Review: Beards & Babies by Heather Lauren

 
by Heather Lauren
 
I haven’t seen Soren Mathews in ten years, but he draws me right back under his spell. We spend one stormy night together living out our teenage fantasies and in the morning, he’s gone again, leaving me to think about him and the secret I’m keeping. Readers who enjoy romance with childhood crushes and one night stands will love Beards & Babies by Heather Lauren, a steamy, small town, brother’s best friend, beach romance.
 
 
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The bare naked buns of my brother's best friend greet me in Florida.
I haven’t seen Soren Mathews since the most embarrassing night of my life. Now ten years older, he’s all grizzly man. With a sexy beard and new scars, he draws me right back under his spell.
For one night the storm keeps us under the same roof and we finally live out all our teenage fantasies and secret desires. But the sea calls him the next morning and he's gone.
I try to move forward with a new life in Candy Cane Key, but I can't stop thinking about him. I can't seem to eat and all I want to do is sleep. I'm restless and lost until he comes back and by then we’ve both got secrets we’ve been keeping.
 
Beards and Babies is part of the Candy Cane Key series.  It's also seems to be part of a larger series by this author that involves men with beards.  This is a brother's best friend romance.  Soren and Robin have been friends for years, so the attraction was strong between the two.  Once night ends up with a surprise baby. 

 I have mixed feeling about this one.  I did love the interactions between Robin and Soren, but being a novella it's just too short for my liking.  I wanted more.  The other thing that I couldn't wrap my head around was Milo's reaction to the relationship.  I thought it was WAY over the top and kind of turned me off the story.  I also kind of felt like I was missing a lot of back story.   Still, I would recommend it.  I did like the couple and the ending was sweet.

About Heather Lauren
Heather is a Polly Pocket-size mom of three with a burly hubby and hairy husky. They live in sunny Arizona where she writes steamy contemporary romance and romantic comedies. Her books feature beefy cinnamon roll heroes (often bearded), dirty talking alphas, and adorkable, strong heroines full of sass. Each one guarantees, good laughs and epic Happily Ever Afters.
 
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