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Dreaming of Love: Emily Braden (Love in Bloom: The Bradens at Trusty Book 5) Kindle Edition

by Melissa Foster (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 1,673 ratings
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Discover the magic of New York Times bestseller Melissa Foster's writing, and see why millions of readers have fallen in love with the Bradens. The Bradens are a series of stand-alone romances that may also be enjoyed as part of the larger Love in Bloom series. (Voted Best Book Series, by Supportive Business Moms UK)

In USA Today Bestseller DREAMING OF LOVE...
Emily Braden is a leader in architectural preservation, a pillar in her small hometown, and successful in everything she does--with the exception of finding true love. She's watched several of her brothers fall in love, and she needs this trip to Tuscany to get away from it all and to stop focusing on what she doesn't have.

Dae Bray doesn't do flings, and he never stays in one place for very long. As a demolitionist, he goes where jobs take him, and the more often he travels, the better. His trip to Tuscany is all work--until he meets smart and sexy Emily, who makes him reconsider his fear of settling down, his no-fling rule--and just about everything else he's ever believed about himself.

Passion sizzles as Dae and Emily explore the history and beauty of Tuscany. Their romance moves beyond tourist attractions to the bedroom, blossoming into a deep connection neither can deny. But their worlds collide when Emily wants to preserve the property that Dae is there to demolish. Can a woman who sees the beauty in preservation and a man whose life is spent tearing things down find a solid foundation for their love?

*All BRADEN books can be enjoyed as stand-alone novels or as part of the series*

Want More Bradens? Read the full Braden at Trusty, CO series!
Taken by Love (Luke)
Fated for Love (Wes)
Romancing My Love (Pierce)
Flirting with Love (Ross)
Dreaming of Love (Emily)
Crashing into Love (Jake)

The Bradens are part of the Love in Bloom big family romance collection. Characters from each sub-series appear in future books. Read the complete Love in Bloom series:

SNOW SISTERS
Sisters in Love
Sisters in Bloom
Sisters in White

THE BRADENS (Weston, CO)
Lovers at Heart (Treat & Max)
Destined for Love (Rex & Jade)
Friendship on Fire (Josh & Riley)
Sea of Love (Dane & Lacy)
Bursting with Love (Savannah & Jack)
Hearts at Play (Hugh & Bree)

THE BRADENS (Trusty, CO)
Taken by Love (Luke)
Fated for Love (Wes)
Romancing My Love (Pierce)
Flirting with Love (Ross)
Dreaming of Love (Emily)
Crashing into Love (Jake)

THE BRADEN WORLD NOVELLAS
Promise My Love (Rex & Jade's Wedding)
Our New Love (Jack & Savannah's Baby)
Story of Love (Josh & Riley's Wedding)

THE REMINGTONS
Game of Love (Dex)
Stroke of Love (Sage)
Flames of Love (Siena)
Slope of Love (Rush)
Read, Write, Love (Kurt)

SEASIDE SUMMERS
Seaside Dreams (Bella)
Seaside Hearts (Jenna)
Seaside Sunsets (Jamie)
Seaside Secrets (Amy)
Seaside Nights (Sky)
Seaside Embrace (Hunter)
Seaside Lovers (Grayson)
Seaside Whispers (Matt)

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"...love, loss, lies, grief, finding happiness in the face of adversity, romance, humor, bravery, hot hot hot sex scenes, marriages, births and totally awesome characters." --Supportive Business Moms, UK

"Like Nora Roberts, Melissa Foster has captivated me with her fantastic, sexy, romantic stories." K. Winning

Amazon Editors' Pick - One of the BEST ROMANCE BOOKS of JANUARY 2015!

"You can always rely on Melissa Foster to deliver a story that's fresh, emotional and entertaining. Make sure you have all night, because once you start you won't want to stop reading. Every book's a winner!" New York Times Bestselling Author Brenda Novak

"Melissa Foster is synonymous with sexy, swoony, heartfelt romance!" New York Times Bestseller Lauren Blakely​
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"You can always rely on Melissa Foster to deliver a story that's fresh, emotional and entertaining. Make sure you have all night, because once you start you won't want to stop reading. Every book's a winner!" New York Times Bestselling Author Brenda Novak

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If you enjoy the LOVE IN BLOOM series, you may enjoy my new series, HARBORSIDE NIGHTS..
HARBORSIDE NIGHTS is a sexy, hot, and evocatively real New Adult Romance series that follows a group of friends who have known one another for years as "summer" friends, and now come together after college to build their lives. They're tough, edgy, and accepting--most of the time. Catching Cassidy is written in the loving, raw, and emotional voice readers have come to love by New York Times & USA Today bestselling, award-winning author Melissa Foster. .COMING in 2015 the full Harborside Nights series:
Catching Cassidy (Het)
Discovering Delilah (F/F)
Tempting Tristan (M/M)
Chasing Charley (Het)
Breaking Brandon (M/M)

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00QQRIRQ0
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ World Literary Press (January 20, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 20, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1736 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 386 pages
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Melissa Foster

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NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR

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Melissa writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance, new adult romance and women's fiction with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Readers adore Melissa's fun, flirty, and sinfully sexy, award-winning big-family romance collection, LOVE IN BLOOM featuring the Snow Sisters, Bradens, Remingtons, Ryders, Seaside Summers, Bayside Summers, Harborside Nights, Wild Boys and Bad Boys After Dark, Tru Blue and the Whiskeys, the Wickeds, and the Montgomerys. Melissa's emotional journeys are always family oriented. Perfect beach reads for contemporary romance lovers who enjoy reading about loyal, wealthy and blue-collar heroes and smart, sassy, and empowered heroines with complex and relatable issues.

Melissa also writes sweet romance with no harsh language or explicit scenes under the pen name Addison Cole.

Melissa's interests include her family, reading, writing, painting, friends, helping others see the positive side of life, and enjoying beach life on Cape Cod.

Melissa is available to chat with book clubs and welcomes comments and emails from her readers. Visit Melissa on social media or her personal website.

"Melissa Foster is synonymous with sexy, swoony, heartfelt romance!" -NYT Bestseller Lauren Blakely

"With her wonderful characters and resonating emotions, Melissa Foster is a must-read author!" -NYT Bestseller Julie Kenner

"What sets Melissa Foster apart are her compelling characters who you care about... desperately. I dare you to read the first chapter and not be hooked." NYT bestseller, M.J. Rose

"You can always rely on Melissa Foster to deliver a story that's fresh, emotional and entertaining. Make sure you have all night, because once you start you won't want to stop reading. Every book's a winner!" New York Times Bestselling Author Brenda Novak

"Melissa Foster is quickly becoming one of my favorites. Fated For Love was amazing. It kind of reminds me of Jill Shalvis' books and they are my benchmark for contemporary romance awesomeness." --Books Like Breathing

Comments from Melissa:

I grew up in Maryland with my mother, a slew of wonderful brothers, and never a shortage of friends or pets. I am passionate about writing, reading, living healthy, and helping others do the same, and I enjoy just about anything outdoors (and anything chocolate!). I love to chat with readers and book clubs, and welcome your comments and suggestions. Feel free to email me. You can also catch me on Facebook.com/MelissaFosterAuthor.

Thanks for reading!

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Terisa
5.0 out of 5 stars 4 1/2 stars
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2015
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Emily Braden has longed for the true love that four of her five brothers have found but she knows that she will never find it in Trusty, Colorado. When one of brothers gives her a trip to Tuscany, Italy she is hopeful that maybe this was her chance but she isn’t going to hold her breath. She’s going there to relax and enjoy the sights while staying tin the villa that was designed by one of her favorite architects.

Dae Bray has gone to Tuscany for work not a vacation. He’s a demolitionist that has been hired to demolish a house. This isn’t just any house though, it’s a house that is built around an extremely old olive tree. A tree that has been worshipped and wished upon by women for more than a hundred years. When he meets and starts to have feelings for Emily who is an architect that works to preserve rather than destroy, will he be able to find a way to talk the owner into preserving the tree as well as the house around and if he can’t will Emily be able to forgive him? Not just for this building but for others that he will destroy in the future.

Let me start off by saying that I absolutely LOVE this series and have read each and every one and that I have long awaited the release of Emily’s story. I wanted so bad to give this story five stars like I have so many of the others but there were some things that just really floated my boat that I couldn’t get over that happened towards the end of the book. First and foremost was the fact that Dae was an amazing character and with that being said, the way that he proposed sucked! I could not believe that any man with that much passion and thoughtfulness would propose the way that he did. The other thing involves the house and tree at the end that I can’t really go into detail with otherwise it will give too much away so I will just on record as saying that I thought it was weird. You’ll understand once you’ve read the book.

All of that said the book takes place in the matter of two weeks’ time. It’s another fast, love at first sight romance with fun characters, beautifully written scenes that really has me wanting to visit the Italian countryside, as well as a little peak at Daisy and Luke’s wedding.

Up next is Jake, the only single brother left in this Braden clan. He has heart was broken at an early age and is determined that he will never fall in love again because all it leads to is heartache should something go wrong.
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Denise M
5.0 out of 5 stars Architecture Girl & Demo Boy Find True Love
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2017
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Dreaming of Love: Emily Braden (Love in Bloom: The Bradens at Trusty Book 5) by Melissa Foster

I received an audio ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Hats off to Melissa Foster for another sizzling yet sweet romance. Kudos to B.J. Harrison for the excellent narration. His ability to switch characters as well as allowing you to know when a character is thinking versus speaking is amazing. He gives each character their own tone, inflection and even accent when needed.

This is the love story between architect Emily Braden and demolition expert Dae Bray. I'm sure you can already see a conflict brewing. One likes to preserve and one likes to demolish. But like most things in life nothing is simple.

They meet in beautiful Tuscany where Dae is accessing a demo job and Emily is taking the vacation her brother Wes gave her. They meet and sparks fly.

Dae is the perfect man for Emily and I considered her extremely lucky to be the recipient of Dae’s affections, attention, thoughtfulness, lust and love.

Emily is bright, sexy, but sometimes a little rigid in her thinking and stubborn. She's beautiful with a huge heart and I was glad she was open to love.

The House of Wishes plays an important role in the story and the resolution was perfect. The storyline flowed, the romance progressed at a very believable pace and had you wishing you were Emily on vacation.

I loved Dae’s careful consideration and his ability to make sound decisions based on research and not merely appearances. He taught Emily not to jump to conclusions and to trust in his judgement. He respected her and her decisions without judgement and she soon realized she could do the same with him.

The secondary characters were developed and made you care for them and feel for their personal situations.

I enjoyed their love story so much, sweet with plenty of sizzle. If you haven't tried an audio book, let this one be your first. Well written, beautifully paced and expertly narrated.
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Bookworm
4.0 out of 5 stars Dreaming Of You #5 05/17/2023
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2023
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Emily was given a trip to Italy from her brother Wes because she helped set up a romantic evening for his girlfriend and her friends. Now it’s her turn to hopefully find love. Dae is in Italy to assess a job to demolish a house. That’s when he runs into Emily and right away they both feel the attraction. And are soon spending time together. That when this remarkable house and tree make things happen in their lives. So enjoy a very romantic read!!
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Deb
5.0 out of 5 stars House of Wishes
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2024
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Emily Braden has always dreamed of Tuscany, her brother gives her a trip as a gift and her 1st night there she meets Dae.This man has her falling from the beginning and he is a too. No ones heart is safe. He’s there for work but spends his time with Emily. Tuscany does the rest in weaving a love story for the 2 of them. If you need a love story and a super romantic man who loves with his whole heart this is your book.
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jd66
5.0 out of 5 stars awesome book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 4, 2022
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Wow what a beautiful story of love, fear and hope. I adored this storyline and could t put the book down. Wonderful narration too. Can’t wait to read the next book now.
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patti
5.0 out of 5 stars Hot in Tuscany!!
Reviewed in Canada on July 23, 2016
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Wow loved this book!! Emily Braden goes to Tuscany on a dream vacation and meets Dae Bray. The chemistry is off the charts with these two. It was great seeing Emily happy and it was great hearing about her explore Tuscany. This is a must read book...you will not be disappointed!!
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caterina fuda
5.0 out of 5 stars Love italy
Reviewed in Italy on January 21, 2015
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I love reading Melissa's books! But this one meant more to me because i live in italy and Firenze(Florence) is my favorite city and Melissa captured it perfectly! Emily and dae are great together! Caterina
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S. Baron
5.0 out of 5 stars Emily and Dae
Reviewed in Australia on January 31, 2015
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Emily has been in the previous books and you learned a bit about her as she has a big personality and has helped her brothers get their girls. Her brother gifted her a trip to Italy where she has always wanted to go and this is where she meets Dae and their story begins. Once again Melissa writes with such humour that you just get glued to the book and want to get through it as quick as possible to know what is happening and then get to the end and wished you had gone slower because now its finished. Loved it.
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Wendy C.
5.0 out of 5 stars Love
Reviewed in Canada on January 19, 2020
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