One night changes everything, putting their friendship—and
their love—on the line.
Swept Into Love
The Ryders, #5
The Ryders, #5
by Melissa Foster
Releasing August 16th 2017
World Literary Press
World Literary Press
The Book Junkie Reads . . . Review of . . . SWEPT INTO
LOVE (The Ryders, #5) . . .
The time has finally come for the one Ryder we have seen
and heard throughout the series thus far. Gage. He a man that cares and loves
fully. He had made a commitment to the one woman that he knew would make his
life all that and more. Sally. She on the other hand just wanted a friend and
father figure for her then teenaged son. Now, much time has passed and Gage
still wants the one woman that makes his world brighter. Sally torn between his
friendship and connection to her son and the chance at having something more
and risking losing so much more.
Gage and Sally have been on this ride for a long time.
They have a friendship that exceeds convention. They have a connection that had
only grown more over time. Friends to lovers have a journey ahead of them that
only to two of them will be able to completely understand. The joy, laughs,
tears, passion, excitement, contentment and more accompanies both Gage and
Sally as they head out for this out-of-town assignment. This trip out-of-town
was much needed to allow for the good things to spark to life.
Ms. Foster delivered another engaging,
alluring, entertaining, well-written and developed read that contains old and
new characters. There’s deep emotional aspects, light cheerful aspect,
heart-warming aspects, and she maintains a connective balance through it all.
The final connection of Sally and Gage brings about an encompassing sign from
head to toe for a long-time readers of the overall series Love in Bloom.
Straight
from the blurb and no better description of this series: “The Ryders are a series of sexy
stand-alone romances. These hot contemporary romance novels feature alpha male
heroes and sexy, empowered women. They're flawed, funny, passionate, and
relatable to readers who enjoy new adult romance, contemporary romance, and
women's fiction.”
The Ryders series:
Seized by Love – The
Ryders, #1
Claimed by Love – The
Ryders, #2
Chased by Love – The
Ryders, #3
Rescued by Love – The
Ryders, #4
Swept Into Love – The
Ryders, #5
Blurb
It’s been years since Sally Tuft’s husband died and she was left to raise her teenage son alone. And almost as long since she told the only other man she’d ever wanted that they should be just friends. Now her son has left for college and Sally has no distractions to keep her from thinking about her best friend and coworker, Gage Ryder, and what could have been.
It’s been years since Sally Tuft’s husband died and she was left to raise her teenage son alone. And almost as long since she told the only other man she’d ever wanted that they should be just friends. Now her son has left for college and Sally has no distractions to keep her from thinking about her best friend and coworker, Gage Ryder, and what could have been.
Gage always believed that one day Sally would move past
the death of her husband and they would finally explore the passion that’s
simmered between them since the day they met. Tasked with opening a new youth
center in Oak Falls, Virginia, Gage hopes the trip away is just what they need
to finally come together.
Before Gage and Sally ever reach Oak Falls, one night at
a conference changes everything, putting their friendship—and their love—on the
line, and the two must decide if getting swept up in love is the beginning of
forever, or the end of their friendship as they know it.
Sally Tuft awoke to a freight train running through her head
and the worst cotton mouth she’d ever experienced. She lay on her back, eyes
closed, trying to remember what happened last night after the conference she’d
attended. Thank God what happened in Vegas stayed in Vegas, because she didn’t
need her boss finding out she got rip-roaring drunk. She rolled onto her side,
coming face-to-face with hot whiskey breath. Her eyes flew open and she bolted
upright, clutching the sheet to her chest. Her heart pounded wildly as she took
in the gorgeous sandy-haired man lying next to her. Oh shit! Shit,
shit, shit!
No. This can’t be happening.
She slammed her eyes shut, trying to calm her mounting panic
by breathing deeply, but that made her head hurt even worse.
Her eyes opened slowly, roving over Gage Ryder’s scruffy jaw
and the full lips she’d fantasized about so many times she should be arrested.
This was bad. Very bad. Gage had been her best friend and co-worker
since her husband was killed in a skiing accident several years ago. And worse,
he was her son’s confidant. The man whom Rusty went to with problems his father
was no longer there to help him with.
Her gaze trailed over his broad shoulders and muscular chest
as realization set in. She bit her lower lip, holding her breath as she lifted
the sheet. Please let me have something on. At least underwear. The
pit of her stomach twisted at the sight of her closer-to-forty-than-thirty,
less-than-perky bare breasts, and stomach that had never quite regained its
elasticity after having her now twenty-year-old son. Oh God!
Gage rolled onto his back, and her eyes were drawn to the
formidable bulge lifting the sheets. Look away. Look away.
She couldn’t look away. He’d made his feelings for her clear
without ever actually spelling them out. Would he mind if she
looked? Oh God! I should mind! She needed to force those
desires back into Ignore mode. Closing her eyes and gritting her teeth, she
tried to do just that. But the urge to look was too strong, and they popped
open again, drinking in every hard inch of him.
His left arm stretched over his head, coming to rest on the
pillow. The other reached beneath the sheet and adjusted himself. Her nipples
prickled to tight points. Now was not the time to get turned
on, but she couldn’t stop staring as he sleepily pushed the sheet down his
chest, revealing solid abs she’d seen a million times—but never once in bed.
They were sexier than when he was playing basketball or chopping wood to heat
his home. Oh God, she loved to watch him chop wood.
Her eyes moved to the other wood in sight.
She heard a whimpering sound and realized it came from her. She snapped her
mouth shut. She had to get out of there before he woke up and realized what
they’d done.
What if he remembered what happened—or
didn’t—last night? She was never going to drink again. Not in this
lifetime, and definitely not with Gage Ryder.
She clutched the sheet and slid to the edge of the bed,
struggling to dredge up memories of last night from the muddled recesses of her
mind, but her head was spinning. At least her hangover had taken a backseat to
the reality of having slept with Gage. He rolled toward her as she
stepped quietly from the bed. The sheet caught beneath him and pulled from
around her. She gasped, her hands darting to cover all her private parts
as Gage’s amused blue eyes opened and followed her frantic hands. A slow smile
crept across his gorgeous face. She needed more hands! She yanked the sheet
from the bed and turned around.
“Don’t look!” she yelled as she tried to wrap it around her.
“Oh my God. Gage!”
“Sally…?”
“Don’t say a word. Wait. Please tell me we
didn’t have sex. Just…” She shook her head and spun around, bringing Gage and
all his naked glory into full view. For a second she was struck mute, her jaw
hanging open. His thick arousal lay nestled between powerful thighs, on a
manicured tuft of dirty-blond hair.
“See something you want?” Gage said with a chuckle, snapping
her brain into gear.
“You’re naked!” She spun around again, breathing so hard she
feared she might pass out.
“You whipped the sheet off me,” he said far too casually.
“I’m naked!”
“I see that, and I prefer you without the sheet.”
“Gage!” She huffed. “Put a pillow over yourself! Cover that
thing up.”
He sighed loudly and she heard the rustling of the pillow.
“Okay, Salbird. I’m covered, but
given that we’re both naked, I’m pretty sure you got more than an eyeful last
night.”
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Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She
writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance and new adult romance with
emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the
last page. Melissa’s emotional journeys are lovingly erotic and always family
oriented–perfect beach reads for contemporary romance lovers who enjoy reading
about wealthy heroes and smart, sassy heroines.
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