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...
Taken by Love
Taken by Love
Synopsis
Daisy Honey left Trusty, Colorado, years ago to escape the rumors that trailed her striking looks and provocative name, building a promising career as a physician far from home. When her father is hurt in a farming accident, she reluctantly returns, bracing for the small-town cruelty she remembers, only to collide with Luke Braden, the one man who ever stood up for her and the one she has never quite forgotten. Luke is handsome, wealthy, and the finest gypsy horse breeder in the West, and after a restless youth he is finally ready to settle down, even if connecting with women has never come as easily to him as connecting with horses. Then trouble from a neighboring town dredges up a past he would rather forget, forcing him to admit that his struggle to find love runs deeper than he realized. A single charged encounter sweeps them into a world of passion, and for the first time Luke feels a real connection. But Daisy's return was never meant to be permanent, and Luke cannot build a future until he lays his past to rest. It is a steamy small-town, second-chance romance about coming home and facing what you left behind.
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Daisy HoneyProtagonist
A physician who returns to her Colorado hometown after her father's accident.
Luke BradenProtagonist
A wealthy gypsy horse breeder ready to settle down.
The Bradens at Trusty
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Frequently asked questions
Can I read Taken by Love as a standalone, or do I need to read the series in order?
You can read Taken by Love on its own. It is book 1 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 Taken by Love?
Taken by Love follows Daisy Honey and Luke 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 Taken by Love?
Taken by 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.