Contemporary Romance Audio Book

This story was an interesting mix of things. Zoe and Max keep getting thrown together because of the people they are connected with and related to. They start as Frenemies and become friends and then Friends with Benefits.

When Zoe breaks up with her idiot boyfriend, she's in a bit of limbo. Max steps in as an unexpected friend who helps her get out of her comfort zone. Before they know it they are secret friends with benefits and the feelings are growing really fast and everything culminates at a destination wedding where their teasing and fooling around lead to a full on explosion of a One Night Stand.

And that one night leads to a life changing situation. Which I'm sure you can guess by the cover.

This book had a lot of potential for me and there were things I really enjoyed. I loved all the small gestures Max did to show he cared and we were just waiting for Zoe to notice. I loved the community around them and the quirky friends we got to meet. Their chemistry was there for sure and the sex scenes were very hot!

However, a few things that irritated me and kept this from being the home run it could have been.

First, this is literally billed as an Accidental Pregnancy, it's on the dang cover. We see about 10% of the pregnancy in this book.

The amount of time they kept their friendship from the friends and family was irritating.

And finally, this was another case of a heroine dumping HUGE news onto a hero and when he doesn't react correctly within 2 minutes she's ready to annex him from his kid's life. This book didn't NEED a grovel if the heroine let him breathe for more than 10 minutes.

Narrated by Christian Fox & Vanessa Edwin who elevated this story for me and kept me listening. Their narration was charming. I loved the duet style during their text messages though it was dual narration the rest of the time.

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Content: Dietary Restrictions, Pregnancy

*Thank you to Must Love Audio and the author for an ALC of this title.*

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