An Unexpected Kind of Love

Written by Hayden Stone

Narrated by Gary Furlong

Bookstore owner Aubrey Barnes likes his quiet, orderly London life, thank you very much. His shop may be struggling, his only employee is a menace, and his plumbing is one creaky pipe away from disaster, but he can handle it. Maybe. He cannot, however, handle the film company that's thrown his Soho street into chaos.

And he definitely can't handle the charismatic American actor Blake Sinclair.

Which is why he's extremely reluctant to lease out his shop as a set for Blake's film, but it's his one opportunity to save his business. Now he can't get away from the distractingly hot actor.

Then Aubrey finds himself alone with Blake in a trailer, and what happens next turns London's heat wave into an inferno that leaves him breathless.

Aubrey is not cut out for the high-profile life of dating a celebrity, especially an American actor who's not even out yet. Good thing their tryst is absolutely not going anywhere.

Of course, when you expect nothing, that's exactly when it starts to mean everything.

Contains mature themes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Feb 8, 2022
• ISBN: 9781666178722

Reviews for An Unexpected Kind of Love

[Katharine Clark · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I finished this but for most of the book I was waiting for Blake to be a likeable character. Not sure he ever achieved that, though he had his sweet moments.

From my perspective it seemed like he held Aubrey to (unreasonably) high standards that he did not hold himself to. Aubrey was completely lacking in self confidence and never seemed to note through the narrative that he was being treated unfairly. When Blake made the grand gesture it seemed like there should be more apologizing mixed in with the declarations.

Would have liked to see more of Aubrey as he was an interesting character that felt like he had more depth that wasn’t explored fully.

[char · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Terrific story, giving all the feels. Beautiful main characters, Aubrey the adorable Londoner and. Blake the suave American. A splendid summer read.

[Els Rombaut · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I would have really liked a Blake POV for this one, it seemed more superficial than I had hoped. But as usual, Gary Furlong's narration makes up for a lot, loved that! ?

[Milton Justice · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Mix Notting Hill with two hot guys and add all sorts of unexpected twists and turns. Thoroughly surprising and delightful book. Audio book has excellent reader.