Melt For Me

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Summary

Some wishes aren’t granted. Some are grown. Grace Montgomery has always been the steady one. The dependable friend. But when her mother’s illness worsens and her sense of self begins to unravel, Grace finds herself turning to the one person who’s always been there—Nathaniel Hayes. Their friendship has always worked because he protects her. He calls her ‘kiddo’ and has never thought of her as anything but someone to look after. But now Nate sees a new a side to Grace, thanks to one wild night and a certain black lace teddy. He has always been her friend, and now he wants more. But if she won’t admit how she feels, he might walk away - not to protect her this time but to protect his heart. And Grace is terrified that if she doesn’t speak now, she’ll lose him forever. An emotional, steamy finale about chosen family, second chances, and the kind of love that holds you through your darkest seasons. This book four of the Rockson Bay Series. Welcome to Rockson Bay, where the flowers bloom wild, the summer heat burns hot, fall brings more than just a chill, and winter? Winter might just melt even the most stubborn of hearts.

Status
Complete
Chapters
30
Rating
5.0 17 reviews
Age Rating
18+

Rockson Bay Series

Rockson Bay Series

Four seasons. Four stories. One unforgettable year of falling hard and loving louder.

Each book can be read as a standalone and has an HEA - but they are best to read in order as a series.

☀️ Book 1: Burn For Me (Eden & Leo)

It was only supposed to be sex. No emotions. One summer.

Eden West is tired of pretending she has it all together and under control—especially when her boyfriend of two years ditches her for his secretary and she finds herself with a certain itch she can not scratch. So when cocky, casual Leo Mackenna offers an enemies with benefits arrangement for the summer, she says yes.

With him, she is in control. There are rules. It is safe.

But nothing about Leo turns out to be safe. Not his protectiveness and need to see inside her. Not his mouth. Definitely not the way he undoes her with every lingering look and burning touch.

What begins as a simple affair becomes something much messier—especially when real life intrudes, emotions explode, and Eden has to face the one question she’s never been brave enough to ask:

What if the love of your life isn’t something you can control - but something you choose to surrender to?

🌸 Book 2: Bloom For Me (Savannah & Jay)

It started with a fake date. It ended with a real mess.

Savannah Thomas likes to hide. Her flower shop. Her quiet life. Her carefully managed boundaries. All help her cope. So when her meddling grandmother pressures her to find a boyfriend, Savannah turns to the one man she shouldn’t trust with her heart: Jay Cooper.

Laid-back, sweet, infuriatingly charming, and entirely too handsome, Jay agrees to be her fake boyfriend for a friend's wedding. He needs to appear in love, she needs her grandmother to back off.

But the lines blur fast. The kisses stop feeling fake. And Savannah starts to fall… right when Jay’s past threatens to break them both.

Because the truth is, Jay was never just pretending. And neither was she.

A slow-burn romance about unexpected passion, small-town secrets, and the courage to choose something real.

🍂 Book 3: Fall For Me (Margo & Lawson)

One fight. One kiss. One marriage neither of them planned.

Margo Blake doesn’t do love—she does theatre, ambition, and a perfectly curated version of chaos. But when the new owner of her beloved playhouse threatens everything she’s worked for, the only way out is a marriage of convenience… to the last man she’d ever pick: Lawson Reed.

Stoic, intense, and as infuriating as he is attractive, Lawson isn’t supposed to mean anything to her. Except he does. And the longer they pretend, the harder it gets to tell where the performance ends and the passion begins.

But real love requires vulnerability. And Margo’s spent her whole life avoiding exactly that.

A sizzling enemies-to-lovers romance about art, grief, and the wildly inconvenient truth that sometimes love chooses you.

❄️ Book 4: Melt For Me (Grace & Nate)

Some wishes aren’t granted. Some are grown.

Grace Montgomery has always been the steady one. The dependable friend. But when her mother’s illness worsens and her sense of self begins to unravel, Grace finds herself turning to the one person who’s always been there—Nathaniel Hayes.

Their friendship has always worked because he protects her. He calls her ‘kiddo’ and has never thought of her as anything but someone to look after.

But now Nate sees a new a side to Grace, thanks to one wild night and a certain black lace teddy. He has always been her friend, and now he wants more. But if she won’t admit how she feels, he might walk away - not to protect her this time but to protect his heart. And Grace is terrified that if she doesn’t speak now, she’ll lose him forever.

An emotional, steamy finale about chosen family, second chances, and the kind of love that holds you through your darkest seasons.

Small town. Big feelings. Messy love stories with perfect endings.

Welcome home to Rockson Bay.


List of tropes for each book:

☀️ Burn For Me (Summer – Eden & Leo)

Tropes:

Enemies to Lovers

Friends with Benefits… Until It’s Not

Jealousy as Foreplay

Forced Proximity

“We’re Just Hooking Up” Denial

Emotional Baggage Unpacking

Mutual Pining in the Heat

🌸 Bloom For Me (Spring – Savannah & Jay)

Tropes:

Fake Dating to Real Feelings

Secret Relationship

Small Town Shenanigans

Grandmother Matchmaker

One Bed (but make it floral)

Found Family

Slow Burn with Explosive Chemistry

🍂 Fall For Me (Autumn – Margo & Lawson)

Tropes:

Marriage of Convenience

Enemies to Lovers (with papers to prove it)

Forced Cohabitation

Mutual Denial

Found Family vs. Outsider Conflict

Pretending to Be a Happy Couple

Only One Room at the Inn (and it’s in their house)

Public Tension / Private Passion

❄️ Melt For Me (Winter – Grace & Nathaniel)

Tropes:

Friends to Lovers

“Practice” Kissing

Slow Burn to Sudden Heat

Pining Hero x Confused Heroine

Emotional Support in Grief

Secret Attraction

Roommates with Benefits

“Just This Once” That Becomes Everything