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* Blog Tour/Review * BAYSIDE FANTASIES by Melissa Foster

I voluntarily read an early copy of this book.

* Blog Tour/Review * BAYSIDE FANTASIES by Melissa FosterBayside Fantasies by Melissa Foster
Series: Bayside Summers #6
Published by World Literary Press on March 18, 2020
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Tegan Fine has never had a plan—life, business, or otherwise. But she’s always had goals—to laugh daily and to pay it forward as often as she is able, just like her favorite uncle always did. After inheriting her great-uncle’s amphitheater, Tegan makes a risky move to a charming small town on Cape Cod to carry on her uncle’s legacy and hopefully expand the business with her new friend, Harper. Unfortunately, those goals aren’t doing much to help her plan a business strategy for her new endeavor. With Harper counting on her and her uncle’s legacy at stake, she swears off all distractions, determined to succeed. If only she could stop bumping into a certain arrogant, witty, and excruciatingly hot businessman who tweaks her nerves and invades her every thought. Including her late-night fantasies.

Self-professed workaholic Jett Masters never slows down. He lives life with no attachments—except to his clients, to whom he gives his all. A reluctant trip to his hometown has him itching to shake the ghosts of his past and get back to spinning deals and adding to his investments. But when he comes face-to-face with a gorgeous, handsy woman who is quite possibly the snarkiest and most disorganized person he’s ever met, sparks fly, and his sharp mind stumbles. He doesn’t even know her name, but he can’t get her out of his mind.

A chance encounter turns into a wild, sexy night, and their chemistry is off the charts—even if their ideals, and their lives, are worlds apart. Neither Jett nor Tegan is looking for more. Becoming friends with benefits seems like the perfect solution. But when they are trapped together in torrential weather, they work side by side in the aftermath, and every passionate kiss deepens their connection. Secrets are shared, trust is built, and no promises dare be made. As their lives move on, lines begin to blur, hearts get hurt, and their true selves come into focus. Tegan and Jett are left wondering if they make the perfect storm, or if they’ve reached the end of their bayside fantasy.

 

Off the charts chemistry! Melissa Foster more than delights with book six of her beloved Bayside Summers series! In BAYSIDE FANTASIES, we watch dreams come true and old injuries heal when a confidant workaholic and an unbridled life-of-the-party can’t fight their attraction, quickly making a friends with benefits agreement fly out the window.

Tegan Fine is a really fun character. She’s boisterous and happy even at the times of her life that are a bit uncertain. She brightens up ever room she enters and lets her kind heart shine through always.

Jett Masters is attention grabbing. His confidence draws every eye in the room, yet deep down there’s a part of him that still wonders if he’s enough.

I highly recommend this book and the entire series to anyone loving a tight-knit group of friends who are each slowly finding their happily ever afters. Melissa Foster always brings a boatload of heat, heart and happiness to every story!

 

 

 

 

 

Bayside Fantasies
Melissa Foster
Series: Bayside Summers
Releasing March 18, 2020
World Literary Press

 

Blurb:

Tegan Fine has never had a plan—life, business, or otherwise. But she’s always had goals—to laugh daily and to pay it forward as often as she is able, just like her favorite uncle always did. After inheriting her great-uncle’s amphitheater, Tegan makes a risky move to a charming small town on Cape Cod to carry on her uncle’s legacy and hopefully expand the business with her new friend, Harper. Unfortunately, those goals aren’t doing much to help her plan a business strategy for her new endeavor. With Harper counting on her and her uncle’s legacy at stake, she swears off all distractions, determined to succeed. If only she could stop bumping into a certain arrogant, witty, and excruciatingly hot businessman who tweaks her nerves and invades her every thought. Including her late-night fantasies.

Self-professed workaholic Jett Masters never slows down. He lives life with no attachments—except to his clients, to whom he gives his all. A reluctant trip to his hometown has him itching to shake the ghosts of his past and get back to spinning deals and adding to his investments. But when he comes face-to-face with a gorgeous, handsy woman who is quite possibly the snarkiest and most disorganized person he’s ever met, sparks fly, and his sharp mind stumbles. He doesn’t even know her name, but he can’t get her out of his mind.

A chance encounter turns into a wild, sexy night, and their chemistry is off the charts—even if their ideals, and their lives, are worlds apart. Neither Jett nor Tegan is looking for more. Becoming friends with benefits seems like the perfect solution. But when they are trapped together in torrential weather, they work side by side in the aftermath, and every passionate kiss deepens their connection. Secrets are shared, trust is built, and no promises dare be made. As their lives move on, lines begin to blur, hearts get hurt, and their true selves come into focus. Tegan and Jett are left wondering if they make the perfect storm, or if they’ve reached the end of their bayside fantasy.

 

Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47355208-bayside-fantasies

Goodreads series link: https://www.goodreads.com/series/196328-bayside-summers

 

Excerpt: 

Read First Chapter here, https://melissafoster.com/bayside-fantasies-sneak-peek/

 

Buy Links:

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Author Info
Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance and new adult romance with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Melissa’s emotional journeys are lovingly erotic and always family oriented–perfect beach reads for contemporary romance lovers who enjoy reading about wealthy heroes and smart, sassy heroines.

Author Links:  
Website:  http://www.melissafoster.com/
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* Review * THE NEONATAL DOC’S BABY SURPRISE by Susan Carlisle

* Review * THE NEONATAL DOC’S BABY SURPRISE by Susan CarlisleThe Neonatal Doc's Baby Surprise by Susan Carlisle
Series: Miracles in the Making #2
Published by Harlequin Medical Romances on April 1, 2020
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four-half-stars

From temporary fling…

…to baby bump!

Labor and delivery nurse Amanda is in Sydney for work, not to be distracted by “the baby whisperer”—neonatal specialist Dr. Lucius West. But Amanda loves a challenge—especially an intriguing, handsome one. Their fiery clashes in the OR soon turn into passion in the bedroom. But there are consequences to Amanda and Lucius’s insatiable desire…and they’ll have nine months to face them!

Miracles in the Making duet
Book 1 — Risking Her Heart on the Single Dad by Annie O’Neil
Book 2 — The Neonatal Doc’s Baby Surprise

 

This fertility doctor and nurse took baby making to a whole different level! With the second book in the Miracles in the Making duet, Susan Carlisle brings us Lucius West’s story in a colleagues to lovers book, and it’s delightful!

If you read the first in the duet by Annie O’Neil, you were already familiar with Lucius going into this book and if you were like me, you were expecting him to be a bit of an uptight jerk from his sister Kirri’s point of view in her story. I was pleasantly surprised to find that he was truly a nice guy beneath the workaholic persona.

Amanda was easy to like and once sparks started to fly between them, I was pulling for them whole-heartedly.

I highly recommend this duet to anyone who is looking for a romance set in a medical setting with a cast of heartfelt characters. I really enjoyed it!

four-half-stars

* Review * LOVE HARD by Nalini Singh

* Review * LOVE HARD by Nalini SinghLove Hard by Nalini Singh
Series: Hard Play #3
Published by TKA Distribution on March 10, 2020
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four-half-stars

Jacob Esera, star rugby player and young single father, has worked hard to create a joyous life for his six-year-old daughter. After the death of his childhood sweetheart soon after their daughter’s birth, all Jake wants is safety and stability. No risks. No wild chances. And especially no Juliet Nelisi, former classmate, scandal magnet, and a woman who is a thorn in his side.

As a lonely teenager, Juliet embraced her bad-girl reputation as a shield against loneliness and rejection. Years later, having kicked a cheating sports-star ex to the curb, she has a prestigious job and loyal friends—and wants nothing to do with sportsmen. The last thing she expects is the fire that ignites between her and the stuffed-shirt golden boy who once loved her best friend.

Straitlaced Jacob Esera versus wild-at-heart Juliet Nelisi? Place your bets.

 

Emotionally riveting! With the third book in her Hard Play series, Nalini Singh delights her readers with Jacob’s story in LOVE HARD. With a twist on a frenemies to lovers story, we get to watch a single dad fall for the bad-girl best friend of his former love. It’s emotional, it’s sexy and it’s full of heart!

Star rugby player Jake Esera steals a reader’s heart immediately when we learn his back story. Becoming a single dad as a teenager when his high school sweetheart died unexpectedly, he was left to pick up the pieces with his family by his side.

Juliet Nelisi is easy to like. She was best friends since childhood with Jake’s former love and though they were never close, she respects the way he stepped up and gave their daughter the world after Callie died.

I recommend this book to anyone looking for a sports romance with a whole lot of life around it. Jake and his family are great and the chemistry he has with Juliet is divine. I enjoyed their story a lot.

four-half-stars

* Review * CORNERSTONE OF LOVE by Susan Carlisle

* Review * CORNERSTONE OF LOVE by Susan CarlisleCornerstone of Love by Susan Carlisle
Series: Modern Masters of Their Castle #1
on March 17, 2020
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four-stars

Ian Chalmers’s dream life didn’t include becoming the Earl of Hartley or the CEO of Hartley International Shipping, but he obediently accepted the responsibilities when his father and older brother are killed. Duty to the Hartley title and business reputation becomes his all-consuming focus. Ian’s world revolves around unending work and doing what’s expected of him. Then a nerve-wracking, albeit completely fascinating, free-spirited female enters his structured life and turns it upside down.

Allison Moore is the American constructional engineer hired to direct the repairs on Hartley castle. Despite their instant attraction, Allison doesn’t appreciate Ian’s high-handed control of everything in his sphere of influence. Still she’s determined to placate the vexing ‘master of the castle’ in order to get the job done, bringing her another step closer to achieving her life’s goal of having a home of her own. Her strategy is complicated then frustrated when Ian’s kisses prove so delicious her treacherous heart undermines her immunity to his charm.

With the project almost complete and their sizzling interlude ending, Ian and Allison must decide what they want most in life. Is it possible they’ve each been laboring towards the wrong goals? Could what they have with each other be the cornerstone of true love?

 

Love when they least expect it! With the first book in a new Modern Masters of Their Castles series, Susan Carlisle steps out of her medical romance roots and delights her readers with a whimsical dash of royalty. In CORNERSTONE OF LOVE, we meet a reluctant Earl and a confidant tradeswoman who instantly connect.

Ian Chalmers became  Earl of Hartley upon his father and older brother’s death and though it was never the way he expected to live his life, he stepped up heartily and throws himself into his responsibilities … at the expense of his own happiness.

Allison Moore is an expert in her field of structural engineering and restoration, but she’s looking to move forward in her life and make a few more of her dreams come true.

I recommend this book to anyone who loves a strong feminine heroine weaved into a royal romance. The characters showed spunk and a whole lot of heart. I enjoyed it and look forward to more in the series.

four-stars