Sweet with Heat: Seaside Summers features a group of fun, flirty, and emotional friends who gather each summer at their Cape Cod cottages. They’re sassy, flawed, and so easy to relate to, you’ll be begging to enter their circle of friends! Addison Cole is New York Times bestselling author Melissa Foster’s sweet-romance pen name. Sweet with Heat books are the sweet editions of Melissa’s … editions of Melissa’s award-winning steamy-romance collection Love in Bloom.
In READ, WRITE, LOVE at SEASIDE…
Bestselling author Kurt Remington lives to write. He spends twelve hours a day in front of his computer, rarely leaving the seclusion of his beach-front property, where he’s come to finish his latest thriller — that is, until free-spirited Leanna Bray nearly drowns in the ocean trying to save her dog. Kurt’s best-laid plans are shot when he comes to their rescue. Kurt’s as irritated as he is intrigued by the sexy, hot mess of a woman who lives life on a whim, forgets everything, and doesn’t even know the definition of the word organized.
Leanna’s come to the Cape hoping to find a fulfilling career in the jam-making business, and until she figures out her own life, a man is not on the menu. But Leanna can’t get the six-two, deliciously muscled and tragically neat Kurt out of her mind. She tells herself she’s just stopping by to say thank you, but the heart-warming afternoon sparks an emotional and unexpectedly sweet ride as Kurt and Leanna test the powers of Chemistry 101: Opposites Attract.
In DREAMING at SEASIDE…
Bella Abbascia has returned to Seaside Cottages in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, as she does every summer. Only this year, Bella has more on her mind than sunbathing and skinny-dipping with her girlfriends. She’s quit her job, put her house on the market, and sworn off relationships while she builds a new life in her favorite place on earth. That is, until good-time Bella’s prank takes a bad turn and a handsome police officer appears on the scene.
Single father and police officer Caden Grant left Boston with his fourteen-year-old son, Evan, after his partner was killed in the line of duty. He hopes to find a safer life in the small resort town of Wellfleet, and when he meets Bella during a night patrol shift, he realizes he’s found the one thing he’d never allowed himself to hope for–or even realized he was missing.
After fourteen years of focusing solely on his son, Caden cannot resist the intense attraction he feels toward beautiful Bella, and Bella’s powerless to fight the heat of their budding romance. But starting over proves more difficult than either of them imagined, and when Evan gets mixed up with the wrong kids, Caden’s loyalty is put to the test. Will he give up everything to protect his son–even Bella?
In HEARTS at SEASIDE…
Jenna Ward is vivacious, spontaneous, and confident—except when she’s around the man who stole her heart years earlier, strikingly handsome, quiet, and reliable Pete Lacroux. After years of trying to get his attention and overwhelmed from dealing with her mother’s new cougar lifestyle, Jenna’s giving up on Peter—and is ready to explore other men.
As the eldest of five siblings, with an alcoholic father to care for, boat craftsman Pete Lacroux always does the right thing and has no time for a real relationship. He’s looking forward to seeing his friend Jenna, a welcome distraction who’s so sexy and painfully shy that she equally entertains and confuses him.
When Jenna picks up a hard-bodied construction worker, jealousy ignites Pete’s true feelings, and he’s unable to ignore the desires for Jenna he never realized he had. But Pete’s not the quiet guy he appears to be, and his life is anything but conducive to a relationship. Can Jenna handle the real Pete Lacroux—the most alpha male she’s ever seen—or will she crack under pressure? And can Pete reclaim the life he once had without tearing apart his family?
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Loved the set of three…my kind of read
Enjoyed the series
Summer fun
Entertaining…good story line
Interesting characters
Loved It !!!!
Loved it…..great summer read
Thanks
Am enjoying their stories. Cute.
Slow, too wordy
Great books. Love series with characters that go from book to book.
Loved these books! An easy read with believable characters.
Entertaining and humorous read. Enjoyed the storyline and characters.
Interesting from the start.
I didn’t care for this book. I couldn’t get into it at all. The characters were too flighty.
Fun, light, romantic summertime beach reads!
I am enjoying following this unique circle of friends as they navigate life. I always look forward to reading books set in a location I’m familiar with.
I absolutely love Addison Cole’s Sweet with Heat series, and to have this 3 book set with 3 of my favorite Seaside ladies. Leanna and Kurt’s story is the ultimate love story where they balance each other out for the best. Bella and Caden’s love story is the ultimate balance between troublemaker and rulemaker. Jenna and Pete’s story is the best angst and smitten love story. I recommend this to anyone who needs a sweet read and a chance of feeling hopeful and to believe in love.
READ, WRITE, LOVE: I was looking forward to reading this book as I enjoy sweet books.
While there is no graphic sex (it’s alluded to, but we don’t actually read about it), and there wasn’t any coarse language, this is not exactly a clean read. Meaning, if you are a person of faith (or just a regular reader) who prefers not reading about a woman in her panties, you will want to skip over this series.
Leeanna is so endearing! Though she her life is chaotic and she’s completely disorganized, there is something inherently likable about her. She is real, not fake, perfect, or any of those perfect sounding women in romance novels; she’s lucky if she remembers to eat or discipline her dog!
Kurt is so rigid, such a stick in the mud, that he absolutely NEEDED a woman like Leeanna in his life. She breaks down his walls and shows him that always adhering to a schedule and not taking the time to enjoy the sunshine is a life unlived.
And there is nothing like a cute dog to make a book that much sweeter to read.
Foster/Cole is an amazing storyteller. This series is absolute genius, not just because it’s listed as a sweet read, but adding in some heat (just a tad bit over PG 13+) takes it to a whole new level without compromising the entire story.
HEARTS AT SEASIDE: I am absolutely LOVING this series by Addison Cole! First there was Leanna finding love with Kurt. Bella finding love with Caden and his surly teenage son, Evan. And now we get Jenna’s story!! I was so looking forward to this book and the next, which will be out Amy. Can’t wait!
Jenna isn’t quite the girl next door. Well, unless the girl next door has breasts so big she is constantly in danger of exposing them in whatever clothing she wears, but especially bikini bathing tops.
Jenna is spicy, a committed friend, and completely in love with the “pool man” as they refer to Pete as. Jenna becomes a whole new person when she’s around Pete, becoming shy and barely capable of forming a sentence.
Pete has a big secret, meaning his alcoholic father and many siblings. Just when you thought they’d finally agree to sort out their feelings, something else popped up.
Ms. Cole’s writing flows smoothly, keeps you interested, and is truly “sweet with heat”. While we don’t read about sex and there isn’t one cuss word. I am barely able to keep myself from jumping up and down in anticipation of the next book!
DISCLAIMER: I requested a copy of this collection for review purposes. All thoughts and opinions are my own and I have not received any type of compensation other than a review copy.
Read, Write, Love at Seaside
After reading this book, I want to move to the Cape and become part of Leanna’s group of fun friends. I also have to wonder if there might be another man around there like Kurt. He is such a wonderful, sexy man. Their relationship is such a sweet romance. It is very flirty, with just a little heat, that makes our imagination go wild. I loved this book. It was such a fun, but oh, so romantic story.
Dreaming at Seaside
I really loved this book. I love single dads. I love sexy, hunky, policemen. I love the crazy ladies and men of Seaside. I love books written by Addison Cole. This book is a win-win-win-win. After teaching middle school for 30 years, I loved having Caden’s son, Evan, in this book. It is rare to have a teenaged son in a romance, but he added so much emotion to the story. The ladies and men from Seaside are very entertaining, and will bring lots of laughter to the book. The way that Caden meets Bella for the first time had me laughing so hard, and this is at the beginning. I really want to move to Seaside and join them, but since that can’t happen I will be planning to read every book in this series. Then, there is the author, Addison Cole. She can really write. This book has just the right amount of sweet with heat. She had me so pulled into the story, I cried for the last 20% of the book. Some were happy and some were sad, but all were worth it.
Hearts at Seaside
This is romance at its best. The seaside girls are back. They are such an enjoyable group. They always make me wish that I could spend rhe summer with them. Jenna has wanted Pete for so long, but has been friend zoned by him, until he becomes jealous of her being with another man. There is definitely more to Pete than originally thought. This book has lots of laughter, mixed in with seriousness and “sweet with heat”. It has the romance and passion, but without the steamy, love scenes. Addison Cole has written a wonderful friends to lovers story with this book that pulls you right into it, and you don’t want to leave it.
Rating: 4.5 Stars
This is a set of previously published books in the author’s Seaside Summers series. If you’ve missed this author’s work in the Sweet With Heat series this is a great way to get introduced. It’s a set where you get the first three books in this magnificent series. I fell in love with these friends immediately.
Yes, I’ve read the first book. Yes, I’ve read the third book. But sadly I never got the chance to read the second book. I thank the author for giving me the chance to correct that. If you already have the books, there’s no need to get this set but how about as a gift to a friend who has never been introduced to either this author or her characters. Maybe you’ve read the work by Melissa Foster but not her alter ego; this would be a way to correct that.
Our author’s books get me to relax almost immediately. I’m just a few hours away from Wellfleet and every time I pick up one of these books, I want to be on that beach reading these books taking peeks every once in a while in case I ever see someone that may have made an appearance as a character. I want to be one of those people sitting around a beach bonfire having s’mores and listening to all the fantastic tales these characters could tell about each other. It also has me sad because summer will be over too quickly. Good news is that I can pick up this series and be back down on that beach having a great time with some fictional friends.
I was not compensated nor was I required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.