When Elisabeth Nash inherits her late aunt's little farmette in Trusty, Colorado, she closes her Los Angeles pet bakery and pampering business and moves to the town where she spent her happiest childhood summers, certain small-town life will be as warm and welcoming as she remembers. Reality proves harder: as a newcomer in a tight-knit community, she is treated as an outsider, and falling for Trusty's wealthy, irresistible veterinarian sends the local rumor mill into overdrive. Ross Braden first meets Elisabeth when she rushes into his clinic with a panicked piglet, and she promptly turns his comfortable, orderly life, and his heart, completely inside out. Gossip swirls that she is only after her aunt's valuable land, but the passion building between them refuses to cool, growing stronger with every stolen kiss. Ross throws himself into helping Elisabeth win over the town he loves, yet even their determination may not be enough to secure a future in a place so wary of outsiders. It is a steamy, charming small-town romance about belonging, chasing the life you always dreamed of, and love strong enough to face down small-town gossip.
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 Flirting with Love as a standalone, or do I need to read the series in order?
You can read Flirting with Love on its own. It is book 4 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 Flirting with Love?
Flirting with Love follows Elisabeth Nash and Ross Braden. Their romance is the heart of the book, set among the big, close-knit families Melissa Foster's readers return for.
How steamy is Flirting with Love?
Flirting with 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.