Melissa Foster

One wrong move, and she meets a guy with all the right ones... Talia Dalton lives her life on cruise control. Despite her successful career as a professor, she prefers protecting her broken heart to taking chances. She's calm, cool, collected, and steady. Until the morning she takes her eyes off that familiar road and almost runs over the sexiest man she's ever seen. It may not be the best way to start the day, but it might be the type of shake-up she needs. Male dancer Derek Grant has goals, and nothing is going to get in the way of achieving them. As a graduate student and the sole caretaker of his ailing father, he hasn't much time for relationships. Then Talia crashes into his life. Sweet, pretty--and so buttoned-up that he can't wait to help her cut loose. For Derek, falling in love was a beautiful accident waiting to happen. And it might be exactly what Talia needs--if she's willing to let go of the past and embrace every surprise Derek has to offer.

Love Like Ours

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As usual when I pick up a book written by Melissa Foster I know I will get a sweet, steamy and emotional story. Love Like Ours was no different. I have been following the Sugar Lake series from the start and each the Dalton siblings intrigued me. Their personalities varied from wild to conservative and I was curious to discover whom they would be paired with romantically. 

Talia Dalton, a college professor is conservative and staid by nature. She avoids relationships as she believes men cannot be trusted based on experience. She would rethink her position when she almost ran over sexy male dancer Derek Grant with her car.

Derek Grant is a college student, bartender and a male dancer. Certainly not the kind of guy that a staid and conservative professor would date much less to call in love with. However, when love comes knocking, it does not care who it strikes as Talia will discover.

Love Like Ours tells the story of two people who found love by accident and was determined to make their relationship work despite the odds. You are probably wondering if this was a case of a teacher falling for her student, well let me put you at ease it is not. Derek was never one of Talia’s students.

I admired Derek for his selflessness. He danced as it provided him with much-needed funds to take care of his dad who was suffering from early onset Alzheimer’s. Never once did he resent taking care of his dad, even when things got tough he maintained a positive attitude. 

Talia is an understanding girlfriend. She never made him feel that he had to choose between her and his dad. She was there for him every step of the way, offering him comfort and encouragement. I enjoyed watching how her family embraced Derek and their willingness to assist in the care of his dad.

I know that Melissa’s stories are free of conflict and angst. I must confess that based on the topic the author explored I was expecting some amount of conflict. Well, it did not materialise. The characters had their issues, but they addressed them with no unnecessary drama. 

I loved how their relationship developed. It started out fast but then it slowed building up to that moment when they realised they were in love with each other.

The author provided tidbits of information regarding the characters from the previous installment. She brought readers up to date on what is happening in their lives since they found their happily ever after.

Conclusion/Recommendation 
Fans of sweet and drama free romance will enjoy this latest offering from Ms. Foster.

Chantale

I have read the previous books in this series but really you don't have to.

I enjoyed Love Like Ours. I did struggle a bit at first to get into the story but I think that is because I was in a reading slump.

I liked the characters and the writing of this story was pretty good.

Love Like Ours isn't one of my favourite books by Melissa Foster but it still kept me reading and I do want to continue reading whatever comes next in this series.

I am giving this a 3 1/2 out of 5.

Love Like Ours

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