Secrets at Seaside

Sweet with Heat: Seaside Summers, Book 5

By: Addison Cole

Narrated by: Melissa Moran

Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's summary

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!

Secrets at Seaside by Addison Cole is the sweet edition of New York Times best-selling author Melissa Foster's steamy romance novel, Seaside Secrets. 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 Secrets at Seaside....

Tony Black is the hottest surfer on the planet. He travels the world throughout the year and spends his summers on Cape Cod with his friends, at the Seaside cottages in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. He's got his choice of women, but Amy Maples is the one he wants. Fourteen years ago, she was his for an entire summer, until a devastating accident changed everything, and what they had seemed like it had never existed - at least for her.

Amy Maples is as consistent as the day is long. She's spent summers on Cape Cod forever, she always does the right thing, and she's spent years trying to reclaim the heart of Tony Black, the only man she's ever loved. She's back for a summer of fun with her friends at Seaside, only this year she's been offered the opportunity of a lifetime thousands of miles away, and she's decided to try one last time to reconnect with Tony. But having a relationship with Tony means dealing with her past - and dealing with her past may knock her to her knees.

Sweet with Heat: Seaside Summers Series:

Read, Write, Love at Seaside

Dreaming at Seaside

Hearts at Seaside

Sunsets at Seaside

Secrets at Seaside

Nights at Seaside

Seized by Love at Seaside

Embraced at Seaside

Lovers at Seaside

Whispers at Seaside

©2017 Melissa Foster (P)2017 Melissa Foster

Secrets at Seaside

Amy Maples has loved Tony Black since they were kids. She is tired of waiting for him to see her and make a move. This summer, she's decided, is the final straw. She has a new potential job offer in Australia so if Tony won't open his eyes to what's in front of him, Amy is gone. But this declaration opens a lot of secrets from the past. Secrets that Amy hasn't even shared with her closest girlfriends Bella, Jenna, and Leanna. If Tony and her have any chance of starting something, they'll have to face what's between them in the past first.

I can't believe we've finally reached this point in the series. The point I've been waiting for since the beginning!

As per usual, Melissa Moran does a spectacular job narrating this series and these characters. I love the way she's perfected the sound of each character's voice. While I often feel like there's not enough variation in the male voices, I've always appreciated that she's stayed true to the main four: Amy, Jenna, Bella, and Leanna.

I honestly wasn't prepared for all the depth of history between Tony and Amy, but Addison Cole certainly knows how to make the heart-wrenching fit with the heart-melting aspects of their story. I started to suspect within the last couple of books that Amy's feelings for Tony went further than just some unrequited long-held crush and I was certainly right. However, I was blown away by all the revelations as many of them were certainly unexpected.

I love a good friends-to-lovers romance and Amy and Tony certainly fit that description, but their story goes beyond a simply being two friends who fall for each other. I loved digging deeper into the past at Seaside. Those summers when our familiar characters were growing up play a big part in Tony and Amy's story. Fittingly, the story focuses a lot on the past in order to move forward to the future. Not only for Tony and Amy, but the future of the series itself as the end of Secrets has now given readers all the initial main characters their own Happily Ever Afters at this point. It really felt like the closing of a chapter.

I'm really interested in seeing how things continue on from here as there have been some secondary characters added since the beginning. But mostly I'm just extremely satisfied with the exceptional story Addison Cole gave Amy and Tony. My most anticipated was definitely not a disappointment.

Secrets at Seaside - Another Fantastic Audio Book!

Audio book review - Secrets at Seaside by Addison Cole - Secrets at Seaside was another GREAT addition to the Sweet with Heat Books by Addison Cole. It tells us the love story of Tony and Amy. Amy has been in love with Tony for what seems like forever, but has never been able to win his attention. Come to find out, there is more to their long time friendship than any of us were even aware of! Their history is one that will tug at your heart strings, and have you rooting them on the entire time you're reading.

Addison Cole is a fantastic author. She makes the characters people that you can relate to in some way. Melissa Moran is also just an all around fantastic narrator. She does each character justice and gives them depth and personality throughout the book.

Tony and Amy both have their secrets (like we all do) and the story tells of their struggles with their demons individually, and finally trying to decide if it is worth it to face them head on, together. A lot of us are afraid to tell others about things we have been through, and we aren't willing to put our pride aside to ask for help. This story displays that type of situation perfectly, from start to finish.

I won't give you an entire description of the book, you can get those above or in other reviews. ;) Addison Cole is definitely an author whose books I don't need to read the description of, I am now on auto-buy. Hope you enjoy this book as well!

One of the Best Books I Have Listened To

This is definitely one of the best books I have read. Addison Cole did an outstanding job with this one. Tony and Amy have loved each other forever, but they just would never get together, or did they? This book has lots of emotional parts, which caused plenty of tears while I was reading it, but there were happy tears also. It is one of those books that you can't help but get totally immersed into it. The other three Seaside Girls have found their forever men, and are just waiting for Amy to find hers, so they can all get married together, but no one can imagine that to be anyone, other than Tony. There is so much going on in this book, including some really tough topics, like a miscarriage and ALS, but the author did a wonderful job with them. There would also not be the Seaside Girls, without the laughter, so of course, that is there too, as well as one of the most romantic stories of love.
Melissa Moran was the narrator. She was new to me, but she did a wonderful job. I am looking forward to hearing more from her.

Another winner...

Secrets at Seaside is the fifth book in the Sweet with Heat: Seaside Summers series. A group of friends meet at their Cape Cod cottages. They both want to reconnect, but Tony and Amy share a past that just might be too much to overcome. I really enjoyed this story and narrator. This author never fails to keep me reading longer than intended. I definitely recommend this book.

Second Chance Love

Secrets at Seaside: Sweet with Heat: Seaside Summers, #5 by Addison Cole

Melissa Moran is did another great job narrating and breathing life into the written word.

Second chance romance and facing a painful shared past by bringing it out in the open. That's what this summer brings to the Cape for Tony Black and Amy Maples. Former secret lovers fourteen years ago, they shared their love and then shared a tragedy. Amy unable to deal with it, pushed Tony away and went their separate ways.

Tony went on to become the world class surfer he'd always dreamed of being and a motivational speaker, returning to Seaside each summer to see the only woman he truly loves, but only as her friend and protector.

Amy went on to build herself a successful business, always trying to do the right thing, trying to please her father and trying to get Tony to notice her as a woman and not just his friend.

With their Seaside friends, all of whom have found love, they spend the summer in Wellfleet, Massachusetts once again. Faced with an amazing business opportunity, Amy gives it one last shot with Tony. If they can't find their way this summer she's going to take the job in Australia. Tony would like nothing better than to build a future with Amy, but how can they without dealing with the past once and for all and putting it to rest?

Tony is such a great guy. His love is so deep. Forever sweet Amy was lucky to have her girlfriends to give her the strength and support she needed. The road back to each other was not an easy one, fraught with mistakes and fear. Can Tony risk Amy throwing him away again? Does Amy have the courage to deal with their tragedy? They both had family issues to deal with and realizations that only come with being an adult.

Sweet Heat on the Cape. Love the Seaside Summer series.

Mrs Amy Black??

Tony Black and Amy Maples have grown up spending their summers together at the Cape but once they hit adulthood, they each took their own path to begin their careers. Amy became a successful businesswoman and Tony, a world-renowned surfer and motivational speaker. The Seaside gang sees the chemistry between the two of them on full display each summer and how Tony takes care of Amy, in all the small ways but the two of them have never acted on their chemistry.

Except, Tony and Amy have a big secret that neither have shared with anyone. One that could change their friendships with the rest of the Seaside gang forever but could releasing the secret allow Tony and Amy to finally have the relationship they deserve? In addition to the secret holding them back could a job opportunity threaten a romantic relationship between them as well?

I found listening to Ms. Moran to be a very enjoyable experience and I was able to immerse myself in the lives of the Seaside gang.

The end of the novel may be my very favorite moment for the Seaside Gang thus far. You will not be disappointed in this latest installment of the Seaside gang from Ms. Cole.

Second Chance at Love

Secrets at Seaside audiobook by Addison Cole was a sweet heartwarming, sometimes heartbreaking, second chance story for two people who have always loved one another as friends or maybe a little more. I absolutely loved this book. They have been friends for a long time with a secrect that they have never shared with anyone. Amy Maples has carried a torch for Tony for as long as she can remember, now with most of her girl friends falling in love she wants that too. Tony Black as always cared for Amy but is unsure how to handle his feeling and not sure he has much to offer her. I loved this book by Addison Cole who really captured the feelings of these characters, you can really tell when they are happy, sad and so much more. Once you start to listen to this sweet with heat story you will not want to put it down. I really loved Melissa Moran the narrator to this story her voice was incredible to listen to, she could make the characters come alive, you could keep tracked of all the characters just by the change of her voice. I voluntary reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book.

Tony and Amy

This audio book was a wonderful listen to book. Melissa Moran's reading of this book is great! You always know who is speaking, you also know when a character is thinking vs speaking. Through Melissa's reading, you experience the emotional roller coaster with Tony and Amy.
Tony and Amy have a past, a past that is very painful and one that they have tried to forget for the last 14 years. But Tony and Amy are still in love with each other and must decide whether or not they should take a 2nd chance on their love. Whether you are reading or listening to this book, do so with a box of tissue.

Love!

*UPDATED*

Another winner for Ms. Cole and Mr. Moran. I not only loved the story (read review below), but I also love the different ‘feel’ the narrator gives the stories. It’s not simply the ‘same’ voice, she gives it a little extra something that really adds to the words Ms. Cole gave us, and makes it a unique story.

I really recommend this one, for 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 a lovely read.

Much like the rest of the series so far, this book has the perfect blend of romance, some drama, friendship and personal growth for these characters.

This time we learn more about Tony and Amy. I loved these two, they seemed so different (him super cool, and her more put together); but they ended up being perfect for each other. I love how they bring the best from the other: both the serious and the playful parts.

It was also fun to watch them dance around each other for years, lol. Oh boy, they never stood a chance. ;-)

This was a great read, with two endearing characters. I can’t wait to keep reading this series.

*Thank you to the author for providing an ARC in exchange of my honest opinion*

Love is worth waiting for ...

Tony and Amy have the fairy tale happily ever after that we ALL love to read about ... it just so happens that it took Amy and Tony some time and some challenges to admit to themselves that they were made for each other. Listen to this on your next road trip and you won't want to stop driving.