The main conflict balances well with the opposites attract romance. Looking for the love, acceptance, and sense of family she was denied as a child, she rejects her family’s money and status, choosing to build and live her life on her own terms. A lifetime of nannies and being cast aside leaves Gemma with a deep emotional void in her heart. A poor little rich girl whose parents spent more time with their social engagements than her. Both suffered from parental abandonment and abuse though Gemma’s was emotional than physical. Gemma is the direct opposite of Truman in almost every sense though their childhoods have some similarities. “This incredible man should be too damaged to know how to love. Truman is the ultimate underdog who you will instantly want to champion and protect from the cruel, judgmental world. His abusive childhood could have led him down a different path but his innate goodness helps to keep him on the up and up even after his stint in prison. His hard, tattooed, stoic persona is in direct contrast with the sensitive artist and firm family man who resides within him. Once you get to know him, you realize that this bad boy is only bad in his looks and attitude. Truman is introduced as the stereotypical bad boy with a heart of gold. A smooth steady pace starts us off directly in the present while interjecting with memories from the past to allow readers to understand just what Truman has gone through with his highly dysfunctional family.

This sweet, sexy, humorous bittersweet story centers on a man whose whole life has been spent trying to protect his family to the point of almost destroying him. Tru Blue is a standalone romance contemporary that exists faintly within Foster’s Love In Bloom series. When Truman’s past rears it’s ugly head and all his secrets spill out, he finds himself once again having to choose between his family and his happiness. Truman isn’t looking for love right now but Gemma’s persistence pays off and soon he can’t imagine his life without her. Stepping in to help Truman one night at a local store, Gemma finds herself drawn to this seemingly hard man whose gentleness with his siblings makes her heart swoon. Gemma Wright is pure class from the top of her shiny salon done hair to her perfectly pedicured toes. Now a single parent, he is at a loss on how to raise a baby and toddler, until a young woman steps into help. Truman takes his two younger siblings and admonishes his brother to get help. When he is released from prison, he comes home to find his mother dead from a drug overdose, his younger brother in no better condition, and two siblings he had no idea even existed.

Truman (Tru) Gritt has spent his life trying to protect his family to the extent of going to prison for a crime he didn’t commit.

Tru blue by melissa foster