Tony
Black is the hottest surfer on the planet. He travels the world throughout the
year and spends his summers on Cape Cod with his friends, at the Seaside
cottages in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. He’s got his choice of women, but Amy
Maples is the one he wants. Fourteen years ago she was his for an entire
summer, until a devastating accident changed everything, and what they had
seemed like it had never existed—at least for her.
Amy Maples is as consistent as the day is long. She’s spent summers on Cape Cod
forever, she always does the right thing, and she’s spent years trying to
reclaim the heart of Tony Black, the only man she’s ever loved. She’s back for
a summer of fun with her friends at Seaside, only this year she’s been offered
the opportunity of a lifetime thousands of miles away, and she’s decided to try
one last time to reconnect with Tony. But having a relationship with Tony means
dealing with her past—and dealing with her past may knock her to her knees.
I
am so excited about this book. I think I have been waiting for this particular
Seaside installment since the very first one. Amy and Tony have been some of my
favorite characters since I started this series and I am really excited to see
them get their HEA. This book was beautifully written just like all of the
other books by Melissa Foster but this one was filled with so many more
emotions that I am used to. It nearly ripped my heart out but I loved every
second. Each characters always had their little things that they had to get
through but Tony and Amy had past hurts and a lot of denial they had to get
through. It made the HEA that much sweeter.
“He loved Bella, Caden, and the others goddamn it. What he felt for
Amy was so much bigger than friendship, it threatened to stop his fucking
heart.”
Amy
Maples has been in love with Tony since she was six years old. They spent one
summer together when they were eighteen and she has yet to feel anything close
to it. Now she is going to try one last time to reclaim his love and his heart
before she leaves Seaside for a new job. When the seduction doesn’t go as
planned she plans to take the job in Australia. This job will take her away for
two years, hopefully long enough to get over Tony. He has made his feelings
very clear and now it is time to get over him once and for all.
“You’re everything to me, Amy. You’re the first thing I think of when
I wake up and the last thing I think of before I fall asleep.”
Tony
Black has been in love with Amy for as long as he can remember. When the summer
before college ends in tragedy and Amy pushes him away he leaves more broken
then he could ever imagine. Now he tries to love Amy from a far. He doesn’t
want to risk losing her again or Amy tossing him aside so easily again. Never
mind neither one of them has really dealt with what happened that summer. When
Amy takes his advice and takes the job he has to wonder if he made the biggest
mistake of his life.
“It’s our decision this time, Amy. There are no outside influences
that can push us one way or the other. There’s only you and me and what could
be.”
The
first half of this book was so heart-wrenching I couldn’t help but be teary
through it. I was literally holding my breath through every chapter in the
first half. Reading Amy putting her heart on the line over and over again only
to come to the conclusion that Tony no longer loves her hurt. A lot. But I also
think adding Tony’s POV and seeing how much letting her go hurt him made it
even worse. Melissa was able to create a story that stands completely on its
own in the Love in Bloom overall series. The rawness and the heartbreak of
their story makes this one of my favorite reads.
“I want to wrap you up and hold you tight.” He kissed the corners of
her mouth. “I want to get to know every inch of your beautiful body again,
until I know how it changes when you breathe.”
Tony
and Amy have a lot of past to work through. Never mind what happened that
summer but also the weight their parents left. Tony’s dad is gone but that
doesn’t mean he didn’t play a part in Amy and Tony splitting up that summer.
Amy’s overbearing father also had some part to play and their story was about
coming to terms with everything that happened. All of the regrets and lost
years and coming out the other side more in love then they ever were. We also
get the lovable crazy girls and Jamie from the first three books. We get a very
nice ending for the main group at Seaside that left all of the pain we saw in
the beginning totally worth it.
“I know I told you to take the job with Duke, and I don’t want to
stand in your way, but I want you with me, Amy. Every day, every night, every
fucking minute of my life.”
While
I have always appreciated Melissa’s drama free reading I loved how she mixed it
up and I wouldn’t even call this drama. This wasn’t some angsty drama but an
emotional reconnection. Melissa Foster has a writing style that pulls you into
the story and wish you owned a condo on the cape alongside all of these Seaside
friends. She created a stunning story that left me heartbroken in the beginning
but completely sighing and smiling with happiness at the end. I cannot wait to
read more from this series. I highly recommend Melissa Foster’s books. EVERY
SINGLE ONE OF THEM!
“We’ve only been together a short while, but we’ve loved each other a
lifetime. Yes, I’ll change everything for you.”
