Caught by Love (The Steeles at Silver Island, #3)
Melissa Foster
He’s set on pleasure, but she’s all business. Sizzling chemistry and a surprising connection set this sexy love story in motion. But is it enough to last forever? Find out and fall in love on the sandy shores of Silver Island, home to coffee shops, boat races, midnight rendezvous, and the sexy, sharp-witted Steeles. USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestseller. In USA Today bestseller CAUGHT BY LOVE... Archer Steele is one of the leading vintners on the East Coast. He’s arrogant, aggressive, and has never been interested in settling down, which is what makes his hookups with his sister’s beautiful blond best friend, hair and makeup artist Indi Oliver, the perfect escape. But Indi’s toying with moving to the island, and when she ends their no-strings trysts to focus on her business, Archer isn’t ready to let her go… The Steeles at Silver Island TEMPTED BY LOVE (Jock) MY TRUE LOVE (Jules) CAUGHT BY LOVE (Archer) ALWAYS HER LOVE (Levi) WILD ISLAND LOVE (Leni) ENTICING HER LOVE (Sutton) Other love stories set on Silver Island MAYBE WE WILL (Silver Harbor) SEARCHING FOR LOVE (Bradens & Montgomerys) Discover the magic of New York Times bestseller Melissa Foster's writing and see why millions of readers have fallen in love with the Love in Bloom big-family romance collection. Love in Bloom novels are written to stand alone or may be enjoyed as part of the larger series, so dive right into this fun, sexy romance Snow Sisters The Bradens The Bradens and Montgomerys The Remingtons Seaside Summers Bayside Summers The Ryders Wild Boys After Dark Bad Boys After Dark The Whiskeys: Dark Knights at Peaceful Harbor The Wickeds: Dark Knights at Bayside Sugar Lake Harmony Pointe Silver Harbor Harborside Nights
Publication Year: 2022
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Finally, we get Archer’s story. And just as much as I wanted to get into Archer’s head, I wanted to see Indi find happiness. For a curmudgeonly guy, Archer can sure be swoony. He wants everyone to think he’s some big jerk. In fact, he thinks that of himself. But really, Archer is a softy. He may go through women (or he did in the past) and keep to himself, yet he always does the right thing and goes above and beyond to do so.
Indi’s past was not quite what I expected. I absolutely adore how Archer stood beside her and spoke up for her when it was needed. He may have been heavy-handed a time or two, but always from a place of respect. More than seeing Archer stand up for Indi, I enjoyed watching her find the backbone to stand up for herself. Once Indi finds the strength within to truly tell her parents how she feels, she gains more than she loses. The ups and downs of her relationship with her siblings was an added bonus to this tale.
There is a huge amount of groveling to be done in this story, and Archer does not disappoint on that end. Not that Indi is without blame at times, but not to the extent that she needs to actually grovel. That’s all on Archer…more than once.
I’ve complained in the past about this author’s habit of trying to fill in too many details about past stories and characters when it’s not necessary. It doesn’t always come across as organic to the story. In this case, she found a new and unique way to bring up some past connections without it messing with the story flow. I really appreciate the effort she made to keep the reader informed without stopping the narrative to do so.
Note: Because this story is published under a different publisher than the related Silver Harbor series, for some reason that other publisher has things on a different timeline. The author always writes her books so they can be read as standalones, but if you want to know where this falls in the timeline it actually comes before the first Silver Harbor book, Maybe We Will.
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