Book Review for Flirting with Trouble: Wells Silver by Melissa Foster

 

The Silvers at Silver Island #1

Flirting with Trouble: Wells Silver by Melissa Foster

Published:  August 6, 2025 by World Literary Press

Tropes: He falls first, age gap, widow heroine, opposites attract

Taken from Goodreads:  Forgetting playboy Wells Silver was supposed to be easy. If only he didn’t make it impossible. Secrets are made on the sandy shores and in the sweet small towns of Silver Island, where friendships run deep, passions run hot, and the sexy Silvers are considered island royalty. Love in Bloom novels are written to stand alone and may also be enjoyed as part of the larger series, so dive right in and devour this fun, steamy romance.

Being born into the Silver empire comes with certain expectations, but charming restaurant owner Wells Silver has always taken pleasure in breaking the rules—in his personal and his professional life.

Victoria Braden never expected to become a widow at thirty-two, much less still be trying to figure out how to move on five years later. She’d planned to drown her sorrows in alcohol on what would have been her anniversary, not flirt with trouble and lose herself in a night of passion with Silver Island royalty, playboy Wells Silver. Forgetting Wells was supposed to be easy. But apparently the pushy player didn’t get the memo.

My Thoughts: Melissa Foster did it again!   She wrote a book with characters that I became invested in.   They both had to tear down the wall around their hearts and let the other in, together they discovered what true love could be.  It was not easy for Victoria and Wells, but they never gave up on each other. 

I enjoyed the heat between Victoria and Wells.   It was a 5-alarm fire from the very first hook-up, but it was also sweet.   Wells took care of Victoria, breaking down her walls from the beginning.  He knew what he wanted and refused to give up. 

Melissa Foster writes standalone books that are part of a huge series.   I always enjoy catching up with characters from past books and meeting new characters that will get future books.   Each book is its own story with a HEA. 

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Meet Melissa Foster (taken from her website):  Melissa Foster is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling and award-winning author of more than 100 novels. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance and women’s fiction with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Melissa’s emotional journeys are lovingly erotic, always family oriented, and feature fiercely loyal heroes, smart, sassy heroines, and complex relatable issues.

Melissa also writes sweet romance under the pen name,  Addison Cole.

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