Then Came Love: Jax Braden: The Bradens & Montgomerys: Pleasant Hill - Oak Falls, Book 9 (Unabridged)
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4.8 • 10 Ratings
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- $21.99
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- $21.99
Publisher Description
Blazing heat, laugh-out-loud humor, and an abundance of swoon-worthy moments make this sexy standalone romance by New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melissa Foster unpausable. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and guaranteed to leave you breathlessly in love with the fiercely loyal and wickedly naughty Bradens.
What happens when you find your soul mate but she belongs to someone else?
Months ago, famed wedding-gown designer Jax Braden met the woman of his dreams when a bride-to-be came in for a consultation. He’s tried to move on, but there is no forgetting beautiful, smart, and refreshingly real Jordan Lawler, or the loneliness she cleverly tries to hide. When Jordan hires him to design her wedding gown, Jax knows he’s in trouble, but he cannot walk away. As business meetings turn to late-night confessions, their connection deepens, igniting passion too strong to deny. They’re drawn into an inescapable and forbidden love. Loyalties are tested and hearts are frayed, but neither will cross that invisible line in the sand. Come along for the sexy, emotional ride as Jax and Jordan face their toughest competitors yet—their hearts.
Love in Bloom novels feature alpha male heroes and smart, empowered women. They're flawed, funny, passionate, and relatable to listeners who enjoy sexy contemporary romance and women's fiction.
THE BRADENS & MONTGOMERYS (Pleasant Hill - Oak Falls)
Embracing Her Heart
Anything For Love
Trails of Love
Wild Crazy Hearts
Making You Mine
Searching for Love
Hot for Love
Sweet Sexy Heart
Then Came Love
Rocked by Love
Our Wicked Hearts
Ready to bing? The Love in Bloom big-family contemporary romance collection features billionaires as well as everyday heroes. Characters from each sub-series appear in future books so you never lose track of engagements, weddings, or births.
Big Families / Small Towns
Snow Sisters
The Bradens at Weston
The Bradens at Trusty
The Bradens at Peaceful Harbor
The Bradens & The Montgomerys
The Remingtons
The Ryders
Sugar Lake
Harmony Pointe
Cape Cod and Beach Reads
Seaside Summers
Bayside Summers
Silver Island
Harborside Nights
Billionaires
Wild Billionaires After Dark
Bad Billionaires After Dark
Bikers & Bad Boys with Big Hearts
The Whiskeys: Dark Knights at Bayside
The Wickeds: Dark Knights at Bayside
"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!" (Brenda Novak, New York Times best-selling author)
"With her wonderful characters and resonating emotions, Melissa Foster is a must-read author!" (J. Kenner, New York Times best seller)
"Melissa Foster is synonymous with sexy, swoony, heartfelt romance!" (Lauren Blakely, New York Times best seller)
"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)
Customer Reviews
Jax and Jordan
Audiobook Review: Holy!!!! These narrators, Meg Sylvan and Aiden Snow, were phenomenal. Their voices were perfect for what I thought Jax and Jordan should sound like. Both voice not only brought the heat but they also brought the sweet and loving parts of the story to life. Melissa Foster found exactly the right narrators to tell her story.
eBook Review: I was 3% into the book and I was already hooked. Jax and Jordan have met, the sparks are already flying, and Jax is pouring on the charm. I love how much Jordan tries to resist Jax. She cannot stay away but she realizes that they should not be more than friends, at least until she does not have a ring on her finger.
Jax, oh that charmer. He knows in his head that Jordan is off-limits, but his heart is screaming to make Jordan his. He promises not to flirt, he promises to behave but some promises are meant to be stretched but never broken because Braden’s do not break promises. While reading the book and I blushed and swooned so many times.
I love that Melissa Foster does not write books with cheaters in them. She writes steamy, hot love stories with characters that give their whole selves to each other. The characters value themselves, their friendships, and their families. They love with their whole hearts and stay true to each other no matter what is happening in their lives.
Jax & Jordan worth the wait
Meg Sylvan and Aiden Snow did a wonderful job of bringing Melissa Foster’s incredible characters to life.
Devastating loss, misplaced gratitude and the courage to walk away. Then Came Love has all that and so much more.
Sometimes we stay with the wrong person out of loyalty, misplaced gratitude and our own inability to see we’re settling when we deserve so much more.
Jordan Lawler has lost so much in her life, that she’s holding on to her fiancé Todd Karns. Fighting for his time, his attention, his anything has become a way of life for her. She’s scarcely more than an afterthought to him.
It’s little wonder she’s found reasons to cancel their wedding four times. That little voice inside her trying to prevent a colossal fiasco. Rationalizing his inability to put her first in any way, repressing her feelings over the loss of her family, and playing second fiddle to everything in his life.
Jax Braden was more than happy with his life when he met his one and only, true soulmate during a wedding dress consultation. Fate can be cruel- finding himself hung up on a woman he can’t have and can’t forget.
It’s not his intention to try and steal another man’s woman, but he’s a firm believer life is too short not to be honest. He also sees how undervalued she is to her fiancé and can barely fathom that.
Jordan quickly sees so many amazing qualities in Jax, qualities Todd is sorely missing and for the first time in maybe ever, feels validated and valued. She can truly be herself with him and he not only accepts her for who she is, but whole heartedly encourages it. That’s a gift.
You have to love the way fate stepped in at just the right time to prevent one mistake (marrying the wrong person) from ruining two lives.
There’s so much to like about this book. Life is complex and heartache, loss, passion, love and hope all are experienced. When you have the right person by your side you can do more than survive. You can thrive and grow and spread your wings. Friends, family, partners, lovers. It’s what a truly great life is all about and this book has it in spades.
Best yet in print and audio!
Melissa Foster totally left me wanting more of these characters. This might be one of her best books yet. Meg Sylvan and Aiden Snow nailed it as they narrated this sorry with seamless transition between the characters. Jax and Jordan are amazing. Their coming together is respectful and thrilling. Melissa Foster writes with heart, hilarity, and passion. Her characters make me feel as if they are real people an transports me into their world. Jordan has had to deal with so many challenges in her life. The additional trauma that Jordan experienced with her family had me on edge and in tears. If you loved it in print you will be thrilled by the dynamic narration contributing to the 5 star rating.
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