From Wall Street Journal and USA TODAY bestselling author Natasha Madison comes a brand new stand-alone surprise pregnancy single dad sports romance
A spin-off from the Only One series & This Is series
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Blurb
Abigail
It was time to celebrate.
After all my hard work, I was graduating at the top of my class.
Our family vacation was the perfect chance to relax.
Until I saw him get on the plane and my plans went out the window.
Tristan’s everything I’ve always wanted but can never have.
One night was all we had together.
Now, I’m staring at the two pink lines wondering if I should even tell him.
Tristan
Six years ago, I was living for myself until I found out I had a two-year-old daughter.
Now, I love my life exactly how it is: me, my daughter and hockey.
Except—I’ve been in love with Abigail from afar for years.
She was the only one I trusted my daughter with.
One night with her is more than I deserve.
Now that I’ve had her, I know she was made for us.
Review
4 stars
The third book in the Made For series, and we’re back with one of my favourite fictional families – the Stone/Grant/Horton crew – for an emotional friends-to-lovers, single dad romance.
Like most of the books in series, this book can be read as a standalone, however be aware of lots of side character crossover and close family ties that have been established over many books and different series by this author. Those moments add a lot for long-time fans, but you could still enjoy the story if you’re a newbie.
Abigail fits into the Stone family as the daughter of Justin. She’s just graduated as a pediatric nurse and is moving to Dallas to be near her family and to take up a job at the hospital where she used to volunteer. It’s while volunteering there that she met Tristan and his daughter, Penelope. Tristan is an NFL player on the same team as her brother and cousins, and she was there when he learned that he had a two year old daughter, in fact she was the one at little Penelope’s bedside, caring for the two-year-old after she was in an accident that killed her mother. Since then, Tristan has become a devoted father, and Abigail has become an important part of his and Penelope lives, visiting whenever she’s in town. Six years after they first met, they have both fallen deeply in love with the other, but neither of them have even so much at hinted at feeling anything more than friendship. Now they’re living in the same city, and with Tristan and Penelope having been adopted into the wider family group, they’re about to be spending a whole lot of time together. Especially with the annual family holiday coming up, and Tristan is invited along.
It’s a gorgeous set-up and full of feels from the very beginning as we get to see the depth of feelings that these two have for each other. But for some reason they have insecurities and they’re keeping their distance. I never really did understand why, when it’s so obvious how they feel about each other. And when all of that sexual tension gets the best of them one night on their holiday, they finally get to explore their chemistry in all of the ways, and they are so damn hot together!
But rather than deal with the elephant in the room at that point, they don’t, and they plan to just move on from it until Abigail discovers that she’s pregnant from their night together. Things only get more angsty and emotional from there, and God, I was annoyed at Abigail. But Tristan comes in with the feels, and that’s when the emotion really hits, and wow, it’s intense. Oh, how that man made me feel! My heart ached, and the whole situation is just a mess. But when you hit rock bottom, you can only go up, and I absolutely loved how Abigail and Tristan handled themselves once they finally got on the same page. They both put in the effort, there is relationship progression, and it’s so easy, and so natural, and so, so beautiful! They’re so gorgeous with each other, and it’s sexy and sweet and all the thing I wanted for them, it just took them a while to get there!
The rest of the family are heavily involved in everything, and made me laugh so many times at their outspoken antics. I love these characters so much, and together they absolutely shine. Matthew is on point as always, and little Penelope is a gorgeous addition to the story.
Penelope gasps. “Is that your baby?” She points at Abigail’s stomach, and I just nod my head. “You guys had sex.”
“Um…” Abigail says, her eyes going big as she looks at me, but I’m too shocked to even think about anything except what she just said.
This is a really sweet read. Tristan stole my heart, and I loved the feels in this one! But it’s angsty, and all of that angst could have been avoided if they just talked to each other, which is always a source of frustration for me – though others thrive on it, so it’s just my personal preference. I loved the romance, and loved the ending to the story and the family that they made together.
I’m so excited for Abigail’s twin sister, Gabrielle’s book up next!
4 stars.
An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.
Made For
Part of the Stone-Grant-Horton hockey dynasty – Find full series info, reading order and family tree here
Made For Me (#1) (Chase & Julia)
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Made for You (#2) (Xavier & Vivienne)
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About the Author
When her nose isn’t buried in a book, or her fingers flying across a keyboard writing, she’s in the kitchen creating gourmet meals. You can find her, in four inch heels no less, in the car chauffeuring kids, or possibly with her husband scheduling his business trips. It’s a good thing her characters do what she says, because even her Labrador doesn’t listen to her…
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