Family law attorney Gabriella Liakos has one true love: Elpitha, the Greek island where she grew up and dreams of returning to one day. But Elpitha has fallen into financial ruin, and Gabriella will do whatever it takes to keep it out of the wrong hands. Enter Duke Ryder, a savvy real estate investor with his sights set on transforming the island into an exclusive resort, and, unlike others, unfazed by a property where one family's roots run practically to the ocean floor. Then he meets his tour host: the beautiful, stubborn, enticing daughter of the man who owns most of Elpitha. Gabriella takes on the job determined to talk Duke out of buying her home, but Duke has other plans. He wants the island, and he wants her. As his considerable charm and powerful seduction begin to wear down her defenses, Gabriella finds herself drawn to the very man threatening the place she loves most. Whether an investor accustomed to glamour and glitz and a woman devoted to protecting the culture and community she adores can bridge the gulf between them, and find a future together, is the question at the heart of their sun-soaked, high-stakes romance.
A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author, Melissa Foster has written more than 100 novels and sold millions of copies worldwide. She is best known for Love in Bloom, a sprawling contemporary romance universe built from interconnected sub-series (the Snow Sisters, the Bradens, the Remingtons, the Ryders, the Seaside and Bayside Summers casts, and the biker-family Whiskeys and Wickeds among them) in which characters reappear across one another's stories. Her romances...
Can I read Claimed by Love as a standalone, or do I need to read the series in order?
You can read Claimed by Love on its own. It is book 2 of The Ryders, one of the interconnected sub-series in Melissa Foster's Love in Bloom collection, and every Love in Bloom book is written as a standalone with its own complete romance and a guaranteed happily ever after. Reading the series in order simply lets you follow the extended family as familiar characters reappear across the books.
Who are the main characters in Claimed by Love?
Claimed by Love follows Gabriella Liakos and Duke Ryder. Their romance is the heart of the book, set among the big, close-knit families Melissa Foster's readers return for.
How steamy is Claimed by Love?
Claimed by Love is an open-door contemporary romance, so it pairs its emotional story with on-page love scenes. Readers who prefer sweeter, closed-door versions can look for Melissa Foster's clean-language editions published under her pen name, Addison Cole.