Review: She's Done It Once Again!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 26, 2014
So once again here we are with another Melissa Foster review, and she never EVER disappoints! Hugh Braden is one of those characters that you just have to love because he is an adrenaline junkie. Being a grand prix driver he is used to all of the attention that he gets from women but he does not expect at all that he will want to try for the attention of a woman himself. Of all women to catch his eye, it happens to be a bartender while he is out on a blind date gone wrong. He can not even fathom that she is trying every way in her power to avoid him at all costs. I was entranced that someone would not want to just lunge at the chance to be with Hugh, but the story unfolds even more to explain why.Brianna Heart is by far my favorite so far of the women. She is the single mother to a six year old named Layla. I have a five year old little boy and one year old little girl and I could never imagine going at something like raising a child all on your own. She had strength that most women could only dream of digging up within themselves. She has made a pact to herself that she wants to give all of her attention to Layla while she is growing up, and so she does not want to start getting involved with anyone until Layla has turned eighteen! That's twelve years from now. Truly amazing pact to make to sacrifice companionship with another to be the best mother that you can possibly be for a daughter that seems like she has already been through enough. Layla's father left when shewas young and so Brianna has her heart set on making sure that she is happy in every way possible, but when she sees Hugh and he continues to show up at her place of work it all seems like her plan is going to fall apart. I was rooting for her to get her happiness that she deserved as well even if it meant breaking her pact to herself to be with a man until her daughter turned eighteen.Hearts at Play is the ninth installment in the Love in Bloom series and by far my favorite. I liked that the main character, Brianna, did not have everything going for her and that her life was complicated. It made her really easy to relate to because she represents all the strength in a hard working woman that is driven to do anything to make her life better. Hugh was a great eye candy for this novel and I am not giving anything away as far as the relationship goes. You will just have to read yet another masterpiece from Melissa Foster to find out for yourself!I received this book to review through Beck Valley Books Book Tours, all the opinions above are 100% my own.