Embracing Us by VR Tennent

Finding out I was pregnant at the age of forty-five after a holiday fling with a man twelve years my junior came as a bit of a shock. What was even more surprising was that this man was also my soul mate. He stepped up and put our relationship first. Max and I are everything that shouldn’t work. With his boyish charm, positive attitude and loyal determination, he is a lot of what I felt I didn’t deserve.
Now, here we are navigating a new life together. Within twelve months we have met, broken up, found out we were pregnant and reconciled. Our life is filled with both highs and lows, our challenges coming from the outside rather than each other.
A change in the health of his aunt causes us to divert our course. At a time where external pressures become more difficult, we pack up to return to the Spanish sunshine where our love story began. But this year, we have our baby boy in tow. Jackson is the apple of his daddy’s eye. My little prince that I never knew I wanted.

But with our vast difference in age and polarised life experiences, will we be able to ride the waves and create a happy family that will survive the storm?