Forever in Cape May

The Sunshine Sisters, Book 3

By: Jennifer Probst

Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, CJ Bloom

Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's summary

What happens when friends become lovers? Not what a wedding planner plans in a novel of unexpected romance by New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Probst.

Taylor Sunshine and Pierce Powers vowed to keep things platonic. They already have the best of each other: loyalty, friendship, and trust. Why ruin the perfect relationship? That kind of forever love isn’t in the picture anyway for a restless, aspiring artist like Taylor. Her sights are set beyond the horizon of Cape May and Sunshine Bridal.

The oceanfront hometown is part of Pierce’s heart - just like Taylor is. And it breaks at the thought of her leaving. As her closest friend since high school, he supports her desires, even if she must follow them away from Cape May. But when their defenses are down, all it takes is one impulsive, vulnerable night to change all the rules.

From old friends to overnight lovers, they make a new pact: explore a summer fling, no strings attached. But as the nights heat up and their connection grows deeper, hard choices must be faced. As summer nears its end, will Taylor and Pierce fulfill their individual dreams? Or are new dreams just beginning to come true?

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Critic reviews

“Both [Teddy] Hamilton's and [CJ] Bloom's narrations allow listeners to experience Taylor and Pierce's transition from friends to lovers, and the anxiety this generates in Taylor. When she is given an opportunity to show her work in Paris, listeners can feel her struggle as she longs to move on to pursue her art, knowing she will have to leave Pierce behind in Cape May. Both Hamilton and Bloom capably express Pierce's growing realization that he truly loves Taylor.” (AudioFile Magazine)

“Probst’s entertaining take on the friends-to-lovers trope hits all the right beats, enhanced by well-shaded characters readers will immediately love. This irresistible finale does not disappoint.” (Publishers Weekly)

Passionate and emotional story!

CJ Bloom and Teddy Hamilton are fantastic narrators. They pull you in with their incredibly passionate and emotional story telling and kept me engaged and connected to the story and characters.

We finally have Taylor’s story in Forever in Cape May. It is a sweet friends to lovers story that I devoured in one sitting. Pierce is a beautiful man. Captured by his love of photography and feelings for his best friend I fell for him hard and fast. Taylor had many insecurities to overcome and some of her actions frustrated me but overall I understood her need to find herself before being able to commit to her best friend. The chemistry and love between them as friends was evident from the start and when they give into more it is beautiful and passionate. What I loved about this book is the location and scenery. Cape May is a place I would love to go visit. The beach is inviting and the scenes of Pierce on the beach capturing beauty in his photography I loved so much. The only flaw was the lack of communication on how they were feeling for each other. It dragged on a bit too long but otherwise I loved the beautiful ending and recommend this series to contemporary romance fans.

Love in the air

This series is amazing! I spent the summer reading and listening to all 3 books. Hearing about the love in these books, gives my love life a spark still!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I think this is my favorite of the 3 books! Taylor and Pierce are that non couple that everyone knows never to get in between. Best friends for years until one drunken night, everything changes. Despite the pact never to cross the friendship line to sex and feelings, one night is enough to throw that pact out. Taylor is leaving to chase her dreams, dreams she’s been ready to follow for years. She’s so afraid that she can’t have dreams and a relationship too. Pierce and Taylor decide they will keep the friends with benefits relationship till she leaves. But when they both truly realize they fell in love with each other, what can they do especially when neither can admit it to each other. Even when Pierce realizes his home is whoever Taylor is, she’s so scared of really letting her guard down. Despite being miserable she feel likes pushing pierce away is what is best, but it’s really what’s safe not not best. The relationship between them is so heartwarming. It shows the foundation of a great love can come from the years of friendship that is unbreakable. Loved the playful banter their chemistry and their fun loving, even just frolicking in the ocean. This story is perfection!!!

I absolutely loved this audio!

Let's start with how well ploted and paced this story is. You are able to capture Taylor and Pierce as friends from their early years, but it's done well enough that its suttle and yet you can help but be pulled into it. The way this was done, through games or through drunken wagers, was so much fun to see that when the chapters where their emotional angst turned up, it really hit a chord. The narration, on the other hand, gave the story depth and so much weight. CJ Bloom came in guns a blazing with her charm, wit, kid voices and her flexibility as an actress able to play emotion and yet still have humor while being vulnerable. Teddy Hamilton, the man the simply can do no wrong, was shear perfection as he also was able to come accross as charming while being strong and vulnerable all at once. I do think this might be my favorite of the series.

Great series about 3 Sisters, thanks Jennifer.

Taylor and Pierce were best friends all through
their lives. They overstepped their promise
and things change. Great narrators, what a
love story.

Perfect ending.

If you aren’t a fan of Jennifer Probst, this series will make you a fan of her books. Each book in this series and uniquely beautiful. Each one of the Sunshine sisters come with their own sass, style and their loyalty towards the people they love. This last book is the perfect way to wrap up reader’s journey in Cape May.

Another great listen!

I loved this book!!!! The series is so awesome and the narrators are great! An absolute must listen!

Loved this couple!!

What I liked best about Pierce and Taylor's story is that since they were such great friends, it felt like I got couple time with them even though they weren't officially together. Knowing Taylor's feelings about commitment, I had serious concerns about if I would enjoy this one and I'm glad to be wrong. The only thing I really wish for this whole series was that all couples decided to be together sooner. I just really enjoy reading about a couple working together against drama instead of that drama being between them. I still enjoyed all three books due to the great writing and likability of all the characters.

Nice

This book was well written and the characters well developed but the friends to lovers trope is not my favorite. I didn’t really feel the chemistry between Pierce and Taylor. CJ Bloom and Teddy Hamilton were fantastic and brought the characters some needed heat.

Good Story

4 Stars for me!

My rating range throughout the story... 3.5 - 4.5 stars

Scenes with heat.. Definitely and tastefully descriptive

The back story... Boy and girl become friends, tried kissing a couple of times but blah. The h decides to make a blood pact to never cross the line. Years later after lots of drinking, they have sex and it is great. They decide to become FWB and eventually chaos ensues.

The Romance... Slow burn based on friendship if they can only get past work issues.

The drama explosion... She chases the H off to save the friendship... Oops, her heart and loses both.

HEA or HFN? HEA