An Unexpected Everything (The Cage Family #2)
Carrie Ann Ryan
Blurb:
Weston Caldwell
and I had two months together. Two months of intense heat and plans for our
future. Then one day he left me sleeping with a note and never turned back. I
closed off my heart and my dreams after he left and promised to take care of my
family, never trusting love again.
So when I am
forced to head to my family’s small town for protection, I never expect to turn
around and see the man I loved.
I want to walk
away and never look back, but when I find out he left for a heartbreaking
reason, I’m not sure what to think. The chemistry between us hasn’t gone
away—if anything it burns even brighter.
But my life is in
the city and his is in this small town that draws me. Between his siblings, the
town itself, and my new found family, walking away might break me.
Only Weston isn’t
the only secret from my past. And it turns out, if Weston and I aren’t careful,
we could lose everything before we find our second chance.
An Unexpected
Everything is a second chance, right person, wrong time, single “dad,”
contemporary romantic suspense in the Cage Family series featuring Weston and
Isabella. Each book can be read as a complete standalone. An HEA is
guaranteed!**
Themes: Contemporary
Rating: 4.25 stars
Heat Rating:
Review:
Everybody loves a good second chance romance,
even when you think there is no way that the lovers are going to be able to get
past their anger and find a way to find love together again. As always Carrie
Ann Ryan kicks off her story with a heart wrenching and terrifying reunion
between two former lovers, two people that obviously once meant everything to
one another but lost their way. This one was a journey through pain and loss as
both Weston and Isabella have to face changes in their lives and learn a lot
about both their pasts and their present in order to find a way into the
future. I loved the drama and growth that Ryan led us through as she reminded
these lovers that while sometimes you are forced to make terrifying decisions, love
and honesty is always the best decision you can make to have a truly fulfilled
and happy life. I am looking forward to more of the Cages and seeing when Ryan
takes this crazy large and dysfunctional family as she teaches them how to love
and depend on one another while healing from the pain their parents inflicted
on them.
Weston
Caldwell was just looking for a break from his life when he went on a walk
along Cage Lake, he never thought that he would find himself pulling a woman from
the crumbling ledge of the hill—much less that it would be the woman he once
left behind. Isabella Cage Dixon never wanted to travel to the small town her “new”
brothers own, and she certainly never though the town would try to kill her,
but when she is rescued by the man that left her heart shattered a decade earlier
she is done. Thrown together in the small town, full of well-meaning busy-bodies,
Isabella soon learns the hard truth of Weston’s defection and her heart is even
more conflicted, especially when he keeps putting himself in her path as her
protector. Soon they are unable to resist rekindling their relationship, even
though neither of them truly believes they have a chance at a future, but the
draw is too much to resist. But if they aren’t careful the danger stalking
Isabella will ensure they never have a chance to find out if they ever could
have gotten past their fears, because someone wants her gone for good, and if Weston
doesn’t keep her safe he’ll utterly lose her this time.
I
cried so much with this story, seeing Isabella coming to learn why she lost the
man she loved a decade ago and having to accept that, while she doesn’t agree
with his decisions, she understands why he felt he had to make them. She
understands the love he has for his siblings, and the responsibility he felt
when their parents passed, meaning he needed to step up and care for them,
giving up his dreams. When she finally begins to accept the past, she opens her
heart again, beginning to love again and become the woman that she once was
before she closed off her heart to the pain. She is sweet, intelligent, caring,
sassy and brave, but most of all she understands the way that Weston cares for
his siblings, becoming a defacto single father has changed him and loves him
despite those changes. Weston made the terrible decision to give up not only
his dreams for freedom, but the love of his life when he returned to Cage Lake to
become guardian to his siblings, but he never forgot the woman that held his
heart. He is strong, loving, enthusiastic, fearless, and willing to do whatever
he needs to when it comes to giving those he loves a chance to grow and thrive.
Getting a second chance with Isabella was never something he imagined, but when
she is in his arms again he cannot let her escape again. I loved that he had
the strength to demand that she give him a chance, even though he feared it
would be a disaster and he was determined to keep her safe. The love he has for
his family and for Isabella is extraordinary, and the obvious affection he has
for his friends and annoying neighbors is sweet as well.
The
love between two people that were once ripped apart but are now given a second
chance truly is An Unexpected Everything, guaranteed to redeem your
faith in love and reconcile your belief in forgiveness. Isabella Cage Dixon has
had her entire foundation rocked repeatedly recently, with secret family becoming
known, a stalker after her, and now the only
man she ever loved –who left her high and dry—is back and everything is
changing again. There is only so much a girl can fight when the man she’s never
stopped loving pushed back into her life, heart, and bed, and truly why shouldn’t
she give herself a second chance to be happy, especially when a killer is out
to end her life before she ever gets to enjoy it. Isabella is strong enough to
fight for what she wants, but is she strong enough to fight against the pain
and fear of losing Weston again? Weston changed his entire life a decade ago,
giving up Bella in order to come home and care for his siblings, but now that
she is back and in danger, nothing will stop him from being there for her, and
if she is going to give him another chance he’ll grab it with both hands. But
the fear of losing her again and giving up the life he has made for himself in
order to be with Bella is very real, can he find a way for them to be together,
and can he protect her from the danger
stalking her? The passion that sparks between Isabella and Weston is
there in every second of the tension and pain these two throw at one another,
but once they finally accept their past and embrace their present, the heat is blazing for sure. I loved seeing these two
work through their past and present in order to come to terms with their lives
and find a way to overcome their differences and have a future together, not to
mention the way they kicked ass when faced with a psycho. I am looking forward
to the rest of the series, though I can’t lie, book #4 is the one that I know
is REALLY going to be my favorite, but I will be patient and enjoy Dorian and
Harper’s story first (If You
Were Mine). This series is shaping up to be as fascinating as the
Montgomerys, though obviously it’ll never be as LARGE and I am proud to
say I was here from the very beginning. Kick-ass, as usual Carrie Ann!
*eARC provided by author for the
purpose of an honest and unbiased review. No compensation was provided.
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