Crashing into Love (The Bradens at Trusty, #6; The Bradens, #12; Love in Bloom, #21)
Melissa Foster
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Crashing into Love (The Bradens at Trusty, #6; The Bradens, #12; Love in Bloom, #21)
Melissa Foster
Fiona Steele has a great career, strong friendships, and a loving family. To an outsider, her life appears happy and fulfilling. But the one thing that’s missing is true love, and the only man Fiona wants is the one she can’t have, sinfully handsome and seductively intense Jake Braden—the man whose heart she broke, which she has regretted ever since. As an LA stuntman, Jake Braden’s at the top of his game. He’s hired for all the best movies, hooks up with the hottest women, and lives an unencumbered lifestyle where his needs come first—and where he doesn’t have to examine his life too closely. Except when he visits his family in his close-knit hometown of Trusty, Colorado, where he spends his time avoiding Fiona—the only woman who knows who he really is. When Fiona’s best friend is hired to act in Jake’s movie, Fiona jumps at the chance to try to win him back. There’s no denying the white-hot attraction burning between them. With every encounter, Fiona hopes Jake can’t resist falling back into the love they once shared. But her well-orchestrated rendezvous doesn’t go over well with the brooding heartthrob. Living in the fast lane is perfect for a guy who’s buried his emotions so damn deep he’s not sure he can remember how to feel—and he’s not sure he ever wants to.
Publication Year: 2015
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I really loved "the one that got away" aspect of this story. As someone who married her high school sweetheart, and is still married to him more than 20 years later, I can tell you it's not always an easy thing. I liked that Jake brought up that he and Fionna would not have necessarily lasted if they had stayed together. That they had to go through some growing up on their own in order to realize what was and was not meant to be.
I really, really, really expected there to be a typical blown out of proportion misunderstanding in this one, even though that is not Melissa Fosters usual M.O. It was just, with Jake's lifestyle, it seemed inevitable. Sure, there was some strife. Would it be worth reading if it was all easy street? Probably not. But it didn't get ridiculous.
The one thing that did get ridiculous was the extent of Jake's fame. I didn't get that. I would be VERY hard pressed to give you the name of a stuntman, no matter who he does stunts for or how good looking he may be. That just seemed odd. Yet Fionna's friend, Trish, had been nominated for an Oscar and wasn't as known as Jake? Strange. And it annoyed me that the author used names very similar to real-life celebrity names (Megan Flexx: dark hair, pouty lips, sultry) and movie names that are really similar to real movies. It bothered me because I really like Foster's books and this struck me as laziness. Almost like she put these names in as fillers as she was writing and forgot to go back and come back with better fictional names. In fact, this annoyed me so much I almost knocked a star off of my rating.
All in all, this was another great romance.
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