Wild Boys After Dark Boxed Set (Wild Billionaires After Dark) Love in Bloom Steamy Contemporary Romance

Melissa Foster

Feb 2021 · Sold by World Literary Press

About this ebook

Everything’s naughtier after dark. Meet the Wilds, four sinfully sexy billionaires who’ll burn up the sheets, stealing hearts one leading lady at a time. If raw emotions, cursing, dirty-talk, or intense, passionate sex that sometimes includes a silk tie, turn you off, then the After Dark books are not for you. *NO CLIFFHANGERS*

 

BOXED SET CONTAINS: Four (4) novella-length steamy love stories featuring alpha male heroes and sexy, empowered women. Please note that the follow-on series, BAD BOYS AFTER DARK are all full-length novels.

 

WILD BOYS AFTER DARK: LOGAN (Book 1)

WILD BOYS AFTER DARK: HEATH (Book 2)

WILD BOYS AFTER DARK: JACKSON (Book 3)

WILD BOYS AFTER DARK: COOPER (Book 4)

 

LOGAN:

Navy SEAL vet turned private investigator Logan Wild has a thirst for justice — and one-time flings. But when he meets Stella “Stormy” Knight, he finds himself craving more from the mysterious beauty…

 

Stella “Stormy” Knight is an expert at hiding—her feelings, her past, and her identity. Sometimes all that hiding takes its toll, and she needs to come out from under that heavy suit of armor and cut loose—but it never takes her long to put it right back on and disappear without a trace.

 

Navy SEAL vet turned private investigator Logan Wild is relentless in his pursuit to discover the truth for his clients. He works hard, plays even harder, and always walks away unscathed and untethered. Until he meets mysterious and sexy-as-hell Stormy, who leaves him craving more than a one-night stand.

 

Passion ignites, secrets are shared, and their deep connection is impossible to ignore. But in order to have a future, Logan must uncover Stormy’s dark past—and when he does, he’ll hold her fate in his hands.

 

HEATH

No last names. No strings. No ties.

Except of the silk variety.

 

Dr. Heath Wild and Allyson Jenner only wanted a simple tryst. But Heath couldn’t live with just one night, just one taste, of Ally—and Ally couldn’t escape the memory of his hands on her skin, the way he looked at her like she was his obsession, or his seduction, which had pushed her to the edge and had made her want to do things she never had before.

 

One night leads to one tantalizing phone call. Can one phone call lead to forever?

 

JACKSON

Receiving a marriage proposal is supposed to make a women happy, but when Erica Lane receives a beautiful marriage proposal from her perfect boyfriend on the eve of her annual camping trip with her best friend, Jackson Wild, the first thing she does is jump into bed with Jackson.

 

Jackson’s all too happy to screw the annoyance out of Erica. After all, they’ve always screwed the hell out of each other when they were bored or angry, lonely, or too damn drunk to see straight.

 

But the marriage proposal changes everything, and their annual camping trip takes unexpected turns. Will a few nights in the wilderness set these friends with benefits free, or lead them on a path of destruction?

 

COOPER

Four years ago at a film festival, Cici Fine met Cooper Wild, a man who turned her world upside down in the span of one deliciously perfect week. He was everything she’d ever dreamed of: sinfully sexy, intelligent, and incredibly loving. When the festival ended, they returned to their own hometowns with promises of forever. But Cooper disappeared, and Cici was left to raise the daughter he never knew about alone.

 

Cooper is finally thinking straight after years of being lost in grief from the tragedy that killed his father and left his mother blind. Now he’s on a mission to find the woman he left behind—the only woman he’s ever loved.

 

But Cici Fine is no longer a naive young girl. She’s a savvy businesswoman with big responsibilities, on the cusp of a life-changing move. When fate brings the two together, they’ll put the old adage to the test and find out if love really can conquer all.

Read the whole Billionaires After Dark series:

BAD BOYS:

Dylan

Mick

Carson

Brett

The BILLIONAIRES AFTER DARK series are part of the LOVE IN BLOOM big family romance collection. Each book may be read as a stand-alone novel, or as part of the series. Read the complete LOVE IN BLOOM series:

SNOW SISTERS

Sisters in Love

Sisters in Bloom

Sisters in White

THE BRADENS (at Weston, CO)

Lovers at Heart (Treat & Max)

Destined for Love (Rex & Jade)

Friendship on Fire (Josh & Riley)

Sea of Love (Dane & Lacy)

Bursting with Love (Savannah & Jack)

Hearts at Play (Hugh & Bree)

THE BRADENS (at Trusty, CO)

Taken by Love (Luke)

Fated for Love (Wes)

Romancing My Love (Pierce)

Flirting with Love (Ross)

Dreaming of Love (Emily)

Crashing into Love (Jake)

THE BRADENS (at Peaceful Harbor)

Healed by Love (Nate)

Surrender My Love (Cole)

Crushing on Love (Shannon)

River of Love (Sam)

Whisper of Love (Tempest)

Thrill of Love (Ty)

BRADEN WORLD NOVELLAS

Promise My Love (Rex & Jade's Wedding Novella)

Daring Her Love (1001 Dark Nights)

THE REMINGTONS

Game of Love (Dex)

Stroke of Love (Sage)

Flames of Love (Siena)

Slope of Love (Rush)

Read, Write, Love (Kurt)

SEASIDE SUMMERS

Seaside Dreams (Bella)

Seaside Hearts (Jenna)

Seaside Sunsets (Jamie)

Seaside Secrets (Amy)

Seaside Nights (Sky)

Seaside Embrace (Hunter)

Seaside Lovers (Grayson)

Seaside Whispers (Matt)

THE RYDERS

Seized by Love (Blue)

Claimed by Love (Duke)

Chased by Love (Trish)

Rescued by Love (Jake)

Swept Into Love (Gage)

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"​With her wonderful characters and resonating emotions, Melissa Foster is a must-read author!" -NYT Bestseller Julie Kenner​

"Melissa Foster is synonymous with sexy, swoony, heartfelt romance!" -NYT Bestseller Lauren Blakely​

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"You can always rely on Melissa Foster to deliver a story that's fresh, emotional and entertaining. Make sure you have all night, because once you start you won't want to stop reading. Every book's a winner!" -- New York Times Bestselling Author Brenda Novak

 

NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR

Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance, new adult 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 and always family oriented. Melissa loves to chat with book clubs and readers, invite her to your next event.

  

Foster's love stories are perfect steamy romance beach reads for fans of big-family, small-town romance. The characters are romantic and loyal, some are billionaires, others are not, and you're always guaranteed a happily ever after. 

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Ratings and reviews

Logan and Stormy are in book 1. Stormy is trying to outrun an ex that wants her dead. Logan is her protector weather she wants him to or not. This is a great story of learning to trust again. Health and Allyson are book 2. What starts out as a one-night stand with no strings or personal information exchanged turns into a spectacular connection between two very deserving people. Jackson and Erica are book 3. When friends with benefits includes a marriage proposal, nothing is ever the same, including their annual camping trip. Can two good friends that are bed buddies really build a relationship that not only works but has everlasting love? Last book is Cooper and Cici. After meeting at a festival, Cooper and Cici had one of the best weeks of their life. For a whole week Cici had a loving, passionate, sexy man to spend her days and nights with. But what happens after the week is over? Cooper had some of the most devastating news anyone could get. Cici had some of the best news a woman can ever get. Will the love they shared help these two find their way back to each other or will they forever be separated? I had read these books before they came in a set and loved them so much, I reread them in the box set. Still love this series. Each book has its own characters but still keeps you up to date on the other couples as you read through the set. Every time I read a book in this series, I thought it was my favorite but then I read the next book and fall just in love with that one. I can’t choose a favorite as they all hold a special place in my heart.

Bear with me, because I'm going to review every story individually. But don't worry, there are no spoilers. LOGAN I received an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest opinion. Logan Wild, former Navy SEAL now a Private Investigator, feels his mission in life is protecting people after he failed to protect his parents on a terrible night with horrible consequences for the whole family. But he never thought that his over-protectiveness would reach a whole new level after meeting Stella, although he knows her as Stormy. Stella is running away from an abusive boyfriend who wants to kill her, but she couldn't have anticipated that her life would improve after meeting the hot guy in the bar with the blue eyes. From that moment on, nothing will be the same. I always enjoy reading Melissa Foster's books, but I am enjoying this new series of books even more. Why? The characters are tormented, they have achieved their goals with their own means, the level of hotness of the stories are higher (sometimes too much vanilla can get overly sweet), and the background of the different characters are ones that we can certainly relate to. The characters in this book are complex and it was very easy to feel close to them. The story is fast-paced and interesting, with the right amount of suspense and thrill in the right places. My only problem was that the ending felt a bit brusque, but all in all I have enjoyed the book quite a lot. If you like spicy romances with approachable characters, this is the series for you. HEATH When Heath Wild meets Ally, he couldn't imagine that his days of enjoying one-night stands were going to be over. They just wanted to have fun for one night and then carry on with their lives, but fate wasn't going to go easy on them. Discovering they work in the same hospital, Ally never thought that the successful Doctor Heath Wild would have any interest in her... apart from their naughty deeds in the bedroom, of course. Both of them were going to be surprised. The level of hotness in this book was a bit higher than in the previous book in this series, and I enjoyed that. But also, the level of romance is higher too. We will discover that the Wild men have a very romantic side as well. One thing I like about these books is that we already start to see hints of what is going to happen in future books. I am enjoying tremendously reading about the Wild brothers, and I cannot wait to read about the Bad brothers too. If you are looking for a fast and entertaining read for the weekend, this is the book for you. JACKSON As we say here in Spain, you never realise what you have until you lose it. Or, in the case of Jackson Wild, until you almost lose it. Jackson and his best friend, Erica Lane "Laney", have a no-strings-attached sexual relationship. It is a plan that works for them... until now. When Laney's boyfriend proposes to her, neither her nor Jackson know how to handle that situation. If she gets married, will she be able to continue her relationship with Jackson? Is she really in love with her boyfriend? Is Jackson really interested just in a no-strings-attached relationship? Or does he want more? It doesn't seem to be an easy situation. I really enjoyed this book and the struggle the two main characters had with themselves and their own feelings. Sometimes it is not easy to face our own feelings, but Jackson and Laney will have to do just that in order to find happiness. So, what will happen? Will she get married or will she choose according to what her heart really tells her to do? Very fast read, ideal for a weekend or an evening. Perfect companion for a glass of wine and some cheese, followed by a cold shower. These Wild boys are seriously hot. COOPER This book wraps up the series of books about the Wild brothers. I really like that Melissa Foster always focuses her stories around families and their interactions. Sometimes I feel the family relationships appearing in the books are too good to be good, but that's the magic of romance books, right? I wish real families were like the Bradens or the Wi

Where to start...What an amazing story of the Wild brother’s search for their other half. Although it took awhile to read all four stories, I wouldn’t have had it any other way! One story leads to the next and all questions were answered, no loose ends! I’m also glad I didn’t have to wait for each story to be released because that would’ve been TORTURE! These novels have a little bit of everything: romantic suspense, one-night stand to more, best friends to lovers, and single mom. I highly recommend this box set. I read a gifted copy of this set and all opinions stated are my own. In the first novel, we’re introduced to Logan Wild and Stella “Stormy”. Logan is a retired Navy Seal turned PI upon retirement from the Navy. Stormy is on the run and likely only has days until her past is released from jail and catches up with her. While Stormy is working at the bar, she is attacked and Logan comes to her rescue. She doesn’t want Logan to help, but knows she needs Logan. She feels safe with him. But will Logan be able to overcome his past, reveal his secrets/pain, while keeping Stormy safe? Logan’s guilt over not being there when his parents were attacked and the revenge he sought are dark times in his past that affect his future. Stormy’s just the one to help him through his feelings...... Next is a short novella featuring Dr. Heath Wild and Allyson Jenner—his one night stand, insta-love. While at a medical conference, Health spots an intriguing woman. He’s not looking for a future or a relationship as he does not have time. His work is too important to him. He’s never mean to the women he sleeps with, but there is an understanding that it’s for one night and one night only...until he meets Ally. Ally is spunky, hot, beautiful and he can’t stop thinking about her. One night turns into two—a no-no for him. When he starts asking personal questions, things get dicey. But he does get her number. It’s during these texts that he finds out she lives in NYC. The next day he walks into the hospital lab only to find out she works in the same hospital he does. It’s on! The last two novels were probably my favorite, although I enjoyed them all. I found the last two more relatable to me. The Third novel is a best friends with benefits story. Jackson, a world famous photographer, could and does have any woman he wants. But his heart, even though he won’t admit it, belongs to Erica (Laney). Laney has been his best friend with benefits since high school. Laney grew up a product of a divorced family and spent more time over at Jackson’s house than at her own. Jackson’s family readily welcomed her into the family. Only Jackson wasn’t ready to commit...Until Laney received a proposal from her boyfriend Bryce. He knew he should let her go as Bryce was stable and would provide Laney with anything her heart desired, but he couldn’t let her go. Words were said, a fight amongst friends ensued, and pride almost got in the way...Loved this story!!! Fairy tail ending, high school sweethearts, HOT chemistry!!! Lastly, the single mom story that hit home. Cooper found his one and only at a film festival four years ago in CiCi Fine. They made plans for forever. He even went home and bought an engagement ring...before that fateful phone call that would change all the Wild brother’s lives. Cooper and his father had an extremely close relationship. After he was savagely murdered and his mom left for dead, Cooper withdrew into a really dark place. He wanted to go after CiCi, but didn’t want to ruin what they had by dragging her into the darkness. It took almost four years to feel as though he had something to offer, so he sought her out. CiCi never knew why Cooper backed out on their plans, but she was devastated. Her heart was broken and she was left to put her dreams aside and raise their daughter by herself. When Cooper arrives at her door, during the film festival, she can’t believe it. She’s mad, sad, and happy. But she has her daughter now and she needs to tread lightly and guard her heart...

About the author

NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR

Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance, new adult 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 and always family oriented. Melissa loves to chat with book clubs and readers, invite her to your next event.