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...
Seaside Dreams
Seaside Dreams
Synopsis
Every summer, Bella Abbascia comes back to the Seaside cottages in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, to unwind with her closest girlfriends. This year she arrives with a bigger plan: she has quit her job, put her house on the market, and sworn off relationships while she rebuilds her life in the place she loves most. Then one of her good-natured pranks goes sideways and draws the attention of a serious, handsome police officer. Caden Grant has just left Boston with his fourteen-year-old son, Evan, after losing his partner in the line of duty, hoping the small resort town will give them a safer, quieter life. Meeting Bella on a night patrol shift stirs something he had stopped letting himself want. Both of them are guarding wary hearts, she against the risk of loving again, he against the danger of hoping for more than duty and single fatherhood. As the Cape Cod summer unfolds among a tight-knit circle of friends, the pull between the free-spirited prankster and the protective single dad grows harder to ignore, and neither of them planned on wanting the other this much.
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Characters
Bella AbbasciaProtagonist
A free-spirited woman who returns to the Seaside cottages each summer and is rebuilding her life after quitting her job and selling her house.
Caden GrantProtagonist
A police officer and single father who moved from Boston to Wellfleet for a safer, quieter life.
EvanSupporting
Caden's fourteen-year-old son.
Seaside Summers
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Frequently asked questions
Can I read Seaside Dreams as a standalone, or do I need to read the series in order?
You can read Seaside Dreams on its own. It is book 1 of Seaside Summers, 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 Seaside Dreams?
Seaside Dreams follows Bella Abbascia and Caden Grant. Their romance is the heart of the book, set among the big, close-knit families Melissa Foster's readers return for.
How steamy is Seaside Dreams?
Seaside Dreams 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.