Reviews by the Wicked Reads Review Team

Ruthie – ☆☆☆☆☆
This is book three in the Silver Harbor series, but as any Melissa Foster reader knows, her books all interlink and are so much the richer for it. I am a huge fan, and greatly enjoy feeling like I am meeting up with old friends on a regular basis through these books!

So far, two of the sisters have had their story and found their happily ever after, but Deirdra left the island as soon as she could, and really hates even making a short visit. However, passed over for a promotion she felt she deserved, she decides to show the law firm she works for that they need her, and takes a two-month sabbatical. Inevitably, she goes to visit her sisters and decides she will have to cope with island life until work calls her back in desperation.

So begins a truly wonderful love story, full of elements which have been building over the previous books – she is the only one not to have yet opened the letter left for her by her mother before she died. She also spends time visiting with the women who took on the role of mothers to her when her own checked out after the death of her father. She finally takes the time to look back from the viewpoint of an adult, not a child who had to behave like the adult. As this happens to us at the same time, it is hugely moving and very powerful.

And all the time there is the niggling feeling that hippy chef Jagger is getting under her skin. His complete opposite way of life to hers annoys her, his chilled manner, his interest in her, his attempts to make her happy... she just doesn't get it and it causes her to feel, something she avoids as much as possible.

I had thought that Cait's story must be the saddest, but actually Deirdra's was more so because having to grow up so young and never get to process her own losses, made her less able to cope with anything good. Jagger, through his knowledge of her mum, and her finally reading her letter, makes for some tissue-needing moments, but they are all so worth it for the new Deirdra happiness that follows.

Another beautiful, moving, and delicious love story, thank you, Melissa Foster!


Mary – ☆☆☆☆☆
I couldn't wait for Deirdra's story, she was the one who had to raise her little sister, Abbie, when their mom fell apart after their dad died. Being the workaholic attorney from Boston who got passed over for a promotion she deserved, Deirdra decided it was time to take some time off. Maybe travel and let her company see that they made a mistake and will want her to take the job she deserves.

When she gets to Silver Island (the place I live in, in my mind) and meets Jagger, she doesn't realize that he is the one person who can derail her plans, mind, and heart.

I loved the way Jagger pushed Deirdra just a little out of her comfort zone and the way they bantered with each other. They were the perfect couple and it made for the perfect story for Deirdra.

As with any of this author's stories, they are intertwined in some way and you can read them as standalones or all together. It really doesn't matter, you will love them all. This author is an automatic yes for me when a new one pops up on the review list, and I am ready for another when I finish this one. So I hope you enjoy this one as much as I loved it.


Avid Reader – ☆☆☆☆
M/F Romance
Triggers: Talk about alcoholic parents.

This is Didi's story. You've seen her sisters both find happiness, but Didi has always held back. The protector of her sister, Abby, Didi had to grow up very young. When her dad died, something broke in her mom too and her mom never recovered. Now, as an adult, Didi has learned to always rely on herself and never let a man break her. She has seen firsthand what that can do to a person.

When Didi is in need of a break, she heads to her sisters. Now that her sister Cait is on the island too, it's always a family reunion when Didi goes back. But the island makes Didi itchy and while she knows why, it still makes her mad that she can't just enjoy it.

Jagger is the local who is easy going and never needs a plan. He's known as the local hippie and wears that badge proudly. He works when he needs to and can leave at a moment's notice. But underneath that exterior, Jagger has a life that most don't know about. With a brother who is on the autism spectrum, Jagger wants to make sure that he's always reachable for his brother. His family has worked hard to help his younger brother feel accepted. Also, while Jagger might be the resident hippie now, he wasn't always that way. He sees a little of himself – his old self – in Didi and wants to help her break those chains. Jagger also knows that deep pain that Didi's mom caused, since he was a friend of Didi's mom before she passed.

At points, this story was a little drawn out and long. But at the heart of this story is love that not most find. It's a kind of love that consumes the pages and the reader. You will fall in love with Didi and Jagger, just as they fall in love too. The sandy days and the sad ones, the happy laughter and the giggles will all be heard well within your imagination. Foster does a great job at creating the scene that feels like you're right there with the characters. It's a love story that most dream of and one you will love!

Maybe We Won’t is the third book in Melissa Foster’s Silver Island series. Boston attorney Deirdra de Messieres returns to her childhood home and sisters when she is passed over for a very deserved promotion in favor of hiring an outside man to join the good old boy company. When this happens, Deirdra puts in for a two month leave feeling they will beg her to come back when she is no longer there to do all the background work. And while there are initial calls, they soon cease.

While staying with younger sister Abby and her fiancé Aiden, she is overwhelmed by their ardor and seeks solace in the guest apartment above the garage only to find a very sleepy, and naked, Jagger Jones, the hippie musician chef who works for her sister and usually lives in his RV.

Although taken aback, and put off by being a bit older, Deirdra comes to know the easygoing hippie boy, his friends, family, and the fact that his life experience and friend base is so much broader, opening the door to so many new experiences. But can Deirdra ever give up the security of her 60 hour weeks for an uncertain future?

This is a lovely thought provoking tale that will leave the reader rooting for a happily ever after conclusion. I very much enjoyed this book and I do recommend it!

Melissa Foster does it again, another amazing read!

I always enjoy reading one of Melissa Foster's books because I know I will dive into a world with great friends and family that you can't help but wish you were a part of and what makes them even more special is that there are times you can relate to one of the characters, and for me it was Deirdra de Messiéres. There are a lot of things we have in common and quite honestly I don't know if that's a good thing or not....maybe I need to take an island vacation and see. 😉

Deirdra has disliked Jagger from the moment she met him, and it's because she thinks he doesn't take anything seriously. Well, does she have it all wrong! I absolutely loved getting to know Jagger better his carefree attitude and love for music are just a couple of things that make this "hippie boy" so charming, what really endeared him to me was his dedication and support to his brother who is Autistic.

Can a workaholic and a person with wanderlust find happiness together, well there's only one way to find out. Grab a copy of MAYBE WE WON'T today!

This story is filled with all the feels, luckily I didn't find myself crying as much as I have in previous books by Melissa Foster but this one definitely pulled at the heartstrings. If you enjoy Steamy Contemporary Romances, Opposites Attract Romances, or slight Age Gap Romances (only 5 years) I would recommend this book to you.

Happy Reading!!!

4.5 stars--MAYBE WE WON’T is the third instalment in Melissa Foster’s contemporary, adult SILVER HARBOR erotic, romance series-one of the many spin offs from the author’s Love in Bloom Series. This is twenty-five year old, chef and musician Josiah ‘Jagger’ Jones, and thirty year old attorney Dierdra de Messieres’s story line. MAYBE WE CON’T can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty but I recommend reading the series in order for back story and cohesion as there is an ongoing premise throughout.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Jagger and Dierdra) MAYBE WE WON’T focuses on the building romance and relationship between twenty-five year old, chef and musician Josiah ‘Jagger’ Jones, and thirty year old attorney Dierdra de Messieres. Several months earlier Dierdra’s alcoholic mother died, and our heroine struggled in the aftermath, discovering her mother had a secret that was about to be exposed. Fast forward to present day wherein Dierdra is passed over for a promotion at the law firm, and our heroine embarks on a two month hiatus back home in Silver Island where our heroine will discover there is more to life than working hard for someone else. Enter chef and musician Jagger Jones, and the man with whom Dierdra will fall in love. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Dierdra and Jagger, and the potential fall-out as their time together comes to a close.

Dierdra de Messieres had left Silver Island in the hopes to never return. Having lived through the loss of her father, and her mother’s spiral into alcoholism, Dierdra’s memories of the past are emotional and heart breaking. But Didi never expected to find herself falling for a man whose life is mostly lived on the road, a life Dierdra would never consider for herself. Spending time in Silver Island, preparing for her sister’s engagement party, Dierdra would find herself facing the past, a past she had pushed behind, and refused to relive. Josiah ‘Jagger’ Jones has always wanted to be a musician but life had other plans including the struggles of his brother who battled autism for as long as he could remember.Jagger had never intended to settle down or stay in one place forever thus working seasonal jobs as a chef then heading back on the road when the weather changed. Falling for Dierdra de Messieres was never in the cards but Jagger’s heart wanted something more than a summer fling with the woman with whom he had fallen in love.

The relationship between Jagger and Dierdra is one of immediate attraction but Dierdra struggles with Jagger’s lack of permanence, and his need to move on whenever the urge hit him hard. Dierdra knew her time and Jagger’s time in Silver Island was coming to a close but our heroine never expected to fall for a man who lifestyle was completely different than her own. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

As per Melissa Foster’s style, there is a large ensemble cast of colorful, energetic and familiar characters having crossed over from the previous instalments as well as several of the author’s related series. We are reintroduced to Dierdra’s sisters Cait and Abby, as well as many of the locals who live and work in and around Silver Island.

MAYBE WE WON’T is a story of family and friendships, relationships and struggles, acceptance and recognition, forgiveness and love. The character driven premise is emotional, entertaining and consuming; the characters are tenacious and dynamic; the romance is seductive and hot.



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In this book we finally get a behind the scenes look at Deidra and Jagger. I enjoyed getting to know them and see what made them who they are. There journey was one that kept me interested.

This is the third book in the Silver Harbor series but my first and also my first book by Melissa Foster ( I know what you’re thinking - what rock have I been living under!).

The series follows three sisters, Abby, Cait and Deidre and this is Deidre and Jagger’s story.

Deidre is a career driven lawyer who has neglected her family and her own happiness for the career. Circumstances at work find her back in her hometown, where she meets Jagger who is handsome younger and a completely carefree spirit….in other words the complete opposite of Deidre……and as they say opposites attract - which they certainly do here!

I really enjoyed seeing how in a very small space of time Jagger changed Deidre’s outlook on life and brought out a side in her many ( include Deidre herself) have not seen.

This was a really sweet and easy to read small town romance that made me smile.

The books are interconnected stand-alones, but I found that there were far too many support characters and I couldn’t keep a track of them all, so perhaps if I had read the previous 2 books in the series I would have been able to follow who they were.

Ms Forster has a huge backlist, that I now look forward to reading starting with the first two books in this series.

A huge thank you to NetGalley, the publisher Montlake and author Ms Foster for the opportunity to read and review this book.

I was already keeping an eye out for the last sister’s story in the Silver Harbor series.

In Maybe We Will, Deirdra’s younger sister Abby found her happily ever after in Silver Harbor. But for Deirdra, Silver Harbor is a reminder of all the sad moments in her life. Ever since their father died, their mother lost herself in the bottle. And Deirdra, as the eldest, felt responsible to keep the restaurant, her mother and her little sister afloat. The moment her sister was old enough, to take care of herself, she took off to Boston. To study and later on, to work there.

But, as we read in maybe we should, Deirdra was bypassed for a promotion at work. And so she decided to take a two month hiatus from her job. That should teach her boss for not giving her the deserved promotion Planning to go on a long holiday, Deirdra stops at silver Harbor first. Because her eldest sister, Cait, is getting married.

Torn between wanting to spend time with her family and escaping the memories from the past, she ends up with the one guy she can’t stand: Jagger. This laid back musician, who works as a chef at her sister’s restaurant, and who doesn’t seem to have any plan in life.

Deirdra hates people, who don’t have a plan in life. But somehow, Jagger gets under her skin and she opens up to him. And when she learns more about Jagger, she realizes there is more than meets the eye with this guy. (Although: he is definitely eye candy, if you know what I mean). Can Jagger help her move past her hurtful memories of the past? Or will she forever hate the island and never set foot on it again? A slow burn, cute romance. And of course, we also see more from Deirdra’s sisters, Cait and Abby. A wonderful ending to this series. But I do believe that Melissa will create more stories on some other islanders. There are plenty more, who would make an interesting story, I bet!

Four out of five stars from me and a special thank you to Netgalley for providing the arc.

I knew Deirdra would be a hard nut to crack and this story got me all in the feels. I don’t think anyone knew all the intricate pieces of Jagger let alone Didi. He brought out the sunshine and free girl that once was. He brought Didi to the surface and Deirdra back to life.

I loved each and every page of this story. Like I said all the feels and then some. One minute I was on this beautiful journey and the next I was teary eyed and hoping for that HEA. There was lots of steamy romance mixed with loads of fun and family. There was a little angst mixed in with the laughs. This story was not only about letting go of the bad but letting in the good. It was about family and love and so much more.

Ms. Foster left the best for last with these strong, brave and resilient sisters. Each sister had a different challenge and love story and each one was amazing but I think Didi will always be my favorite.

Maybe we won't will take you back to silver island and the sisters planning a shower for Cait. Love seems to find all three girls. The characters are enduring and you'll find you're love for them

Boy adults really don't realize how much they can mess up their kids when they can't get their lives together, do they!?!?! Deidra isn't even the same person that she used to be. She doesn't even want to go back to her hometown because of her childhood. It takes a very special person with a lot of love and patience to bring her out of that. What a great book!

Maybe We Won’t was so full of raw emotions. I feel as though Deirdra and I share a similar story which made this story so much more raw for me. It felt personal and really drew on my emotions.

I understand growing up and having to be an adult at a young age to care for younger siblings. I also understand the rigidness and the inability to be laid back and “go with the wind”.

Josiah, aka Jagger, was something surreal. Laid back, go with the flow, loving, caring, thoughtful, musical, sexy, can cook – a dream come true. I loved Jagger’s bond with his family, especially his brother; as well as his connection to the community – not just on the island, but everywhere he went. Jagger and Deidra’s coming together was definitely bumpy and difficult; steamy and torturous.

I love the trope of “woman who’s always working gets shown to relax”. I think the challenge I had with this one was Deirdra’s character wasn’t so likable in the beginning. She just kind of was stuffy about everything, and presented with a bad attitude. It forced me to skim a bit. I guess it just felt like Deirdra kept calling Jagger a “hippy” at the start in a somewhat rude way; she was judgmental. I know that’s part of her character growth though, so I can’t be too critical.

Maybe We Won’t is a classic opposite attract romance. This makes for a funny and quirky story.
Main characters are Deirdra and Jagger. Deirdra is a overachiever and Jagger is what she considers a “hippie.” How can they even think about getting together? They both have a lot to let go of and find what really matters. Fun times for sure!
Many thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and author for the opportunity to read this book for my honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.

I knew going in that I would love this book and that it would also tug at the heart strings. I just didn't know how much.

There was just something about it that grabbed and held on. Dierdra and Jagger are so wonderful together. The way they "get" each other and their relationship just seems to flow is such a beautiful thing.

Maybe We Won’t by Melissa Foster
Silver Harbor #3

Lovely small-town romance ~ opposites attract, sparks fly, love develops, and family issues are resolved as Deirdra “Didi” de Messsieres and Josiah “Jagger” Jones find their way to a splendid happily ever after.

What I liked:
* Jagger: chef, musician, environmentalist, wanderer, outgoing, friend to all, wise, loving brother, puts family first, falls hard for Didi
* Didi: workaholic, lawyer, needs a plan, fears not having “enough”, loves her sisters, priorities skewed, falls hard for Jagger
* The romantic things Jagger does – those dates were splendid!
* Gabe: Jagger’s brother, tomato lover, gardener, autistic, loves listening to Jagger play music, involved in business of his own
* Dolly: Dalmatian, Josh’s friend and companion, big-hearted, fun, nice addition to story
* Abby and Cait: sisters of Didi who have already found their HEA with Aiden and Brant
* The first meet-up of Jagger and Didi in the garage apartment ;)
* The way Jagger’s relaxed life outlook helped Didi see things differently
* The small-town vibes
* Learning about library vacations to places people might want to visit
* The food and fun
* The importance of family in this series
* That Didi and Jagger brought out the best in one another
* All of it really…except…

What I didn’t like:
* Knowing how difficult it must have been for Didi and Abby when they lost their father and then lost the mother they knew to the alcoholic lonely one she became

Did I enjoy this book? Yes
Would I read more by this author? Yes

Thank you to NetGalley and Montlake Romance for the ARC – This is my honest review.

4-5 Stars

Deirdra has spent most of her adult life focused on her career as a successful attorney in Boston. But a visit home to Silver Island forces her to reconcile events from her past and mend relationships with her sisters. In the process, she meets Jagger Jones, a free-spirited, guitar-playing man who does everything in his power to encourage Deirdra to get in touch with her light-hearted roots.

Is Jagger's coaxing enough to get Deirdra to take off of her business suit and put her toes in the sand?

A lighthearted summer romance with complex characters and a happily-ever-after that readers will enjoy rooting for.

**I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher, through Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.

Maybe We Won’t by Melissa Foster, the third book in the Silver Harbor series. Attorney at law and Deidra Messieres, after giving so much of herself to her job while woefully neglecting her family and missing out on social life, was overlooked for a promotion. Silver Harbor is the last place she wants to be, as it holds many painful memories. Memories she wishes would stay buried. Jagger is living his life the way he wants to and he is more than he seems. Deirdra is a workaholic who misses out on life in many ways. She is running from her past and determined not to be like her mother. Deirdra is on a break and doesn't realize all the changes she needed to make. There is something so special and wonderful when it comes to the way Jagger gets Deirdra to drop her walls and live a freer life. I loved watching all the changes in Deirdra as she gives in and enjoys life more fully and repairs her relationships with her sisters. Deirdra and Jagger are hot together and make so much sense once they just give in. Slowly Deirdra starts to lower her walls and let Jagger in, and in turn her sisters.

Another amazing book from Melissa. I laugh, cried and felt things while reading this book. I always find with every book by Melissa I can relate to the characters in some way and this book is no different. That is way I love reading this books because I fall in love with the people and at the same time see a little of myself in each one of them. You can always read Melissa's books as a stand alone or as part of the series and never feel lost. This book is feel good, romance with family and friends thrown in. You will devour this book.

Maybe We Won't is the third book in the Silver Harbor series. This one involves the third and final de Messieres sister, Deidra. It's a really touching opposites attract romance. It was also the perfect way to wrap up this trio. Deirdra is on a work hiatus and trying to figure out what to do with her life. Jagger is enamored with her and is determined to figure out what makes her tick.

I loved Jagger and his spirit. He was the perfect match for Deirdra, even though she fought it. I adored how he showed her how to let go and live a little. She really needed someone like him in her life. Her story, of course, is heartbreaking and has caused her a lot of baggage. The drive to always be perfect and not belike here mother looked exhausting. I was rooting for her to finally deal with it all and move on with the happiness she was really craving. I loved the compromise in the end. It was perfect for both of them. As always, I highly recommend this one as well as the series. I can't wait to see what comes next.

Deirdra and Jagger's story is all about opposite attract. Deidra is a workaholic who plans out her life, to make sure she never becomes like her mother. Her mother who was an alcoholic. And was unable to care for her and the girls after their father died. Jagger is all about living life to its fullest, making no plans. I was really happy to finally get Deirdra's story. I worried about her and how she would finally come to terms with her past with your mom. Jagger was perfect for her. He was able to bring out this softer side and I loved how he swept her off her feet. I wasn't sure if Jagger would be able to get the HEA because Deirdra was in so much pain deep down and fought to keep it buried. Great story.