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...
Stroke of Love

Stroke of Love
Synopsis
In the Belize rainforest, Kate Paletto runs a volunteer program for Artists for International Aid, a cause she loves that has been soured for her by a parade of self-serving celebrity volunteers using the work to polish their reputations. Worn out by divas, she has begun to question the program's worth, and then charming, strikingly handsome Sage Remington arrives and stirs feelings she hasn't felt in ages, even though he seems to embody everything she has come to despise. A laid-back artist, Sage has fled his wealthy New York life for a two-week journey of self-discovery, trying to understand how a man with so much can feel so empty. In ultra-organized Kate he meets someone living the grounded, purposeful life he has always wanted, and the attraction between them runs hotter than either expects, inconvenient for a man who came to find what is missing in himself, not to fall for a woman. Late-night conversations in the lush, romantic jungle keep drawing them closer, and Sage grows determined to dismantle Kate's assumptions about who he really is. She resists him at every turn, even as she struggles to ignore a generous man who wants nothing more than to right the world's wrongs and love her completely.
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Kate PalettoProtagonist
The director of a Belize volunteer program for Artists for International Aid.
Sage RemingtonProtagonist
A laid-back artist from a wealthy New York family.
The Remingtons
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Frequently asked questions
Can I read Stroke of Love as a standalone, or do I need to read the series in order?
You can read Stroke of Love on its own. It is book 2 of The Remingtons, 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 Stroke of Love?
Stroke of Love follows Kate Paletto and Sage Remington. Their romance is the heart of the book, set among the big, close-knit families Melissa Foster's readers return for.
How steamy is Stroke of Love?
Stroke 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.














