How an unexpected pregnancy becomes more life-changing than expected!

Synopsis

Midlife crisis? What midlife crisis?

At forty-four, Cynthia Smart is exactly where she wants to be. Almost.

In a couple of years, she’ll be the CEO of the company she’s spent her most of her adult life working in. For now, though, she’s still busy shimmying up the greasy pole of corporate business. She’s single, carefree, and independent, and nothing can stop her getting what she wants and deserves.

Until she discovers she’s pregnant.

Determined to have her cake and eat it, she’s convinced that having a baby will make little difference to her life, and that she will be one of those women who can hold down an incredibly demanding job and also be a perfect mother.

But as her pregnancy progresses and her life slowly falls apart, she has the sneaking suspicion that Max Oakland, the new guy on the block, is out to steal her dream job. That she’s terribly attracted to him doesn’t help, nor does the fact that he’s devilishly handsome, appears to be a really nice fella, and is good in a crisis.

When she gradually comes to realise that something has got to give, what she doesn’t want it to be is her heart.

My review

Cynthia Smart has almost achieved her goal in life at the age of forty-four. So when after an insignificant one night stand, she discovers she is pregnant, she is determined to not let this pregnancy interfere with reaching her goals.

But soon she discovers that a pregnancy does not go how she wants it to go, and that not everything will follow her minutious planning.

And to make things even more complicated, she fears that her new colleague Max is after her dream job AND she finds herself attracted to him!

The thing I loved about this book is how naive Cynthia appears to be. Yes of course, she is a smart woman (pun NOT intended) otherwise she wouldn’t be where she is in her career. She is a focused woman when it comes to get that so much desired promotion, yet she manages to be gullible when she finds out she is pregnant.

Who doesn’t dream of a pregnancy that goes exactly how you want to? And how many get that? Exactly, almost nobody does…

So each time when Cynthia’s plans do not go as expected, I had to have a little laugh!

But I also have to admire Cynthia… Even if it’s an unexpected pregnancy, she makes the best of it, and she is trying to find the best solution.

And the further the pregnancy goes along, she starts to get her priorities right. She realizes that the path she was following will not make her be a good mother, so,she starts to think about what would be best for her and the baby.

And even more admiration the way she kept Max at a distance! She feels the attraction (and let’s be honest, who wouldn’t feel the same!) yet she does not give in. Talking about having the right priorities!

But Max… Max oh Max oh Max…

If he would be real, like hell I would keep him at distance like Cynthia did! He is kind, thoughtful, and does whatever he can to help Cynthia out. Even if he has a few secrets, he is even my perfect guy!

He wants what’s best for Cynthia and the baby and is even providing solutions for her!

This is a beautiful book about having the biggest surprise in life, making the right choices and not thinking about only yourself. It made me laugh several times, yet there were tender sweet moments in it too, but even moments I just wanted to knock some sense into Cynthia!

So sit back, enjoy this story, love every bit of it, have a few laughs and fall in love with each character!