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It is book 6 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.",{"id":102,"question":103,"answer":104,"is_spoiler":18},"01KY0214S8WV4QPF3F6SAXCQYW","Who are the main characters in Touched by Love?","Touched by Love follows Janie Jansen and Boyd Hudson. Their romance is the heart of the book, set among the big, close-knit families Melissa Foster's readers return for.",{"id":106,"question":107,"answer":108,"is_spoiler":18},"01KY0214VQPS2VPWFQ69AVQB04","How steamy is Touched by Love?","Touched 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.","2026-07-17T03:34:22.000000Z",{"data":111,"links":127,"meta":128},[112],{"id":113,"slug":114,"title":115,"user":116,"work_id":4,"is_draft":18,"verified_reader":19,"featured":18,"body":123,"overall_rating":34,"depth":7,"momentum":7,"atmosphere":7,"craft":7,"impact":7,"spice":7,"spoiler_level":124,"locale":7,"feed_item_key":125,"like_count":16,"comment_count":16,"top_likers":126,"viewer_can_reply":18,"created_at":109,"updated_at":109},"01kxq27eb43xdg3ryy83kryyyx","review-of-touched-by-love-by-nadene","Review of \"Touched by Love\" by nadene",{"id":117,"name":118,"username":119,"avatar_url":120,"is_system":18,"published_reviews_count":121,"books_read_count":122},692,"Nadene","nadene","https:\u002F\u002Flh3.googleusercontent.com\u002Fa\u002FACg8ocJagtEG0_WBr9w_-tRnbZi93QoXf9OelJQx_77YX1doLsOHefbv=s96-c",1825,1837,"Touched by Love, which tells the story of Janie Jansen and Boyd Hudson is another beautiful story by Melissa Foster. This is book #6 of the Love in Bloom – Remington series and like all of her books can be read as a stand-alone.\n \nJanie and Boyd have proven to be two of my favourite characters from Melissa’s stories.  Janie is the type of heroine I enjoy interacting with when reading books in the romance genre. I hate weak and clingy heroines, of which Janie was the complete opposite. She has a degenerative eye disease that would eventually lead to absolute blindness. However, she does not allow her lack of sight to hinder from pursuing her dreams. She is fiercely independent and hates relying on anyone to get through her day. As such when Boyd Hudson, her coworker, offered to assist her after she had a near death experience she was reluctant to accept his help.\n \nBoyd Hudson has been attracted to Janie from the moment he laid eyes on her. However, he hid his feelings because he had plans for the future, which did not include him getting involved in a romantic relationship.  However, life has a funny way of throwing curve balls when we least expect it. Boyd Hudson was about to have his well-laid plans shaken up in ways he never expected.\n \nI enjoyed every moment of this fun, sexy and heartwarming story. From the moment I began, I found myself immersed in the lives of Boyd and Janie. I felt every emotion that permeated the pages of this book.   I was impressed with Janie’s attitude towards life. I loved that she was able to transform her obstacles into triumphs.  Melissa’s heroes are always swoon-worthy and Boyd was no exception.  Not only was he hot, he was kind, gentle and protective of those he loved. He treated Janie with the utmost respect. He was tender and caring towards her while giving her space to exercise her independence.  They both experienced their share of pain and hurt. They were not perfect. They were broken and flawed, which made it easy to appreciate them.\n \nThe romance was intense, emotional, sexy with a hint of sweetness. Their relationship grew over time. I thought they were good for each other. Their relationship was not perfect. It had its ups and downs like any normal relationship. Janie helped Boyd to realise that he had the strength to move pass the pain of his past.  He helped her to see that relying on someone does not necessarily mean giving up your independence.\n \nI thought the story was well written and the pacing was good. I loved how detailed the author was when describing each scene. I felt like I was actually a part of the story.\n \nMy only problem with the story was that I did not get to meet Janie’s parents. It would have been nice to see their reaction to their daughter finding the man of her dreams. Also, it would have been nice to know if they had finally accepted that Janie was self-reliant and they need not worry so much about her.\n \n \nVerdict: \nTouched by Love is a beautiful story about love and healing. It demonstrates that people without sight are just as capable as a sighted person.  I enjoyed this installment and I am eagerly awaiting my next Melissa Foster fix.\n \nI received this book to review through Beck Valley Books Book Tours, all opinions are 100% my own.\n ","none","rv-01kxq27eb43xdg3ryy83kryyyx",[],{"first":7,"last":7,"prev":7,"next":7},{"path":129,"per_page":130,"next_cursor":7,"prev_cursor":7,"has_more":18},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fapi\u002Fworks\u002F01kxq27dhssp96h1s5b4j0dy8b\u002Freviews",20]