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Blossoms & Steel (Seaside Pointe Book 1) Kindle Edition

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Chloe Lockwood’s legacy balances on a tightrope. Her nemesis holds the rope.

As the sole heir of Lockwood Blooms, the flower farm is Chloe Lockwood’s priority. After her father suffers a stroke, Chloe takes the reins. She’s confident in her skills growing the most beautiful blossoms in the Pacific Northwest, but keeping the farm her great grandfather began from sinking? Insecurities get the best of her.

Kipling Harris dreams of proving himself without his wealthy father’s help. He’s well on his way, two thousand miles from home, when an opportunity returns him to Seaside Pointe. Harris Development is Kip’s if he finds peace with returning to small-town living and his father’s side after seven years away.

Kip and Chloe are the latest in a generations-long feud. They grew up with the stories and added fire to the disdain, until one moment, they swore changed nothing.

A thin line exists between love and hate. Kip and Chloe are about to discover how fragile that line is.

From the writing duo behind The Archer and His Rosebud comes an angst-filled series filled with mystery and dashes of suspense. Fans of small-town, slow burn, and forbidden romance tropes should buckle up for this bumpy rivals-to-lovers romance. Blossoms & Steel is the first installment in a four-book series. While the romance stands alone, there is a mystery plot that continues in the following novels.

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★★★★★ ...there are such deep emotions running through this story that will just encompass you. What a great pair these two are, they write as one and create the most sublime words on the page. -- Sara, Amazon

★★★★★ BLOSSOMS & STEEL was beautifully written and wonderfully told!! I got so caught up in the romance that fought like mad not to happen between both Kip and Chloe. -- Mandy, I Read Indie

★★★★★ ...the chemistry between Chloe and Kip is undeniable from the get go - lots of teasing, lots of banter, lots of love-hate, lots of sexual tension... -- Elisha, Goodreads

★★★★★ I LOVED Blossoms & Steel and fell hard for Kip and Chloe's story. I found my heart racing at certain points in the book because I had so much emotion invested in the characters and felt like I was along for their journey. The pacing of the book is just my style and never felt slow. I hated to see this book end. -- Jessica, Amazon

★★★★★ This writing duo is one of my favorite collaborations! Mindy Michele is off to a great start on this new series. Blossoms and Steel is an Enemies-to-Lovers meets Second-Chance-Romance that resulted in a fresh take on familiar tropes. -- Jenine, Amazon

★★★★★ Not going to lie, I've been in a book slump lately. I start something, get about 50 pages in and quit it. This book definitely got me out of that! I couldn't go to sleep for thinking about what happened next, I was up half the night reading again. It was just what I needed! Kip and Chloe are so relatable, and such great chemistry! -- Callie, Amazon

★★★★★ I couldn't put it down. I hated having to stop reading to sleep. I read while I was eating. I read in the shower! -- Amanda, Amazon

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Welcome to Seaside Pointe! Here's a sneak peek at Chapter one of BLOSSOMS & STEEL

Chloe

Sunrise. My favorite time of day. Its golden light floods the vibrant fields of flowers as I stand on the back porch of my parents' house overlooking the farm and sip my morning coffee. Even though this is a sight I've woken up to every day of my life, there are times the beauty doesn't seem real. The blossoms come alive, the stems dancing in the light breeze. It's the kind of sight with the power to convince a person to believe in magic.
Surrounded by acres and acres of farmland, it's easy to hear the rumbling engines in the distance cruising down the gravel roads, the crew arriving to help deliver the first harvest of spring. Swallowing back the last of my coffee, I bring my mug inside so I can greet the crew and kick off the morning.
As I walk past the chicken coop, Mom steps out in her rubber boots and fleece jacket with her scoop for the feed in hand. "Morning, sweet pea. Did you sleep well last night?"
"I was a little restless, but nothing the flowers can't heal."
Sweeping her long, muted brown hair over her shoulder, she kisses my cheek on her way to the house. "Don't forget you have another meeting with Jordan Gardiner and Celeste Middleton this afternoon."
Cringing inwardly, I smile. "Thanks, Mom."
Hopefully they'll approve of the changes we need to make to their wedding flowers, otherwise we'll lose the account. I can arrange something beautiful, but if it's not what they want, there's only so much I can do.

With the rising sun pouring over the flower fields, we gather the buckets of freshly-cut stems from the cooler and load up the delivery vehicles all lined up.
"You got Petals, Violet's, and Hollow Tree today, Reid?"
He slides a Lockwood Blooms van door shut. "Yep."
"Careful on those turns around Mt. Luna. Charlie knocked over half the blooms last time." I murmur under my breath. "I don't need Carla calling me again pissed because her flowers are late or damaged. We can't afford to keep replacing flowers free of charge."
Reid turns with his head canted and his eyes staring me down, as if to tell me I should know better. "I've got you covered, Loe." He walks over and kisses my cheek.
I'm still getting used to his affection. Or rather, his affection in front of the rest of the team. I've known Reid for years, but we've only been dating for a month. Things are still fresh and work romances can be complicated. Especially ones involving the boss: me.
"You better." I tap his chest with a smile as I back away toward my trusty old Chevy truck, Betty.
"I'd never dream of damaging your precious blooms."
Pointing at him, I say, "Oh, I know. You're aware of what my wrath looks like."
He laughs as he straightens the bill of his lucky baseball cap, his dusty blond hair curling over the tops of his ears. "Exactly."
After seeing off the rest of the delivery vehicles, I load up the last bucket of peonies in the bed of my truck and head into town.

Using my hip, I shut my truck door and wave hello to my last delivery of the morning. Alice stands on the curb at the entrance of Flower Patch with a bright smile on her face.
"Morning, Alice."
The gray-haired woman's hand lands over her heart as she peers into the bed of my truck. "Look at the size of those anemones and tulips. They are gorgeous, Chloe. Oh, and those hyacinths and daffodils." She sighs with a dreamy stare, the skin crinkling at the corners of her faded green eyes. "I should never be surprised by your blooms, but every delivery steals my breath away."
"These ones are pretty spectacular." My chest puffs with pride. "It's going to be a great season."
Her gaze softens. "Is your father still out of commission?"
A melancholy twinge tweaks my chest. "For a little while longer, yeah."
"How's your mom handling everything?"
Hands on my hips, I dig for a smile. "Like the superwoman she is. Taking care of him and still managing the finances and scheduling of Lockwood's."
"Goodness. Robyn has always been resilient and tenacious. She's a trooper, that one."
"She is indeed."
"You need a hand?"
I shake my head as I slip on some gardening gloves from the front pocket of my overalls. "No need. Just tell me where you want them."
One by one, I haul the remaining buckets of flowers inside while Alice finishes setting up her racks and display cases. When I head out to retrieve the last bucket, someone leans against the back of beat-up Betty, twirling a pale pink tulip. I stop. It isn't just any someone. My heartbeats and thoughts stumble as his presence sinks in.
Standing in tan slacks and a crisp blue button-up, he doesn't look much different than the boy I grew up with. Except, somewhere in the last seven years, the boy grew into a man. The many freckles once marking his face with boyhood, distinguish the strong angles of his jawline and straight nose.
"I see nothing's changed in this town. If you want to find the prettiest girl around, you look for the most beautiful flowers."
Even after all this time, he still wreaks havoc on my stomach and heart. And not in the pitter-patter kind of way.
"Kipling Harris." While I try to keep the bite out of my tone, it slips. I'm older, more mature than when I last saw him, but the years did nothing to diminish the feud between our families and us.
"Chloe Lockwood." He continues twirling the pastel tulip between his thumb and forefinger before offering the flower to me. "I'm not surprised you still outshine all the other Lockwood blooms."
Shaking my head, I pinch my lips to hold back a snort. Smooth talker, as always, though I don't know why he's aiming it at me. "And I'm not surprised you're still laying on the excessive charm."
"It's what I do." Kip gives a crooked grin as he pushes off the truck.

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Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 10, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Book 1 of 4 ‏ : ‎ Seaside Pointe
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Writing obsessed since childhood, Michele once failed 7th-grade math in pursuit of the perfect teen drama plot (anything for her craft!). These days she fails at housework, cooking, and getting to the school pick-up line on time in pursuit of the perfect plot.
Michele writes novels with fairytale love for everyday life. Romance is central to her plots, where the genres range from Coming of Age Fantasy and Realistic Fiction to New Adult Romantic Suspense. Among other titles, she is the author of the bestselling From The Wreckage series, The Prophecy of Tyalbrook series, a Havenwood Falls author, and co-writes sweet romances with author Mindy Hayes under the pen Mindy Michele.
Having grown up in both the cold, quiet town of Topsham, Maine and the steamy, southern hospitality of Mobile, Alabama, Michele is something of an enigma. She is an avid Yankees fan, loves New England, being outdoors, and misses snow. However, she thinks southern boys are hotter, Alabama football is the only REAL football out there, and sweet tea is the best thing this side of heaven and her children's laughter!
Her amazing husband and three awesome kids have planted their roots in the middle of Michele's two childhood homes in Charlotte, North Carolina. Michele is represented by Italia Gandolfo of Gandolfo Helin & Fountain Literary Management.
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Mindy is the youngest of six children and grew up in San Diego, California. After graduating from Brigham Young University-Idaho, she discovered her passion for reading and writing. Mindy lives in Utah with her husband and beautiful baby girl.
She is the author of If We Disappear Here, Stain, The Faylinn Novels, The Willowhaven Series, and The Day That Saved Us. Mindy is also the co-author of The Archer and His Rosebud, the Paper Planes series, the Backroads Duet, and the Seaside Pointe novels which was co-written with Michele G. Miller as Mindy Michele.
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Mindy Michele is the penname of co-writing duo, and solo authors, Mindy Hayes and Michele G. Miller. Together they've penned sweet romances with low to medium heat, such as the Paper Planes Series, the Seaside Pointe novels, and The Archer and His Rosebud.
With a shared interest in drama, romance, white cheddar popcorn, and music, they've parlayed their twelve years' long friendship into a writing partnership that produces novels with a little sizzle, a ton of heart, and satisfying happily ever afters.
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I've been dying to finally get around to reading this book, and I FINALLY did yesterday!

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 5 stars

Blossoms & Steel is a slowburn, enemies to lovers romance that I bought solely because of the cover 🤣

I'm not normally one for slow burns, but this book kept me hooked! I loved the family feuds. It gave me a Romeo and Juliet vibe without the toxicity and immaturity of their love.

I loved that they had real life relationship problems that they were able to resolve and overcome. Their issues weren't petty misunderstandings. ❤ I hate it when authors put ridiculous miscommunications in relationships that really could have been handled with a single, adult face to face discussion.

What I didn't like was the ending. While it is a HFN, it is not an HEA. And the issues with the heroine and her father are NOT resolved in this book. And while I know the plot continues through the rest of the series, I felt that it should have been covered in this book since it pertains to the heroine.

Otherwise, this is an absolutely amazing book, and I'm so glad I read it!

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Interesting Start to a Series About Family Rivalry
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2021
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Blossoms and Steel is the first book in a new modern romance series that takes place in the town of Seaside Pointe. In this story, we meet Chloe and Kip, neighbors and members of rival families who have had an attraction to each other since school days - they just didn't realize it until they got older and wiser and came back into each other's lives. They were the kids that went from pulling nasty childhood pranks on each other to getting jealous when they were dating others. It was engrained in them since they were young that their families are rivals. No one really gave the fully story why, but it's apparent that it runs very deep and across generations. Chloe is fiercely loyal to her family and their flower business. Kip went his own way to escape the shadow of his wealthy and overbearing father, but came back to town to prove himself. Their paths cross on business and personal fronts and old sparks begin to fly. With their family rivalry, things get more than a little complicated fast. The odds seems to be stacked against them.

I'm not a big fan of romance and I knew this was a romance going in. The romance was very predictable for me. I did like the underlying plot regarding the rivalry between the two families and I'm intrigued enough to keep reading the books in the series to uncover the fully story behind it.

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Jessica Hiskey
My new favorite book!
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Mindy Michele have done it again! I can not stress how much I loved this book! I could not put it down and am already finding myself anxiously awaiting the next book in the series! The characters were beautifully written and with a brilliantly executed plot, this book has easily become a favorite for me!

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Love love love it modern day Romeo and juliet with a much happier ending a must read for a romcom lover

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Loved it!
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Ohhhh baby! I sure loved Kip and Chloe. I started slow but once I had a good bit of uninterrupted time, I FLEW through this book. I loved it sooo much. I can’t wait for the next book in the series. Well done, Mindy Michele 👏🏻👏🏻

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Modern day Romeo and Juliet
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This book had everything you could ask for. Beautiful romance, family feuding, and lots of flowers!
If you’re looking for a sweet small town romance I highly recommend

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Can I give this 10 stars? I loved this book! I’ve read about 50 or 60 books this year (not exaggerating; 2021 has been the year of books for me) and I’m gonna say that this one is unquestionably my favorite of the year!

You know the general storyline from the blurb, so I won’t rehash that, but Chloe and Kip’s story drew me right in. It’s an enemies to lovers trope, but this one hit all the right buttons for me compared to others I’ve read in this trope. Although the main characters have their misunderstandings that could wreck their relationship, they handle them in very reasonable ways. I’m always put off by the heroine who misunderstands everything and almost willfully refuses to listen to reason. In this story, when one MC misunderstands something, the other reaches out to try to set things right. They are invested in their relationship and put forth the effort to fix things instead of stubbornly hanging onto their misunderstandings. They balance each other well, like in real relationships. The characters are well fleshed out, and I felt like I understood where they each were coming from.

And this story was clean! No vulgar language and no gratuitous adult scenes. There was plenty of steam, but the more than PG-13 scenes were played out behind closed doors. I appreciated that and never felt gypped.

The Mindy Michele writing team has always had great stories in my opinion, but this one felt like they had really grown as a team. The writing was so seamless that I couldn’t tell who wrote what. It felt like Mindy Michele was one writing entity, not two.

I very highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a heartwarming story with a happy ending. It doesn’t end on a cliffhanger, per se, but the final chapter reads like an intro or preview to the next book in the series, which I am super anxious to get my hands on when it becomes available in a couple of months. Do yourself a favor and read this book! The writing is intelligent and edited well. The story is clean and interesting. It’s tight and well written. You can thank me later.

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Romance with a small town mystery...yes please!
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I'm writing this review after reading the 4th and final book in this series and really I couldn't recommend each book and the series as a whole enough. Such a good read and even if you're a fan of straight down the line romance I guarantee the background mystery will hook you in. I'm a huge fan of Mindy Michele so their books are automatic one-click or pre order anyway and let me say they have done it again. I couldn't wait for each successive book (so jealous if you're new to them and have all four books in this series ready to binge!). The romances were gorgeous and each couple so very different so these aren't romance by numbers or tropes and I literally couldn't wait for a resolution to the mystery arc running through each story. Read these books and all their work, you won't be disappointed!

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