Review / Release Blitz: Playing Mr. Perfect: Clay Braden (The Bradens at Ridgeport #1) by Melissa Foster

PLAYING MR. PERFECT
The Bradens at Ridgeport
Melissa Foster
Releasing Feb 12, 2025
World Literary Press

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Blurb
Quarterback Clay “Mr. Perfect” Braden is determined to show sexy scientist Pepper Montgomery the benefits of hands-on research in PLAYING MR. PERFECT, the first book in the Bradens at Ridgeport series by New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melissa Foster. Loaded with heat, humor, and heart, this steamy, small-town, opposites-attract standalone romance is unputdownable. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a happily ever after that will leave you breathless.

What happens in Paris, stays in Paris, right?
Oh, Pepper. If only…

Okay, I admit it.

Sleeping with the NFL quarterback who the media has dubbed Mr. Perfect might not have been the smartest move, but I’m in the City of Love, I’d had a few drinks, and was jacked up on giddy girl talk and hopeful hearts—two things I never buy into—and I threw caution to the wind.

I want to sneak out before he wakes up, but when I open my eyes, he’s already up.

In more ways than one.

Convincing the ridiculously cocky (pun intended) man that I’m not the woman he slept with last night is awkward.

Actually, he makes it impossible.

The thing is, I don’t even know who that woman was.

And now he’s determined to find out.

About the Series: Fall in love with the Bradens at Ridgeport and join these business-savvy, pleasure-oriented New Englanders as they fall head over heels with their forever loves.

Excerpt
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MY REVIEW

Clay Brayden has been head over heels since he first saw Pepper Montgomery, but she won't give him the time of day. He shows up at events near her and she takes off. He texts her afterward and she doesn't respond. But now they're in Paris for a wedding, and he's got her where he wants her. He's going to show her how good they can be, get in her personal space and get her to admit the connection they share is real and only going to get stronger.

Pepper does not want to admit just how much Mr. Perfect gets under her skin. The last time she got involved with an athlete, the results weren't so positive for her. But when she starts spending real time with him, she finds he's so much more than the Mr. Perfect the world thinks he is. He's funny, warm, and so sweet and charming she's having a hard time keeping up the walls she's always had around him. If she doesn't run from the feelings they're developing, this couple can have something pretty beautiful.

Clay Brayden is probably top 5 of my all time bbfs now. He's all in from the first time he meets the woman who brings him to his knees. He keeps chasing, showing up, even though she literally runs from, avoids him, and he never gives up on her. To me that means more than any material thing he could have ever given her. Talk about being Pepper's rock. Her sweet, gorgeous rock. Pepper took a little (ahem, a lot) more time to come to the realization of her feelings, and I may have wanted to shake her for her ridiculousness, but she finally came around and I was swooning when they got on the same page. I adore this opposites attract couple - their flirty, witty banter, their electric chemistry, and the way they loved each other, even if only 1 of them knew it all along. Both their large families are there for support, some good ol fashioned meddling and talking to, and made me impatient for Seth Braden's story next, Sincerely Mr. Braden.

Author Info
Melissa Foster is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, & USA Today bestselling author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance and new adult romance 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–perfect beach reads for contemporary romance lovers who enjoy reading about wealthy heroes and smart, sassy heroines.

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