Embracing Her Heart
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4.3 • 1.9K Ratings
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Publisher Description
Discover the magic of New York Times bestseller Melissa Foster's writing, and see why millions of readers have fallen in love with the fiercely loyal and sassily sexy characters in the Love in Bloom big-family romance families.
Welcome to Oak Falls, Virginia, home to horse farms, midnight rodeos, bookstores, coffee shops, and quaint restaurants where you’re greeted like family and treated like treasured guests. Buckle up for a wild ride. Like any Southern girls worth their salt, the sweet-talking, sharp-tongued Montgomery sisters can take men to their knees with one seductive glance or a single sugarcoated sentence.
A second chance at their first love…
Leaving New York City and returning to her hometown to teach a screenplay writing class seems like just the break Grace Montgomery needs. Until her sisters wake her at four thirty in the morning to watch the hottest guys in town train wild horses and she realizes that escaping her sisters’ drama-filled lives was a lot easier from hundreds of miles away. To make matters worse, she spots the one man she never wanted to see again—ruggedly handsome Reed Cross.
Reed was one of Michigan’s leading historical preservation experts, but on the heels of catching his girlfriend in bed with his business partner, his uncle suffers a heart attack. Reed cuts all ties and returns home to Oak Falls to run his uncle’s business. A chance encounter with Grace, his first love, brings back memories he’s spent years trying to escape.
Grace is bound and determined not to fall under Reed’s spell again—and Reed wants more than another taste of the woman he’s never forgotten. When a midnight party brings them together, passion ignites and old wounds are opened. Grace sets down the ground rules for the next three weeks. No touching, no kissing, and if she has it her way, no breathing, because every breath he takes steals her ability to think. But Reed has other ideas…
**Please note that future books in the original Montgomery series are crossing over to the Bradens at Pleasant Hill, and for this reason I have combined the series into THE BRADENS & MONTGOMERYS (Pleasant Hill - Oak Falls).
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 Hearts
Then Came Love
Rocked by Love
Falling for Mr. Bad
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The Bradens & Montgomerys are part of Melissa's Love in Bloom big-family romance collection. All Love in Bloom novels are written to stand alone and may also be enjoyed as part of the larger series. Love in Bloom contemporary romance novels feature alpha male heroes and sexy, empowered women. They're flawed, funny, passionate, and relatable to readers who enjoy contemporary romance and women's fiction.
Read the complete Love in Bloom series:
SNOW SISTERS
THE BRADENS (Weston, CO)
THE BRADENS (Trusty, CO)
THE BRADENS (Peaceful Harbor, MD)
THE BRADEN WORLD NOVELLAS
THE REMINGTONS
SEASIDE SUMMERS
THE RYDERS
BAYSIDE SUMMERS
TRU BLUE & THE WHISKEYS
THE WICKEDS
HARBORSIDE NIGHTS
BAD BILLIONAIRES AFTER DARK
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Love is sweeter the second time around in the emotional first Love in Bloom contemporary from bestseller Foster. Ten years ago, high school sweethearts Grace Montgomery and Reed Cross broke up their secret romance when they left Oak Falls, Va., to pursue different career paths. Grace is now a successful off-Broadway producer who's temporarily back in Oak Falls to teach a screenplay writing class. The last person she expects to run into is gorgeous Reed, and neither is prepared for their immediate sexual attraction. Grace and Reed are an irresistible cocktail of hotter-than-hot sex and tender vulnerability, and Grace's close-knit family and community give the story both hilarity and heart. There isn't much conflict to test or strengthen the romance, but the sheer depth of Grace and Reed's love will leave readers feeling utterly sated. (BookLife)
Customer Reviews
Good…
It was a cute love story. But I felt like her dilemma about her job in NYC and returning home was dragged out too much.
Embracing her Heart
What a great love story!
Finding love and the path that’s right for you
I loved Grace and Reed’s first love, second chance, coming home, healing romance. The story is filled with all the emotions, the connections and the love. Grace and Reed are portrayed as real, relatable people who have flaws, but are really just trying to do their best as messy humans. Grace is an independent play producer in NYC. She is in her small home town visiting her parents and siblings for three weeks. Reed is a contractor and historic preservationist who recently moved back home after his uncle had a heath scare. Grace and Reed dated secretly in HS but broke up because she was determined to pursue her dream in the city and he was equally determined to live in his small town. They have not seen each other in a decade. Despite the passage of time, the feelings and their connection is still there and stronger than ever but so are all the reasons they broke up. Their lives are geographically and figuratively miles apart. As they continue toward their HEA, there are a lot of truths to learn and accept, a lot of hurdles to overcome, a lot of self reflection, and a lot of baggage to unpack. The story was well written and included witty dialogue, three dimensional characters who grow, and an engaging storyline as shown in sweet moments, steamy scenes, chuckles, supportive friends, messy families, painful pasts, and all the heart squeezing love. All of Melissa Foster’s books have a central theme of family who accept you as you are - those we are born into and those we create. This book is no different. I love Melissa’s characters and families. And I am looking forward to reading the next book in this series.