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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I always walk away from a Ms.Cole book wishing I could be part of the world she has created. You can’t help but to want these characters to be your friends. Drake and Serena have that perfect friend to lovers romance. They have a great friendship that is an even better foundation to start their romance. They each believed friendship was their only option but with a little push in the form a new job they finally have the hope that they could have everything they ever wanted. I love the drive Drake has to get what he wants…Serena. This book was a perfect sweet with heat read for a hot summer day.
I was really looking forward to this one because friends to lovers is one of my favorite troupes. I just loved Serena and Drake together. They have so much history going back to their childhood. That’s what brings so much to the book for me. They know the little things about one another no one else really sees. You can feel the deep connection Drake and Serena have. It pours off the pages. Drake that guy has so many swoon worthy moments when it comes to Serena. That was one of my favorite parts of the book. A thing I love about this series is the group of friends. I always look forward to the parts when they get together. Makes me wish I was part of the group. Not everything is going to go smoothly for Serena and Drake because they finally reveal their feelings new chapters of their lives are starting. The balancing act is going to to test their burgeoning relationship, but do they have the kind connection that can weather the storm? I would recommend this one. The flow of the book is great and had me gobble it up right to the end. Plus the characters are what truly make this book and series for me.
What I really enjoyed was the fact that i could read a romance without “raw sex”
Sweet Heat at Bayside is the third book in the Sweet with Heat: Bayside Summers series. If only Serena or Drake spoke up about how they really felt. Life would be so different. But they each had reasons for keeping quiet. Then Serena plans to move away. Even though Drake doesn’t want to hold her back, he doesn’t want to let her go either. Their hidden desire and passion for each other just might come to the surface and ignite. I loved this story, and I definitely recommend it.
“Always remember that everything is better under the stars.”
OMGOSH, all the emotions! I needed a tissue from the get go, and privacy by the middle of the book. I think that this is the best Addison book yet. If you are fine with the friend zone, don’t read this book, if you crave happily ever after , this is definitely the book to read! Serena and Drake have easily become my favorite couple. I’m excited to see what happens in the next Bayside book. Addison has raised the bar pretty high with this one.
Drake Savage and Serena Mallery are amazing together. Watching how they go from friends to more than friends was soooo good!!! Absolutely loved this book. Your emotions will be all over the place, but you will also have a LOT of laughs!
I volunteered to review an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
They are standing on the edge of forever. Do they take a leap of faith or turn their backs on the chance? Serena and Drake have been in love for years, but they let friendship get in the way. Is it to late for their happily ever after to begin? Facing one’s fears has never been so delicious. Cole dives into summer with an enchanting friends to lovers romance.
I truly loved Sweet Heat at Bayside!
It is another awesome book in the
Bayside Summers series.
It’s a captivating, sexy & fun story.
This wonderfully written story is about
Serena & Drake. It has you cheering
them on. Will Serena & Drake finally
admit how they really feel, before it’s too late. It’s a feel good romance with great characters & romance, makes the perfect
summer read. Can not wait for
Sweet Escape at Bayside!!
A MUST READ FOR EVERYONE!!!
You can read this as a stand alone, but you will want to read each book in the series to get the full enjoyment of the friendship dynamics and insider comments.
These are siblings and friends (who are probably even close than siblings) and a vacation type setting, where we all know some of the rules can be relaxed and emotions run hotter.
Serena and Drake have been in each others’ lives forever. At first, the younger Serena had a crush on her brother’s friend Drake. As she matured, both emotionally and physically, the power shifted. Drake noticed her more and more. When the guys decided to set up a resort and needed help, Serena was there in a heartbeat. Now four years have passed and Serena is the one to have an opportunity too good to pass up.
But can Drake let her go? He’s been the great friend and loving coworker, supportive of Serena’s dreams believing he always had time to show her how he really feels about her. Never intentioning to hurt her in any way.
Addison Cole/Melissa Foster is a genius when it comes to creating characters and relationships.
Even reading this book I begin to envision spin offs I want to read!
Her Seaside Summers series is fun and flirty. This Bayside series brings more edge, hotter steam. Bayside pushes the limits of a clean read without sacrificing great love stories.
Sweet Escape at Bayside by Addison Cole
Paul and Violet loved each other but something happened that saw them separated for two years. When they meet again at a wedding they have to deal with the past before they can move on but move on they indeed do. Given a second chance at a happy ending they didn’t wast time making it happen and their story was a delight to read. This book provides a community of people that are there for one another and great fun to interact with. I enjoyed this easy romance that was not filled with horrible stumbling blocks to contend with once the two communicated and shared and were willing to give it their all.
Did I enjoy the story? Definitely!
Will I read more books by this author? Without a doubt
Thank you to the author for the ARC – This is my honest review.
5 Stars
Holy hotness! This was a great book that warms your heart, especially when it comes to love at the right time. I’ve been waiting for Drake and Serena to come together so this book was a pleasurable story. I really wish I could live in Bayside – the friendships are great, the guys are gentlemen, and the ladies are welcoming. A pleasing read for your next ‘sick’ day at the beach!
I’m totally in love with the Bayside series by Addison Cole. I’m also totally reading this series out of order.
I feel like the friends of Bayside are close friends of mine now. These are characters that I’ve come to love because they are just the kind of friends you want in your own life. They are there for each other probably more so than most of the friends most of us have. Yes, I’m jealous of them. I want friends like this in my life, even if their friendships are a little bit too perfect at times.
This story is Serena and Drake’s and its one of my favorite tropes, friends to lovers. The two of them have been friends forever and they worked together for several years. Serena lands a new job in Boston, and that’s the catalyst for taking their relationship out of the friend zone.
On the downside of this one, not only is this a friends to lovers trope, its also unrequited love story, which read a lot like another one of Addison’s books Secrets at the Seaside, though there was more angst in that book. At least here Serena and Drake are smart enough to hook up.
What I really like about Addison’s characters are how strong the heroine’s are and how alpha, but without the controlling BS that the heroes are. Serena knows what she wants out of life and she goes for it, and she questions things too, including her career path.
There was more heat in this book that others that I’ve read. A lot of heat, really. Rooftop sex even.
Smoking.
That’s what was going on.
Also cookies and donuts..and I need to get me some of each of sweets mentioned in the book. It makes me wish I were in Boston.
With each Addison Cole book I read, I have a new favorite.
Sweet Heat at Bayside is the third book in the Bayside series by Addison Cole. This book was a wonderful love story about two longtime friends, Serena and Drake. Their friendship began when they were kids playing among the sand dunes along the bay of Cape Cod.
As they got older, Serena realized her feelings for Drake was more than that of a friend. By the time they were adults and in their chosen careers, hanging out with Drake was becoming more difficult because of her feelings for him. However all that Serena knew was that Drake had her in the friend zone and likely she would stay there forever.
Unknown to Serena is that Drake has been battling an emotional war in his mind. He loves Serena, but doesn’t want to show it because she is preparing to move to Boston to begin the job of her dreams. Right before Serena is to leave, emotions heat up between Serena and Drake. Although Drake tried to keep himself at arm’s length, he knew this was his last chance to let Serena know that he loved her.
What follows is an incredible love story that takes you from Cape Cod, Massachusetts to Boston, Massachusetts, where historical places are visited, a donut shop Kanes Donuts, becomes Serena’s go to for treats and a special donut is created just for the lovebirds!
As Addison’s books are known for, there is heat with all the sweet. Her story’s characters have their ups and downs, flaws and insecurities. All the things that make a well balanced tale with realistic characters. I loved Serena and Drake and highly recommend Sweet Heat at Bayside.
If you are ever in the Boston or Saugus, Massachusetts area, check out Kane’s Donuts!
Sweet Heat at Bayside by Addison Cole is an interesting and entertaining. Romantic love story that has laughter, tears, frustration, long distance relationships and romance. While, book 3 in the “Sweet with Heat: Bayside Summers” series, it can be read as a stand alone, flirty, set in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. This is Serena and Drake’s story of childhood friends to best friends to lovers.A sweet story with some heat. Well written and well excuted. The characters are well developed and charming. The storyline is unpredictable, sweet, and romantic. Do long distance relationships ever work? Find out of Serena and Drake can make it work. A heartwarming love story! I look forward to the next installment in this entertaining series.
I have volunteered to share my review and all the opinions are 100% my own.
Rating: 4.5
Heat rating: sweet with heat
Reviewer: AprilR
Sweet Heat at Bayside is the perfect book about love, friendship, and family. Never is there a doubt that these Bayside friends and family will protect, love, and help you with whatever you need. Most of the time you do not even need to ask, they just do it and instinctively know what is needed at any given time, even if it is to leave a person alone to figure things out themselves. The heat part of the story is my favorite. Addison Cole writes a clean and steamy story. She leaves some of the story to the readers imagination but leads them right to the edge before letting them go.
While this is part of a series it can be read easily as a stand-alone story. Each book is its own complete story with the characters from other books just checking in to let the reader know what is going on with them. The past characters are just as fun to read about as the characters that the book is actually focused it. You learn about babies, weddings, and anything else that is happening.
Sweet Heat at Bayside tells the story of Drake and Serena. They have been friends since childhood, best friends for many years, and have worked together for 4 years. Circling each other, feeling the heat between them, but never acting on it is how their relationship has been. The timing just never seemed right to move their relationship to the next level. Yet, with Serena moving to Boston for a new job it is time for Drake to let his feelings out and oh was it wonderful. There was no easing into it, no doubt of feelings, and no going slow. Drake just jumped right in, took what he wanted and Serena loved every minute of it.
As I am a big Addison Cole fan, I thought I knew what to expect. She managed to surprise me with how much control Drake kept when it came to pushing Serena in their relationship. He could have asked her to stay, asked her to move back, and Serena probably would have but he respected her so much that he never did. He let her spread her wings, find her way, and supported her with each step.
Pick up this book and the rest of Addison’s books. They are sweet with heat. They have amazing friendships and wonderful relationships.
Sweet Heat at Bayside is the third book in the Sweet Version of Melissa Foster’s fabulous Bayside series, and after reading the steamy version this one is just as brilliant without the hot and heavy sex scenes.
Serena and Drake have been friends since childhood and she has crushed on him for all those years, but an almost kiss in high school where Drake pulls away see her put him to the back of her mind and moved on (to the outside world that is)
Faced with a wonderful job opportunity that will see her move to Boston and leave her friends and Drake behind, pushed her to tell him how she really feels but with the cards on the table what will become of their relationship? You will just need it to find out!
How Addison can take a truly steamy story and make it work as a sweet version is true magic, I don’t usually read the steamy then sweet so close together but you really do get the full force of the book, and I love that there are two versions, it means that everyone gets to enjoy a Melissa Foster book rewritten by Addison Cole in a such a sweet way that you don’t lose the sexiness from the other version.
This is the third book in the Bayside Summers series (Sweet with Heat) and it is as fabulous as the first 2 were! However, it is a stand alone and it does that! But the books are so good, why wouldn’t you read the first two as well?
Drake and Serena were introduced in book 2, but you’ll see their special connection on full display in this book. The two grew up together and are best friends. But both are soooo attracted to the other, each trying desperately to hide it so the other can live the life they want.
Serena has helped Drake and his brother plan and open several music stores and now, this store opening will be her last. She has taken a job in Boston at a large design firm to help her further her dreams and to get away from her crush and perhaps start a new life. All of the Bayside crew are happy for her, well at least supportive of her decision, although they will miss her. Drake, however, is peeved. He understands her desire to make it on her own, but he doesn’t think he can survive without her! Drake manages to hold it together until her last night at Bayside. He finally tells Serena how he feels for her and she can’t believe that NOW they are in synch! But she is moving to Boston! And so they have to navigate a long distance relationship as well as the pressures of each of their jobs. Of course, both work extra hard at making their friendship turned lovers work for them.
I really loved Serena and the way she fought for what she believed either in her relationships or in her job with clients and her manager. Drake is swoon-worthy! Once he decides Serena is his girl, he goes out of his way to make his time with her special. Together, they are perfect! And the cookies and donuts! How can you not love a book with lots of special cookies and donuts!?
I received an ARC copy of this book and am voluntarily reviewing it.
Bayside sounds like a great place to live. Finally we get Serena and Drake’s story! Drake is so stubborn he almost lets the best thing in his life go! Serena finds the big city is not all she expected. The characters are as well drawn as ever and very believable. The plot sucked me in from page one! Another enjoyable time at Bayside.
Trust me – You can’t go wrong with an Addison Cole book! I don’t know what it is about her series except they are just amazing. This book is just the top of the stack and I don’t generally say that as I read so many that I love but this one just gives you it all. It is fun, quirky and makes you laugh out loud. You can’t do anything but cheer on Drake. He is such a man but he is a good one for sure. I really thought I had fallen in love with Emery and Dean (you need to read their book lol) and I did but Serena and Drake just had that something that you couldn’t help but like. One thing I really love about Addison Cole’s books are she never leaves you guessing about the other characters you left behind in a previous book. She involves her previous characters in her story lines so you know where their lives are taking them and it does not take away from the original story line in the current book. I just love not being left hanging about a character and to me this just adds that something special to her books. Let me tell you … you will not be sorry you picked up this book. They are all stand alone but once you pick one up you will not be able to resist reading them all. This book will definitely pull you in from the beginning. You will not be able to (you will not want to) put it down. I highly recommend this book.
Isn’t it amazing how one change in a friendship can make you crave something you’ve never had? Drake & Serena have come together at the wrong time for one reason or another their entire lives. Serena thought she was the only one to have feelings outside of just friendship. Now that she’s found another job & is moving, Drake finally reveals how he feels about her but admits he’s never wanted to hold her back from her dream. Why is it human nature to want what you’ve never had? Especially when the timing is such that you shouldn’t have it now?
This writer creates such amazing characters that her readers fall in love with. They are realistic, like able & friendly. We drool over the guys & envy the girls. Drake & Serena’s feelings are apparent from the moment we meet them. I love the fact that Drake puts Serena’s dreams & happiness in front of his feelings. He didn’t want her to give up on her dreams because of him & actually encouraged her to reach for them. I love the emotion & love present in each encounter between them & their interactions with their friends. Another great story!!