Unforeseen

De: M.C. Decker

Narrado por: Nelson Hobbs, Carly Robins

Cassidy

I always believed in fairy tales. So much so that I made a career out of them. As a wedding planner, I made it my goal to perfect everyone else's happily-ever-after. I even believed in finding mine once, too, until one man left me alone and pregnant - crushing my dreams and leaving me jaded.

Blake

I was living every man's dream; I had the career I'd always wanted, my soulmate in my corner, an adorable daughter, and a son on the way. Everything was perfect until it wasn't. A series of unforeseen events tragically altered my path. In the blink of an eye, I was left a widower and a single father of two. I wasn't seeking love again, but she found me. Now I just needed to break down her walls and help her fall.

Contains mature themes.

©2017 M.C. Decker (P)2018 Tantor

Sweet story

This is a sweet story about 2 parents who are raising their kids by themselves. While he is still battling a bit with the death of his wife and the worry of guilt for developing feelings for someone else, he's also able to see that there is something about Cass that just feels right.
Cass has a hard time letting her guard down to trust that she won't get hurt again.
Add in 3 cute kids (Katie is an adorable 5 yr old who of course doesn't understand yet why we don't repeat certain things...) This is a feel good, low angst lovely story.

The story was compelling and heartbreaking.

Love wins through heartbreak. Compelling story of loss and learning to live again x 2.

Almost 5 star until Ch. 21.

One thing I cannot stand in a book in the whiny martyr. Especially near the end. This book had me near crying and my heart breaking for Blake. Cassidy however was mostly tolerable until Ch. 21. Up until this chapter I was willing to give it a 3 star. Maybe 4 simply for Blake alone. I felt it his character and character arc is something many windows can relate too. I can also see how many could relate to Cassidy. What I couldn't stand was the instant something came back from Cassidy's past, instead of speaking she just fled and became the martyr of "I'll leave him before he leaves me". This isn't something I've ever enjoyed in a book and usually is an instant DNF. Since it happened much later in the book though, I finished it.

Nelson and Carly were great! I especially loved Carly's voice for Kaitlyn and Maddie. They can really nail a younger child as a voice actor. It truly wasn't them that sunk the book. It is that chapter in which Cassidy immediately goes into self preservation martyr mode that did it for me.

2/3 stars and this feels generous.