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...
Dreaming of Love
Dreaming of Love
Synopsis
Emily Braden is a respected leader in architectural preservation and a pillar of her small hometown, successful at nearly everything except finding love. After watching one brother after another fall for the loves of their lives, she escapes to Tuscany hoping to stop dwelling on what is missing from her own life. Dae Bray does not do flings and never stays anywhere long; as a demolitionist he follows the work wherever it leads, and the more he moves, the better he likes it. His trip to Tuscany is supposed to be all business, until he meets smart, sexy Emily and finds himself questioning his fear of settling down and every rule he has built his life around. As the two explore the history and beauty of Tuscany together, attraction sizzles into a passion neither expected, deepening into a connection they cannot explain away. Then their worlds collide: Emily wants to save the very property Dae has been hired to tear down. A woman who devotes her life to preserving the past and a man who makes his living demolishing it must discover whether they can build something solid between them. It is a steamy, romantic love story about opposites, compromise, and unexpected common ground.
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Emily BradenProtagonist
A leader in architectural preservation and a pillar of her small hometown.
Dae BrayProtagonist
A roving demolitionist who follows his work from place to place.
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Frequently asked questions
Can I read Dreaming of Love as a standalone, or do I need to read the series in order?
You can read Dreaming of Love on its own. It is book 5 of The Bradens at Trusty, 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 Dreaming of Love?
Dreaming of Love follows Emily Braden and Dae Bray. Their romance is the heart of the book, set among the big, close-knit families Melissa Foster's readers return for.
How steamy is Dreaming of Love?
Dreaming of 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.