Beachside Kisses With My Famous Ex by Kristin Canary: Book Review

 **ARC received for consideration. All opinions are my own. 

The Book

When old chapters get rewritten, sometimes love deserves a second draft…

I thought I’d left my past—and my pro hockey player ex, Ethan Fox—behind years ago.

These days, I’m a single mom raising my eight-year-old daughter in Hallmark Beach while secretly writing bestselling romance novels under a pen name. Unfortunately, my latest book is due soon, and my inspiration has apparently packed its bags and left town.

Then Ethan shows up.

He’s only supposed to be staying with his uncle for one week, but when I learn he’s struggling to write his memoir, I make the questionable decision to offer my help. Suddenly I’m spending way too much time with the man who broke my heart nine years ago—and discovering the Ethan Fox I remember might not be the same man standing in front of me now.

Which would be a whole lot easier to deal with if his goofy smile and annoyingly charming personality didn’t keep reminding me exactly why I fell for him in the first place.

But there’s one tiny complication.

The eight-year-old daughter I’m raising? She’s his.

And Ethan has absolutely no idea.

Once the truth comes out, Ethan is determined to make up for lost time. Which means I’m seeing a whole new side of him—one that involves father-daughter dates, bedtime stories, and far too many moments that make me wonder if the hockey star I once loved might actually be someone I can trust with my heart again.

There’s just one problem.

His time in Hallmark Beach is almost up.

Soon Ethan will return to New York, and I’ll have to decide whether some love stories are better left in the past…or whether ours deserves a whole new ending.

Perfect for fans of:

✔️ second chance romance

✔️ single mom

✔️ pro hockey player

✔️ secret author

✔️ surprise fatherhood

✔️ forced proximity

✔️ small-town romance

✔️ first love

Beachside Kisses With My Famous Ex is Book 4 in the Hallmark Beach small town sweet romantic comedy series, where a charming yet quirky town on the coast of California comes to life. This dual-POV novel is filled with all the sizzling romantic tension and swoons possible without on-page intimacy. Each book in the series stands alone, but you may want to read them in order for the most enjoyment.

The Author

Kristin is a wife and boy mom who functions best on peach tea and cookie dough ice cream. She writes closed-door romantic comedies with lots of sizzle and spice but no explicit on-page content. A desert dweller, she always has her eye on the next trip to a beach somewhere—and if she can’t travel there in person, then you’d better believe she's going to write about it. Kristin is never fully satisfied with a movie, TV show, or book without a hefty dose of romance in it, and she's grateful to be living a true-life love story with her own crazy little family.

Book Review

I have to admit, the secret baby (or child, as the case may be), is not a trope that I have ever been drawn to or that I thought I would enjoy... but my goodness, this story may have just changed my mind. Seriously. First of all, that chemistry Ethan and April was done so well. But as much as I loved that second chance romance between them, I think it was the way Ethan connected with Scarlett, even before knowing he was her dad, that really made me love this story most... and when he finds out the truth... oh, my heart! I couldn't help but want these three to have their happily ever after. Scarlett was such a light in this story... adding humor in ways that only a child can. This was another fantastic trip back to Hallmark Beach and I find myself looking forward to the next! 

Beachside Kisses With My Famous Ex is a closed-door romance with kisses only and no language. It is the fourth book in the Hallmark Beach series but could be enjoyed as a standalone as well. 


You can purchase your copy here: https://link.amazon/B03iyau7B