Sunsets at Seaside

Sweet with Heat: Seaside Summers, Book 4

By: Addison Cole

Narrated by: Melissa Moran

Sweet with Heat: Seaside Summers features a group of fun, flirty, and emotional friends who gather each summer at their Cape Cod cottages. They're sassy, flawed, and so easy to relate to, you'll be begging to enter their circle of friends!

Sunsets at Seaside by Addison Cole is the sweet edition of New York Times best-selling author Melissa Foster's steamy romance novel Seaside Sunsets. The stories and characters remain the same, and convey all of the passion you expect between two people in love, without any explicit scenes or harsh language.

In Sunsets at Seaside....

Jessica Ayers has lived a sheltered life with little more than cello lessons and practices taking up her day. Now a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, she escapes the prim and proper symphony to vacation in the Seaside community in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, to determine if she is living life to the fullest or missing it altogether.

For the first time since developing the second largest search engine in the world, billionaire Jamie Reed is taking the summer off. He plans to work from the Cape and spend time with his elderly grandmother - and falling in love is not in his plans.

From the moment Jamie and Jessica meet, the attraction is white-hot. Once-overly-focused Jamie can think of little else than sweet, smart, and alluring Jessica, and Jessica discovers a side of herself she never knew existed. But when Jamie's business encounters trouble and his attorney and best friend intervenes, he proves that the brown-haired beauty is too distracting for Jamie. To make matters worse, it appears that Jessica might not be who she says she is, turning Jamie's life - and his heart - upside down. In a world where personal information is always one click away, Jamie must decide if he should trust his heart or watch the woman he loves walk away.

©2017 Melissa Foster (P)2017 Melissa Foster

Sweet with Heat Jessica and Jamie

Melissa Moran is the perfect narrator for these Sweet with Heat audiobooks. Addison Cole writes a wonderful story with amazing characters and Melissa Moran takes those words and makes the stories come alive. Usually with audiobooks I read the written book first so I am familiar with the story which makes hearing the narrator read it to me that much better. I know what is going to happen but I get to hear the emotions, the feelings, and the voices of the characters.

Sigh, these characters are such amazingly sweet, loyal, and loving. They are friends first and foremost yet are not afraid to call you out, make bets about your love life, and giggle at your mistakes. They are the first to come to your defense, defend you to outsiders, and yell from the rooftops all your good qualities. I want to be a Seaside Girl.

Jamie, who won my over with his love for his grandmother in other books in this series, is a character that I couldn’t wait to find out more about. Jamie, the geeky computer guy, and the new girl Jessica are perfect for each other. The respect and trust they have for each other from their very first meeting was wonderful. There was no pressure to take the relationship to the next level, no pressure to spill all their secrets right away, and no pressure to be anyone but themselves with each other.

The Sweet with Heat: Seaside Summers Series is phenomenal. I am anxious to learn more about the characters and get caught up on the HEA’s that characters are already living. I love that past characters are still in all the books and that with each book there are new characters introduced leading me to believe that this series may go on forever, which I will love.

Jamie + Jessica = Just Right!

Jamie is a programmer and the founder of OneClick, a search engine that is only second place to Google. He is focused on his work yet a good friend and amazing support to his Grandmother Vera and his friends at Seaside. He decides to attempt a vacation and plans to spend his summer at Seaside, rather than the occasional weekend he typically spends.

Jessica is a cellist, on hiatus from the Boston Symphony Orchestra. She has devoted a majority of her life to being the best cellist possible, with little time for anything else. Even the chance to have a break in the first place was difficult for her to obtain. Jessica chooses to spend her vacation in Seaside, where she rents an apartment.

Jessica and Jamie meet unexpectedly, when Jessica, who isn't a fan of technology, gets frustrated and throws her phone, which then strikes Jamie as he walks by. They meet and despite their differences, are drawn to each other.

Jessica is reserved and inexperienced, but Jamie makes her feel at ease immediately. They have to balance their urges with getting to know each other better. The question is, will they know each other well enough to overcome obstacles when their relationship and Jessica's past comes into question?

I loved listening to this book after reading it when it was originally released in print. I loved "watching" these two get to know each other and grow closer. I also loved how quickly Jessica was brought into the fold with the other Seaside girls!

Loved It

Addison Cole writes the most amazing stories. Sunset is light and sweet, a perfect summer beach read. All Jessica knows is is cello lessons and practices Jamie is a billionaire who takes the summer off in Seaside. The sparky fly between them. I love the friendship of the Seaside gang.

Lovely!

4.5 stars.

*UPDATED*

I recently listened to this as audiobook and like the rest of the series, it was super lovely.

I gotta say, there’s something about the narrator’s voice that is sort of calming and captivating. Once I start listening, not only the story grabs me, but the narrator’s voice does as well.

I totally recommend not only the story (see review below), but also this audiobook for those of us audio lovers. <3

*Thank you to the author for providing a copy for which I’m giving my honest opinion*

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This was just as lovely as the series so far.

In this one we get to know Jessica and Jamie. Much like the rest of the people in the Seaside community, Jessica goes there to relax and escape her troubles. I have to say, with each book in this series, I fall more and more in love with Seaside, what a lovely place to hang out!

Anyway, that’s where Jessica and Jamie meet and fall for each other. I loved these two, I loved how great they were for each other, not just romantically, but in their personal lives. They were such focused people, and I loved how they changed each other for the best, and allowed themselves to have fun.

This was a sweet read and a great addition to the series. These books may be more on the sweeter side, but they don’t lack passion and heat. <3

*I was given an ARC of this book in exchange of my honest opinion*

Great story!!

Sunsets at Seaside is the fourth book in the Sweet with Heat: Seaside Summer series. It can be read as a standalone. Jamie and Jessica are both successful and set in their careers. They both feel satisfied in life, and they both are craving some new connections. While taking a break from everyday life, they both end up at the same Cape Cod cottages. Will their connection be enough to keep them together? I enjoyed listening to this narrator. This is an excellent story that I highly recommend.