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Better than Expected

By: Haley Cass
Narrated by: Lori Prince
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Hannah Dalton had a lot of expectations in her life. Growing up watching her mother struggle for everything they had, she resolved to make sure she did everything she could to make those hardships worthwhile. She would pursue the career she dreamed of, she would marry someone trustworthy and kind, and she would try to give her own daughter everything her mother gave her, only without the struggle.

She just never anticipated the order in which it could all happen or the hardships that would inevitably come to pass. But, somehow, maybe it can all work out better than expected.

A companion to the bestselling novel When You Least Expect It.

©2022 Haley Cass (P)2023 Tantor
Contemporary Contemporary Romance Romance

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I wanted more and Cass delivered

I was always curious as to what Hannah was thinking in the first book. Here is the book in her perspective. It also includes the the couple’s story before, during, and after the first book. It answered a lot of my questions which I am super grateful for. It is also just a very easy story to listen to and has become my nightly go to for lulling myself to sleep. Lori Prince is perfect and relaxing to listen to as always. Prince combo with a relaxing story = melt your trouble’s away

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Sapphic romance, complex characters

This dream team does it again. I will insta-buy any collaboration between Haley Cass and Lori Prince . Amazing story with depth and complex characters. And absolutely incredible performance by Lori Prince

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Love the second version

Great book. I love the second version of this book. The characters and the whole storyline. Haley Cass is a beautiful writer. I especially love Lori Prince reading this book. Excellent narrator always.

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I want more

I love these characters and hope there are more books ti come. It was nice to get into Hanna’s thoughts.

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just love it

It's a simple follow up to a book I already loved. I love both of these characters. Sometimes I wanted Hannah to just get out of her own way, but the payoff was perfect. Highly recommend!!

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next book

I think we need a third book to see how living together works and if Hannah can actually take the next step and get married to Caroline

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BTE

Love hearing it from Hannah’s POV - with touches of their meeting and her struggles through her marriage was thrust open during this listen. Hannah has truly been through it all and come out on top it’s amazing and inspiring to listen to. For Hannah to have had sights on Caroline from the first moment even before Caroline knew and that the feelings have been mutual is all the better and the perfect pairing for WYLEI!

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Outstanding!

Love getting the “When You Least Expect It” story from
Hannah’s perspective. And Lori Prince delivers a superb performance as always!!! Highly recommend.

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Loved it! 

My kind of love story! No perfect people, not a perfect story, but a perfect ending.

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Everything I Expected 👌💕

I normally don’t purchase novels that are shorter than 5 hours, simply because most authors fail to develop a story line, and get me engrossed in their characters, in that amount of time.
However, when I noticed that there was a novel, written by Haley Cass, one of my favorite authors, narrated by Lori Prince, there was no way that I could not give it a try. 🥳

And so, my venture was rewarded with a delightful story. The fifth one I have read, authored by Ms. Cass, who has the ability to deliver and develop characters who are the both believable and worth knowing.
Whose words were voiced to my ear and mind, by Ms. Prince, whose ability to give real life to characters filled with emotion and real depth, made me want to tune out the mundane world and immerse myself in the lives of characters I feel I want to meet.

Thank you both, Libra 😘🫶🏻

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