Surprised By You - Kara Lynne

CONTENT WARNINGS (PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASING):
- Mature themes (grief, insecurity, emotional dependency)
- Explicit open-door sexual content between consenting adults
- Emotional conflict, miscommunication, and temporary breakup
- Illness/injury scenes and caregiving dynamics
- Pregnancy (late in story)
- Strong language

She's always been the one people overlook... until the one man who never did refuses to let her hide anymore.

Jessamy has spent her life being the "extra" sister, the safe friend, the one no one quite takes seriously. So when her sister's romance culminates in a picture-perfect proposal, Jessamy is forced to confront a truth she's tried to ignore: her life feels stuck, small, and unseen.

Except to Benton.

Steady, capable, and frustratingly perceptive, Benton has always noticed her-but being the man everyone calls when things fall apart has left him wary of becoming just another solution to someone else's problems. Still, he can't ignore the pull between them... or the way Jessamy challenges everything he thought he wanted.

What begins as small rescues-fixing cars, quiet support, late-night conversations-quickly spirals into something neither of them is prepared for. As Jessamy fights to prove her independence and Benton struggles to let himself be truly known, their connection ignites into a slow-burning, emotionally charged romance that blurs every boundary between friendship and desire.

But wanting each other is the easy part.

Trusting it? That's where everything threatens to fall apart.

Because Jessamy is done being someone's responsibility...
And Benton refuses to be loved only for what he can give.

When fear, pride, and past wounds collide, they'll have to decide if what they've found is worth the risk-or if they're destined to lose the one person who finally saw them clearly.

Surprised By You is a slow-burn, deeply emotional friends-to-lovers romance filled with tension, vulnerability, found family, and hard-won love-where independence and intimacy don't have to be opposites, and being seen might be the most terrifying-and beautiful-thing of all.

CONTENT WARNINGS:
This book contains explicit sexual content, strong language, emotional conflict, illness/injury, and a pregnancy storyline. It is intended for mature readers (18+).