Fall in love at Bayside, where sandy beaches, good friends, and true love come together in the sweet small towns of Cape Cod. Bayside Summers is a series of standalone romance novels featuring fiercely loyal heroes and sassy, empowered women. They’re fun, flirty, flawed, and easy to relate to.In Sweet Heat at Bayside… especially where beautiful and fiercely determined Serena Mallery is concerned—even when it means keeping his feelings for her to himself. Serena has always wanted more than what their small town of Wellfleet, Massachusetts has to offer, and Drake’s roots are so deeply entrenched in the Cape, it’s all he can do to watch her pack up her life and move away.
Serena has always had big dreams. As a teenager she dreamed of becoming an interior designer and marrying smart, musically inclined, sexy-as-sin Drake Savage. Now she’s finally landed a killer job with a top interior design firm, but though she has spent the last four years working side by side with Drake, he’s never made a move. Four years is long enough for her to accept reality, and her new job in Boston is the perfect way to move on.
A weak moment leads to sizzling, sensual kisses, opening a door through which they’ve both been aching to walk. But Serena’s determined not to give up her shot at the career she’s always dreamed of, and Drake has loved her for too many years to stand in her way. With true love at their fingertips and a world of unstoppable passion igniting between them, can the two star-crossed lovers find their way to their happily ever after?
About SWEET WITH HEAT novels…
Sweet with Heat books are the sweet editions of the Love in Bloom steamy romance novels by New York Times bestselling author Melissa Foster. Sweet with Heat books convey all of the passion you expect between two people in love, without any explicit scenes or harsh language.
SWEET WITH HEAT: BAYSIDE SUMMERS SERIES
Sweet Love at Bayside
Sweet Passions at Bayside
Sweet Heat at Bayside
Sweet Escape at Bayside
READY TO BINGE READ? Get your next favorite contemporary romance series here. Full-length love stories that will leave your breathless. You can count on Addison Cole for fun, flirty, and deeply emotional HEAs without any cliffhangers or unresolved issues.
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
Addison Cole is the sweet-romance pen name 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.
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Addison Cole has a winner in this book. While reading it, I would swoon through the many romantic parts, smile through the happy times, and laugh through the funny parts. It is a story of childhood crushes, to best friends, and then finally, lovers. I really like Serena. She is one strong woman, but is also as sweet as the doughnuts that she loves. Then, there is strong, sexy, protective Drake. What a wonderful pair they make, as they are both making some difficult life choices. I loved this book, and I highly recommend it. Actually, I don’t just recommend it, I consider this book a must read. You do not have to have read the first two Bayside Summers books, to enjoy this book, but I think you should, because this whole series is wonderful.
Rating: 4.5 Stars
Serena Mallery has come to the decision that a change is just what she needs. But will said change make her happy? Was it the right decision? Drake Savage isn’t pleased about something. But is he smart enough to make a change? The choices that we make can sometimes be hard but those around us can make it easier.
Our author has no trouble in getting me to laugh – she’s very good at her job when it comes to making her readers feel good. One of the secondary characters, Violet is the perfect foil for some comedic relief. It’s interesting to watch her create a romance that revolves around two friends. Friends are an integral part to our author’s story, just as they are an important part in our own lives. She’s also good at not letting those friends take over what’s going on in a scene. They have their moment but their time to shine has either come or will be around the next bend. We get to know the friends a little better without sacrificing the main story.
What’s great about this version of the Bayside Summers series is we still see the heat and frustration between friends but there’s plenty left for your imagination. One thing to note about this author is that she will never disappoint, you’ll always get a happy ending. I was made even happier when I found that my patience paid off – I’ve been wiggling in my seat waiting for one of the friends to have her own story. I also got a pleasant surprise and can’t wait to see what it’s all about. As I read her Acknowledgements, I’m slightly disappointed – or so I thought. There’s an establishment mentioned which gets my sweet tooth aching. Having a gluten allergy I don’t think that I’ll be able to visit but then I search their site and find they do have gf options. So maybe I’ll have to take this book and then go feed my sweet tooth.
I was not compensated nor was I required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.
If you’ve read any of the previous Sweet with Heat: Bayside Summers books (though not necessary to love this book) you already know Drake Savage and Serena Mallery. They are childhood friends who are now adults and are not-so-secretly in love with each other…though neither is willing to admit their true feelings though all their friends are well aware of them. Serena wants to move out of their small town on the Cape to bigger and better things and after spending the last 4 years helping “the boys” get their resort up and running as well as helping Drake get his music stores started…she has finally accepted a job in Boston in a large design firm and is moving on. Drake and the rest of her friends are devastated by her leaving but he refuses to stand in her way and feels if he tells her his true feelings, she will not follow her dreams. As the time for Serena to move away, they both become even more aware of their feelings and things finally come to a boiling point and the truth (as they are finally honest with each other) is revealed. Serena is still leaving for Boston but they both decide that they want to make their new long-distance relationship work. This is such a great love story that shows that true love is worth fighting for and you will fall in love with both Serena and Drake and their sweetness… When things start to get difficult with Serena’s new job and with the distance, some decisions have to be made. Without any spoilers, both Serena and Drake have decisions to make about their futures both with and without each other…. This is another FANTASTIC love story and you will not want to put down once you start. You will laugh and you will cry and you will want nothing more than these two to find their personal happy-ever-after…. RUN to the store and get this book!!
Sweet Heat at Bayside is the third book in in the Bayside series and is an best friend to love book. Drake and Serena have known each other since they were kids and have been secretly in love with each other. Serena has worked for Drake for 4 years and has decided it’s time to follow her career of an interior designer in Boston. Drake is supportive of Serena decision but realized how much he will miss and loves Serena. I highly recommend reading this book. Sweet Heat at Bayside explores the emotional, supportive and heartfelt relationship between Serena and Drake. I received a free copy of this book and have voluntarily choose to review it
So worth the wait!
I was looking forward for Drake and Serena to get together since I first met them in a previous book. The conflicted feelings, the want, the way they stretch the thin line between friendship and lover, the sexual tension and all the innuendos. When Drake gives in finally and kiss Serena, I was hanging in there; I could feel all the anticipation, the restlessness and I just couldn`t stop reading from there on!
Serena and Drake have secretly loved each other since their youth but never crossed the friendship zone nor ever confided their feelings towards each other. Drake always puts Serena, her needs and her dreams ahead of his own. Serena always dreamt that one day Drake would reciprocate her feelings but when her dream job is taking her away, it`s time or never to either let go or to hold on.
Such a sweet story. Drake and Serena have known each other since they were young, and here they finally get together. We are left to imagine the heat that goes on behind the scenes of this sweet story; and in my imagination it would be scorching hot! Now I want one of those Insomnia cookies, and the Chocolate Orgasm donut because just reading about them they sounded delicious. Addison Cole delivers another sweet treat.
Serena and Drake have known each other since they were kids, and Serena has been in love with Drake almost that long. Having given up on her dreams of Drake, Serena is ready to follow her career dreams and leave Bayside for Boston.
Drake never wanted Serena to give up on her dreams and goals, so he’s hidden his feelings for years. Now that Serena is leaving, will he be able to keep hiding?
Feelings come out, but will that be enough? How do two strong willed people deal with distance, work, responsibilities, families and friends? As work pulls at Serena, will she choose Drake or the career she always wanted?