Beautiful Surprise is the fourth, and final, book in the Blossom Beach series and follows Astor brother, Graham, as he gets a second chance with his first love, Charley.
About Beautiful Surprise
Graham is the only brother, growing up with three sisters. He is also Grace’s twin. In high school, he had a crush on Charley. She was his first love and his other first. He has never gotten over her, but they never allowed themselves to be more than friends. He married Megan and had a little girl with her. But when he lost his wife a year ago, he found himself a single dad. Lucky for him, his sisters stepped in and helped him.
When Charley left for college, she knew she had to make a clean break with Graham. She has felt like a disappointment to her family her whole life and she does not want to be that to anyone else. She hides her feelings in her tattoos. Lucky for her she has the Astor sisters as her best friends.
After spending one night drinking lots of tequila, these two decide to make the most of the night. No problem. Just a one night stand. Yeah, right.
When Charley finds out she is pregnant, and with Graham’s baby, what is she to do? When he finds out about the baby, he is shocked, but will support whatever decision she makes. So much so, he takes her to a clinic. When they do an ultrasound, her decision is made. And he is relieved.
In order to help Charley out, Graham suggests she move in to his house. He has an extra bedroom she can use. This allows her time to study to become and EMT while working. It also helps him out since she can help take care of his daughter.
Charley has a rough pregnancy. The morning sickness is so bad, her doctor has to put her on medication to control it. During the second trimester, she is in need of relief. So when Graham offers to help, she reluctantly agrees. Her final trimester will challenge both of them. She cannot afford to take time off of work, but her body is telling her she is doing too much.
When things take a turn, and not for the better, she calls Graham. He starts the phone chain and the next thing we know everyone shows up for Charley and Graham and baby Astor.
Impressions
These two have been through a bevy of emotions in their relatively young lives. But when push comes to shove, they are there for each other. She steps in and helps with his daughter. He cooks for her. She does not realize it right away, but every week he makes her something special in correlation to the size of the baby as it is growing.
What started as two friends having a drunken one night stand resulting in a baby, turns to so much more. He is the first person she calls when she is scared. He is the person she celebrates with when she passes everything to become an EMT. He is the person she opens up to about her parents and growing up with them. She is the one person he opens up to about his marriage and the fallout and how he truly felt and still feels about it.
These two share a past, present and future.
Narration
Teddy Hamilton is always a dream to listen to and this is no exception. I loved Vanessa Edwin as Charley. She conveys her fears, her excitement, her happiness and her love. And having this book done in duet made the narration so life like.
Availability
Beautiful Surprise is currently available to read for FREE in Kindle Unlimited and for purchase in all formats on Amazon.
Series Listing
- Beautiful Crazy (Blossom Beach Book 1)
- Beautiful Mess (Blossom Beach Book 2)
- Beautiful Desire (Blossom Beach Book 3)
- Beautiful Surprise (Blossom Beach Book 4)
About Ashley James
A. James is a pseudonym for Ashley James. Ashley is a romance author who enjoys writing stories that will equally make you swoon and blush. Ashley calls upstate South Carolina home with her two daughters and Sphynx cats, Goose and Houston. When she is not writing, Ashley can be found thinking up new stories in her head, singing and dancing to music with her kids—she’s definitely a Swiftie—or with her nose buried in her kindle.
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