The seventh work in the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling series that started with the Beautiful Bastard, Beautiful Stranger, and Beautiful Player novels. Featuring all the Beautiful characters…plus one tiny new addition to the group. In Beautiful Stranger, finance whiz Sara Dillon met the irresistibly sexy Brit, Max Stella, at a New York City club. Through the series we’ve … York City club. Through the series we’ve watched them learn to balance commitment with their less than private brand of playfulness. In Beautiful Beloved, Max and Sara take it to the next step. But the question is: Will they be able to find a balance between the wild sexcapades they aren’t ready to retire, and the demands of parenthood that come along with their new Beautiful bundle of joy? Parenthood: it’s not for the weak of heart.more
Chloe and Will has a beautiful baby girl!
Oh this book is sooooo relatable. I remember feeling the way this couple did when my children were smaller. The constant inability to have adult time gnawed at me. Thankfully they are bigger now that diaper changes and nighttime feedings are a thing of the past.
Another great installment in this wonderful series!
h: Sara
H: Max
(Dual POVs)
Same couple from Beautiful Stranger, only now they are married and have a daughter. In Beautiful Beloved, these two are learning to navigate parenthood. These two haven’t gone to the club, let alone have a single night out since the baby was born. They also haven’t had crazy, passionate, wild sex like they used to. Max has been more gentle with Sara and treating her as if she was fragile since the birth of their baby. When they try to have a night out, it is a disaster.
I’m happy these two were able to find their way back to being as passionate as they were in Beautiful Stranger!!
Favorite quotes:
“I miss seeing you lost in me, and unapologetic about it.” -Sara
happy dance another dive into the lives of my favorite couple and to read about how Max is with his daughter will make your ovaries weep!
Having a baby changes everything. I mean, can you believe that Max and Sara haven’t been back to their exhibitionist sex club since the birth of their daughter? Think of the horror!!!
I’m usually not a fan of half-books, or 0.6 books as is the case with this novel. However, when it comes to this series I will read anything and everything the authors want to put out there. I’ve enjoyed every single book in this series, as each one is the perfect blend of comedy, raw sexual magnetism, and characters you can’t help but love. In this book, we see that it can be a slow road for a husband and wife to connect sexually again after having a child. Not that Max and Sara haven’t had sex since their daughter Anna was born, but it just hasn’t been like it was before. It’s not as rough, and they don’t film it anymore. Or take naughty photos. Going back to vanilla sex can be so boring.
The majority of this novel consists of several failed date nights between Max and Sara, which are unbelievably hilarious. Every time they try and reintroduce some of the kink to their sexual relationship, they get interrupted by a phone call from one of their many babysitters explaining another issue that baby Anna has. I also loved the fact that their numerous babysitters are all characters from the previous novels. We developed such a strong connection with those characters when reading their own respective love stories, that it’s great to see them all again as a tight-knit friend group in this brief half-book.
Even though there is a lot of humor throughout this book, there is actually a rather serious discussion taking place about adjusting to parenthood. Max always used to see Sara as his lover, but now he views her as his wife, and the mother of his child. It might not be on purpose, but he can’t help but view her differently. They fervently try to have the exact same sexual relationship as they did before, just to prove that having a baby hasn’t changed them. But they encounter some difficulties when trying to bring back some of their old tricks. For example, they perfectly demonstrate why you should never take dirty pics on your phone. You never know who you might send them to accidentally.
However, by the end of the novel they eventually come to the realization that they don’t necessarily have to try so hard to do the same things as before, because their lives are in fact different now. No point in trying to hide it. It doesn’t mean they can’t still have fun though. They’ve always been kind of kinky, but the affect of motherhood on Max’s libido was quite interesting. Let’s just say he discovered a new found appreciation for Sara’s chest area.
What can I say? I love this series of books! The fact that Max and Sara were able to get out and back to the club to find time together without a baby crying or having to rush home because of a rough night away from their beautiful baby (example the incident at the restaurant)! I just cannot get enough of this series!