The Surprise

by B. E. Baker

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Romeo and Juliet’s families caused all sorts of problems, but the two lovers took that poison themselves, the idiots.

When Beth Ellingson meets Ethan Brooks, it’s because her aunt and father are conspiring to steal the Birch Creek Ranch from the handsome young man. It wasn’t the cutest way to meet, but just as roses grow best when fertilized with manure, sometimes beauty springs from tragedy.

Beth’s father’s definitely a stinker, and she wants to spare Ethan the misery of affiliating with him. But Ethan’s never been afraid of a fight when the cause is just. Can these two young but beloved Birch Creek characters find their happily ever after?

Or will the biggest surprise of their young lives derail all their plans and poison their future?

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Book Details

Genre

Women’s Fiction

Subgenre

Action/Adventure, Destination / Vacation, Inspirational, Office / Workplace, Small Town, Western / Cowboy (frontier-era or modern ranch settings)

Series

The Birch Creek Ranch Series • Book 6

Audience

Adult

Bell Peppers

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Profanity

1 None

Violence

1 None

Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco

1 None

Publication Date

February 15, 2023

Language Versions

English

Narration Type

Human

Fiction Form

Novel

Sensitive Themes

Divorce or marital separation, Grief or loss of a loved one, Pregnancy/childbirth on-page

Representation

Depictions of prayer, worship, or scripture, Single-parent or widowed-parent protagonist

What a fab read

This book was not only a fantastic read but so full of great & valuable everyday knowledge/I love her series/I believe I have read all of them

a very nice read.

A good story with all the confusion and trials of the late teen years. Not going with the easy answers is definitely a real challenge. To the writer and reader.

A surprise and not just the title

This is a book we didn’t know we need it until we read it, hence the surprise in the title, the author surprised us the readers with book six of the Birch Creek Ranch Series, a book who was never “in the books” but one that ties in almost all of the stories in the previous five books of the series.This is a modern day Romeo and Juliet kind of a story with a happier ending that the Shakespeare tragedy, where two teenagers Beth and Ethan find love in each other after a lot of trials and tribulations, especially related to their families but also within themselves.As a word of advice, you should read the other five books in the series before starting reading this one, since this book brings back a lot of what happened before in the story tying it to these two young people and influencing their relationship and their actions.The book and the story ends in a cliffhanger with a very hard situation that Beth and Ethan finds themselves in the middle of, which I hope book number seven starts with.I love this series and can’t wait to get my hands in the next and last book.

a great read

Their series had me from book one. Loved each one and looked forward to the next. Now I have to wait till November for the last one. I was bummed but will wait like every one else. Such a great family series. Would definitely recommend.

The Surprise

I have read every one of the books in this series. This was not the best work of this author. She had his mother and stepfather getting married in this book and they were already married. They had already inherited the ranch. Not a complete ending. I have loved all her other books, I am sure she was just having a bad time writing this one.