Bursting with Love

Love in Bloom, Book 8; The Bradens, Book 5

By: Melissa Foster

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins

Publisher's Summary

Voted Best Book Series of 2013 by Supportive Business Moms, UK.

Bursting with Love is the newest addition to The Bradens (Love in Bloom series) by New York Times & USA Today best-selling and award-winning author Melissa Foster. This contemporary romance series features alpha male heroes and sexy, empowered women. They're flawed, funny, passionate, and very relatable to listeners who enjoy new adult romance, contemporary romance, and women's fiction....

After having her heart broken by a country music star, Savannah Braden has sworn off men. She takes a break from her fast-paced Manhattan lifestyle for a weekend at a survivor camp to rebuild her confidence and readjust her priorities. But when she meets the handsome guide, Jack Remington, she's drawn to everything about him - from his powerful physique to his brooding stare - despite the big chip on his shoulder. Powerless to ignore the heated glances and mounting sexual tension, Savannah begins to reassess her hasty decision.

After losing his wife in a tragic accident, Jack Remington found solace in the Colorado Mountains. This solitary existence allows him to wallow in his guilt and punish himself for having made a decision that he believes cost his wife her life. He never expected to want to return to the life he once knew - but then again, he never expected to meet gorgeous, stubborn, and competitive Savannah Braden.

One passionate kiss is all it takes to crack the walls the two have built to protect themselves, and allow love to slip in.

©2014 Melissa Foster (P)2015 Melissa Foster

Critic Reviews

"The whole Love in Bloom series is pretty amazing, but Bursting with Love just blew me away. It's sweet and heartbreaking and sexy, and easily one of the best romances I've ever read." (Fic Central)

Beautiful loving story!

Beautiful loving story!
Just when I though this series couldn't get better, I have a new favorite! I loved Savannah and Jack's story! It was sweet, sexy, steamy and loving! I loved how she could get through to Jack when no one else could and how he could finally open up his heart. You'll have to listen to this book to enjoy this wonderful story. It's a must listen! I was disappointed when it ended because I wanted more of their story. It's such a fantastic book that I listened to it in 2 days!! You also get to visit with your favorite Bradens in here too and meet Jack's family. Narration was great! Looking forward to the next book!

Filled with so much heart and emotion!

Audiobook: Narrator - B.J. Harrison

Another wonderful narration by Mr. Harrison. He is officially the voice of Love and the Bradens for me! This was a clear narration, easy to follow and understand with distinctive voices and a performance that added the much needed emotion when needed.


I really enjoyed this story and to be honest, I didn’t think I would. Going in, I had not read the blurb and I did not know this hero had a deceased wife. That’s a trope that I usually avoid because it can be tricky making me believe the hero loves the heroine as much or more than he did his wife. But Jack proved my worry was for nothing. While he definitely struggled, this author wrote his story in such a way that I was filled with all the emotions he was and loved watching him heal.

Finally getting Savannah’s story was amazing as well. To be honest, I wasn’t sure who her hero would be and I was afraid it was going to be her ex. So glad Ms. Foster gave Jack to her. She was just what he needed but he was everything she wanted as well.

This is a beautiful story that dealt with so many different issues as Jack moved out from the darkness. I really would love to see this couple again further down the road with all their children.

The stores just keep getting better

I received this audiobook free for an honest review. All of the stores in the series get an A++. The author is so incredibly talented. Each one is a stand alone, but it is nice to listen to each in order to get a feel for the dynamics of the family. Each story is so different. It is now Savannah's turn at romance. The relationship between Savannah and Jack is very heartfelt. Savannah deserves real love. The narrator did a great job with the characters and their personalities.

Heartbreaking story

It's been awhile since Melissa Foster has broken my heart, but she has managed to do it in this book. Jack's story is so heartbreaking, I had tears rolling down my face. I am so glad Savannah was his bright light in the darkness. I'm glad her sense of family made him want to reconnect with his family. And I'm really glad he and his dad had their come to Jesus conversation.

Having listened to the Remington series before listening to the Bradens, I had no idea about Jack's history. Like I said, Jack's story broke my heart. But, of course, Ms Foster gave us the "HEA" with the big family get together at the end.

Another BJ Harrison narration that guts you with the telling of the story of the accident. This is probably my favorite book by him because of the emotional toll. I can't imagine the toll it took on him to get into character and narrate this book.

Love these books!

Love in Bloom...my interest has bloomed with every single Braden Book.
The story of Savannah & Jack is so sweet. All of these books deal with falling in love, but they all have such different story lines. Love Them!

This man is no match for a stubborn Braden........

Bursting with Love is the fifth book in The Bradens mini-series, and it features the only sister of the family, the feisty and determined Savannah Braden. After dumping her cheating boyfriend, Savannah runs away to a survivalist weekend camp with a gorgeous but irritable and brooding guide named Jack Remington. Although leery of opening herself to the possibility of being hurt by love, Savannah can't fight both her powerful pull towards Jack and the challenge of getting under his skin at every turn. Jack is still grieving the death of his wife after two years and has perfected the art of being miserable. These two together seem like a disaster in the making, but the passion and chemistry when they finally give into their desires is combustible.

I liked Savannah from the very first Bradens book, and I hated watching her with her cheating boyfriend in previous books. As with so many strong, successful, beautiful women, she kept going back to the bad boy. On the surface, Jack, a former special forces soldier and modern day adventurer seems like a bad boy, but he is the best kind of sweet and loving underneath that hard exterior. As with all of Melissa Foster's stories, family drama is sprinkled throughout the book, and I teared up several times watching Jack reconnect with his family and allow himself to grieve for his deceased wife. I make the story sound heavy, but Foster employees her usual finesse to balance poignant emotions with scorching steam and a sprinkling of comedy. I already miss Jack and Savannah, and I am headed off to start Hugh Braden's story next.

BJ Harrison narrates most of the books in the Love in Bloom series, and he is an ideal choice for the single narration style. Harrison performs both male and female roles with skill, but I especially love his deep, masculine cadence for the sexy male leads. His delivery is flawless, and he makes an already moving story even more touching as an audiobook.

I received a copy of this audiobook at my request in exchange for this honest review.

GREAT SERIES!

I loved it! The narration was great. The author did a great job with the character builds and plot. I look forward to reading the next book in this series! I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Love, love Jack and Savannah!

Bursting with Love will make you laugh, cry and sigh. Jack Remington is grieving his wife that he lost to a tragic accident. He has shut everyone out until a sassy auburn-haired beauty joins one of his survivor weekend trips. Savannah Braden is coming off a bad relationship and just wants to find herself again. When Savannah finds out the real reason behind Jack’s grouchy attitude, she is determined to help him heal. Little did she know, he helped her heal as well.

This is an AWESOME story! You will not be disappointed! BJ Harrison is a great narrator.

Savannah gets her story

Savannah is a strong independent woman who needs a man who can handle her.

Jack is lost soul of a man who needs an independent woman to center him.

Together they are fire and ice who find their harmony.

This series is all read by the same narrator and I’m finally used to his inflection and am enjoying the stories.

Savannah can tackle anything . . . including

Manhattan was a lifestyle for Savannah Braden but it was not her life. She could rough it and find herself once again after a long awaited break-up. In the very land that Jack Remington found his peace or was it just existence. He also finds himself very intrigued by one of his guess. He found something more to great each day with and even a reason to be in the city just a little bit more. It was time that he greet the demons that had sent him on the path that found his current happiness and peace.

This was a journey for them both, Savannah and Jack. A journey for them to find that extra. Savannah needing to regain herself and Jack needed to forgive himself.

The passion between the two was right and awaiting them both to just give in to the possibilities.

B.J. Harrison gave the back drop but there was just that something missing from fully immersing within the audio.

Great introduction to the Remingtons

jack Remington is a tortured soul blaming himself for the death of his wife. He has blocked himself of from his family and the world in the mountains, where he does survival courses Savannah Braden is getting over another painful break up with the on/off boyfriend. The sparks fly before they have even taken off for the mountains. Over the course of the 3 day course Jack opens up to Savannah, and once he is back home to his cabin he begins to make amends with his family. This is where we meet the rest of the Remington family who are the next family series. Loved this book and the narration for the audio version was spot on again.

Strong Savannah meets her match

Savannah goes on wilderness break to get over being cheated on and ends up falling in love with broken widower Jack Remington. Jack is the leader of this break and tries his hardest to resist her as he is still grieving the death of his wife 3years previous. This is a wonderful story which is beautifully narrated and I found myself cheering both characters on as if they were in the room with me.