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 Lovers

Seaside Lovers
Synopsis
After months of long-distance calls and messages, actress Parker Collins and artist Grayson Lacroux finally arrange to meet in person in the seaside town of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Then Parker never shows. Weeks pass with no word, leaving Grayson to wonder whether he misread everything growing between them. What he does not know is that Parker has been running on autopilot since losing Bert Stein, her friend, mentor, and the only family she has ever truly had. Armed with junk food, tequila, and her big, lovable dog, she retreats to grieve and to keep a final promise, mending the fence Bert never could with his estranged, embittered brother. As Parker works through her loss and Grayson tries to make sense of her silence, the connection they built from a distance is tested by the weight of everything she carries. Over a Cape Cod summer surrounded by a close circle of friends, a grieving actress and a patient, steadfast artist navigate heartbreak, family wounds, and the fragile start of a real relationship, discovering whether what they began apart can survive now that they are finally in the same place.
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Characters
Parker CollinsProtagonist
An actress grieving the loss of her mentor and only family.
Grayson LacrouxProtagonist
An artist who has been building a long-distance relationship with Parker.
Bert SteinSupporting
Parker's late friend and mentor, the only family she ever knew.
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Frequently asked questions
Can I read Seaside Lovers as a standalone, or do I need to read the series in order?
You can read Seaside Lovers on its own. It is book 7 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 Lovers?
Seaside Lovers follows Parker Collins and Grayson Lacroux. 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 Lovers?
Seaside Lovers 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.















