An Unexpected Everything is the second installment in Carrie Ann Ryan’s Cage Family series. This time, she delivers a swoony second-chance romance with a single dad twist. A story full of emotion, heat, and the promise of a happily ever after.
Title: An Unexpected Everything
Author(s): Carrie Ann Ryan
Series: The Cage Family #2
Also in this series: The Forever Rule
on June 9, 2025
Format: eArc
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He left me with a note.
Weston Caldwell and I had two months together. Two months of intense heat and plans for our future. Then one day he left me sleeping with a note and never turned back. I closed off my heart and my dreams after he left and promised to take care of my family, never trusting love again.
So when I am forced to head to my family’s small town for protection, I never expect to turn around and see the man I loved.
I want to walk away and never look back, but when I find out he left for a heartbreaking reason, I’m not sure what to think. The chemistry between us hasn’t gone away—if anything it burns even brighter.
But my life is in the city and his is in this small town that draws me. Between his siblings, the town itself, and my new found family, walking away might break me.
Only Weston isn’t the only secret from my past. And it turns out, if Weston and I aren’t careful, we could lose everything before we find our second chance.
An Unexpected Everything is a second chance, right person, wrong time, single “dad”, contemporary romantic suspense in the Cage Family series featuring Weston and Isabella. Each book can be read as a complete standalone. An HEA is guaranteed!**
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Eight years ago, Weston Caldwell broke Isabella Cage Dixon’s heart. Since then, she’s built her life around family and responsibility, leaving no space for love or second chances. But when danger forces her to return to Cage Lake, she runs straight into the man she never thought she’d see again.
Weston was her first love—and the one who walked away without explanation. But their reunion is anything but simple. Weston faces the challenges of being a single father, but the spark between him and Isabella hasn’t faded. When life throws them back together, buried emotions, unanswered questions, and deep chemistry rise to the surface.
Isabella sacrificed her dreams and took on the role of protector for her siblings—even if it meant becoming a forensic accountant instead of following her own passion. Weston, too, knows the weight of responsibility. He’s spent the past eight years raising his siblings after a devastating turn of events shattered his future with Isabella.
Their reunion hits hard. The sparks are still there—maybe even stronger—but so are the scars. Being back in each other’s lives brings up old feelings, tough questions, and a bond that never really broke. Their love isn’t perfect—it’s messy and real, filled with growth and learning to forgive. It’s about figuring things out and knowing that true love doesn’t never dies.
When danger from the past rears its ugly head, Isabella and Weston have to protect more than their hearts. The suspense doesn’t overwhelm the romance, but it definitely keeps you turning the pages.
Set against the backdrop of a close-knit small town and woven with themes of healing, forgiveness, and found family, An Unexpected Everything explores whether love can survive time, distance, and heartbreak—and whether two people who were once everything to each other can be that again.
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About Carrie Ann Ryan
Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Wilder Brothers, Promise Me, and Elements of Five series, which have sold millions of books worldwide. She’s the winner of a RT Book of the Year and a Prism Award in her genres. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over one hundred novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.
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