whenever I pick up one if this authors books I feel like I’m coming home and catching up with friends.
Steamy in-depth romance
There is so much chemistry and hotness, that this book is incendiary
This book right here is EVERYTHING that I love about hot and steamy romances. Melissa Foster has given us all the feels in her book about two highly successful people who want nothing more than a casual relationship, from the hot sex through to the passionate and loving kisses.
Knox Bentley and Aubrey Stewart are both independent and strong, each believing they are living life on their own terms, never believing that they will find love with a significant other like their friends and family have. After two years of hooking up, Knox realises he needs more. Only a total alpha, comfortable in his male-ness would admit to the deep and meaningful feelings he has for the woman in his life, and I fell in love with him from the first page when he began his endeavour in earnest. He wanted more with the hugely successful and ambitious Aubrey Stewart and he’s not going to stop until he gets it. He is more than her equal on all levels, and he won’t do anything to stifle Aubrey or rein her in.
Only thing is, she doesn’t want a bar of it, because in her industry she’s seen it all, and it never ends well. Aubrey wants things to stay as they are, and my heart stuttered as her resistant attitude towards Knox almost bordered on callous. She did, however, find his sexy aura hard to resist, and she was more than happy to indulge in his teenage fantasy, a la cellar sex – and wow, that was hot, and oh so romantic. Ms Foster’s profound writing style hits into the hearts of our main characters and the love that Knox feels for Aubrey fair vibrated off the virtual pages of my kindle app!!
Making You Mine is the total package!!! I loved it! 5 Stars