When Erica Harding loses her full-term, unborn baby, she has to draw from her inner strength to cope with the pain and grief of this tragic loss. Jason, her once supportive husband, grows emotionally distant from her and she still clings to whatever relationship they have left until Jason admits that he is having an affair - again. Feeling alone and betrayed, and having found a mysterious note in her bag, Erica is drawn into an online correspondence. Believing it is with the handsome and caring man she just met working in a local bookstore, she is surprised to find that the person she's been writing to is not at all who she thinks. Erica is now questioning everything that she has ever thought about love and relationships.

What readers are saying:

"Women and mothers from all walks of life will find themselves drawn into Erica's story."

"I found myself torn between wanting to read more slowly because I was so enjoying it, but wanting to read quickly to find out how it would end."

"Unexpectations gives the bi-curious housewife a glimpse into the other side."

"Beautiful and well-written...authentic dialogue and descriptions...my heart ached while reading it."

"A quick read, Unexpectations will have you turning pages as fast as you can pull the tissues from the box."

Anything But Beige
Barbara Beige debuts with the first of what she calls a 'Married Woman Coming Out' novel. Unexpectations is a fictionalized version of her life - the rawness and intensity of Unexpectations is her story. Having come out in her mid-30'sfrom a fourteen year marriage, having two childbirth losses and having two wonderful daughters, she writes what she knows.