Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot Mess Summer | 2023 | Melissa Foster | N/A |
| 2 | The Mr. Right Checklist | 2024 | Melissa Foster | Buy |
The Romantic Comedy Collection is a newer addition to Melissa Foster’s catalog, with two books published in 2023 and 2024. Hot Mess Summer follows women navigating chaotic personal lives with humor, while The Mr. Right Checklist plays with the idea of having a strict list of requirements for a romantic partner. Both books lean into comedy more than Foster’s typical romance novels.
These books show Foster branching out from her long-running Love in Bloom universe into standalone romantic comedies. The tone is lighter and funnier than her family-saga romances, with more emphasis on laughs and less on the multi-generational family dynamics that define her larger series. For readers who enjoy feel-good romantic comedies, these offer a good introduction to Foster’s writing without requiring any familiarity with her other books.