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Beautiful Potential: A Second Chance At Love Standalone Romance Kindle Edition

by J. Saman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 out of 5 stars 200 ratings
Every single time I tell myself I’m over him, he finds me and proves me wrong.

I met Dr. Finn Banner on the worst day of my life...
The day you graduate to become a midwife shouldn’t end in heart wrenching tragedy.
But that’s how our story begins.
One year later, I ran into him again. Only this time, he saved my life.
Turns out my gorgeous savior and I now work together in the same hospital.
And he can be as sweet and charming as they come. When he’s not broody, short-tempered, and arrogant as hell.
Our attraction is palpable. Our desire too great to ignore.
And with every stolen glance, touch of my skin, and minute spent together, I need more.
But the dark secrets of his past are unchangeable, and I know I need to stay away.
There’s just one problem with that.
How do you stop wanting the man you’ve fallen for?

Beautiful Potential is a sexy, chemistry-charged, banter-filled, second chance at love romance with all the feels! It is a complete standalone!
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  1. Print length
    337 pages
  2. Language
    English
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  4. Publication date
    February 6, 2018
  5. File size
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"Well written, very intense, highly charged emotionally, this is a story you won't want to miss, because you WILL feel something for the characters and the romance. You will get involved!" - Tome Tender
"I love this book. it's absolutely breathtaking amazing. It's the best story I've read in a while" - Paula Genereay,

"I thought both main characters brought it all to the table - you will love them, hate them, laugh atthem, and want this to work outfor both of them. If you have the chance to get it, I would highly recommend you getting it soon! Because of how much this book touched me andhow much I fell in love with it I am giving it a 5star roasting!" - Brittany Elliser,

"Beautiful Potential had the right amount of every feel one could have. I was equally smitten, moved, frustrated, sad, lusting and loving...just everything. Finn and Gia's story was just encompassing. The characters are strong and well developed." - Jen

"Beautiful Potential is just a tiny example of what makes J. Saman a master at her craft. All of her characters are painstakingly created so they are identifiable to each and every one of us. a must read for anyone who believes that love is well worth the risk. In this case, love conquers all..." - Connie Lafortune

"It was so beautiful. It got me from the beginning until the very end." Yasso Baraka

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B077KL89Y3
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 6, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.4 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 337 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 out of 5 stars 200 ratings

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J. Saman

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J. Saman is a USA Today and Amazon top 10 bestselling author who writes sassy, swoony, and scorching contemporary romances. She is addicted to Diet Coke, sour candy, and indie rock. She swears way too much (especially after a glass of wine) and has a penchant for sarcasm (or so her husband and children like to tell her).

J. is an admitted lover of second chance romances, enemies to lovers, and the perfect amount of angst. She is best known for writing funny and emotional romances filled with smart, strong women, and sexy alphas who have a softer side - especially for their women.

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Customers find this romance novel emotionally engaging, with many emotional moments throughout the book and an ending that makes the journey worthwhile. The writing style receives positive feedback, with one customer noting its conversational tone. Customers describe the book as beautiful and endearing, and appreciate its humor. The character development receives mixed reactions from customers.

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17 customers mention "Emotional content"15 positive2 negative

Customers appreciate the emotional content of the book, with many noting it has many emotional moments throughout. One customer describes it as an angst-ridden love story, while another mentions it has just the right amount of emotional tension.

"...Not an uncommon story but one told with finesse and enough steamy erotica to keep the pages warm. J Saman is an author to watch...." Read more

"...and just the right amount of angst, this perfectly crafted, beautifully penned story will warm your heart, fill your soul and linger long after the..." Read more

"...book (and this author) is strongly recommended to anyone who loves contemporary romance – you won’t be disappointed!" Read more

"This is a beautiful and heartbreaking second chance at love story...." Read more

9 customers mention "Value for money"9 positive0 negative

Customers find the book worth the read, with one mentioning they couldn't stop reading it.

"...an experience that is challenging and frustrating but delicious and satisfying. That is the case with Finn and Gia...." Read more

"...Thoroughly enjoyable! In this story, Gia meets a man on a tragic day… the day her father dies of a massive heart attack...." Read more

"This story has been one of the best books I have read over the years!..." Read more

"...It's the perfect hook for an avid reader like myself. I thrive on angst, turmoil and broken men who find strong women to piece them back together...." Read more

6 customers mention "Beauty"6 positive0 negative

Customers find the book beautiful and endearing.

"...Saman writes in a conversational style that is at once humorous and sexy and allows her characters to become three dimensional in a natural way...." Read more

"...So no, their journey isn’t an easy one but it is captivating, endearing, fascinating, heart wrenching, humorous, and oh, so rewarding!..." Read more

"...We feel Gia’s her attraction to this smart, sexy, thoughtful man, and her bafflement at his intermittent rejections...." Read more

"This is a beautiful and heartbreaking second chance at love story...." Read more

5 customers mention "Writing style"5 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the writing style of the book, describing it as well-written and easy to read, with one customer noting its conversational tone.

"...Saman writes in a conversational style that is at once humorous and sexy and allows her characters to become three dimensional in a natural way...." Read more

"...pain in a character's backstory that make the behavior reasonable, understandable and even excusable...." Read more

"...This character was complex and beautifully written...." Read more

"...I really enjoyed the easy conversational style. I'm just not sure I like Finn or Gia. I admit, as I was reading I didn't expect Kelly to cheat...." Read more

4 customers mention "Humor"4 positive0 negative

Customers find the book humorous.

"...Saman writes in a conversational style that is at once humorous and sexy and allows her characters to become three dimensional in a natural way...." Read more

"...With plenty of push and pull, a little comic relief and just the right amount of angst, this perfectly crafted, beautifully penned story will warm..." Read more

"...Hot, funny, drama between these two people. Enjoy" Read more

"...It is well written with believable characters. The story had humor and at times was heartbreaking...." Read more

7 customers mention "Character development"4 positive3 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the character development in the book, with some finding them well developed while others express disappointment.

"...Well developed characters and unique story!" Read more

"...The characters will drive you crazy you wonder how Gia puts up with so much and if Finn will ever be able to put his past behind him but the ending..." Read more

"...I was immediately swept into the book, engulfed by the characters, and – as usual – wish I actually knew these people..." Read more

"...I was disappointed in Gia's character development...." Read more

Top reviews from the United States

  • Grady Harp
    5.0 out of 5 stars “No platitudes. No standard words of comfort. How’s this then? I lost my father the same way when I was twenty-two.”
    Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2018
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    Author J. Saman has written six novels in the past year and states that ‘writing contemporary romance books that have a bit of an edge is my thing. I'm a lover of picking at old wounds and second chance romances. I write smart, strong women and sexy alpha (slightly nerdy) men who have a softer side.’ Other than that we have no background information, but her novels speak for themselves.

    Saman writes in a conversational style that is at once humorous and sexy and allows her characters to become three dimensional in a natural way. The Prologue introduces the lucid writing style – ‘“You ready for this?” My best friend Chloe says to me as she leans forward, and slightly across the girl sitting in between us. The girl leans back to accommodate my intrusive friend. “Like any second they’re going to call our names out and we’re going to walk across that stage and they’re going to put those things that have a name–that I don’t remember–over our necks and then we’re going to be midwives.” I laugh at my overly dramatic friend, shaking my head lightly. “Thanks for giving me the play-by-play. I was a bit nervous how this would all play out.” She winks at me. “But not anymore.” “Not anymore,” I concede, glancing around the room for the twentieth time in the last half hour. “Have you seen my parents anywhere?” I ask. “No, I haven’t. And I thought for sure when you went up to accept your Academic Achievement Award, your father would have screamed at the top of his lungs.” Me too. “Did you have to go and get freaking 4.0 and show us all up?” I shrug, just a little put off that my parents don’t seem to be here. And it’s not like I have my cell phone on me because I don’t. I’m wearing a black graduation gown which obviously has no pockets, and under that, a dress which also has no pockets. I didn’t bother to bring my purse because I didn’t want to carry it and now I’m regretting that decision.‘

    The story in this book is well summarized in the author’s synopsis – ‘I met Dr. Finn Banner on the worst day of my life. It was supposed to be one of the best. The day you graduate and become a midwife shouldn’t end in heart-wrenching tragedy. One year later, I ran into him again. This time, he saved my life. Turns out my gorgeous savior and I now work together in the same hospital. And he can be as sweet and charming as they come. When he’s not brooding, short-tempered, and arrogant that is. Neither of us can fight our attraction. It’s strong enough to cause a cardiac arrest in the Emergency Department where he rules with an iron fist. But he’s hiding something. A secret that runs deep. I should stay away from him. Far away. There’s just one problem with that. How do you stay away from the man you think you’re falling for?
    Not an uncommon story but one told with finesse and enough steamy erotica to keep the pages warm. J Saman is an author to watch. Grady Harp, February 18
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  • BookAddict
    5.0 out of 5 stars ☄Beautiful Story That Surpasses Its Potential!☄
    Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2018
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    It seems that every time Gia encounters Finn he’s either seeing her at her worst or rescuing her from some disaster. Which may not be so bad if they could just part ways and go on with their lives, but not only do they work at the same hospital, there is this insane attraction between them as strong as the gravitational pull of the moon. Now in your everyday, ordinary romance novel, the main characters act on the attraction, fall in love, experience some sort of crisis which resolves, and they live happily ever after.

    This is no ordinary romance. This is a J. Saman novel, and the road to forever is never an easy one for her characters. She doesn’t fall back on clichés of selfishness or immaturity in her characters, but rather employs external forces of conflict or deep seated damage or pain in a character's backstory that make the behavior reasonable, understandable and even excusable. I just know when I read one of her books it will be an experience that is challenging and frustrating but delicious and satisfying. That is the case with Finn and Gia. There is no question from their very first meeting that there’s a once-in-a-lifetime special something between them, yet it looks like all of their interactions will lead to nothing more than a devastatingly heartbreaking “might have been.”

    I absolutely adored Gia, and Finn, bless his heart, he owned me. Gia was smart and beautiful, but funny, kind and down to earth. She’s the girl we all want to be BFF's with and the kind of person that makes the lives of others better just by being in them. She has a huge, forgiving heart, and a lot more patience and goodness than most people I know. Now Finn. Oh boy, Finn. A good man with a wealth of pain he hid under a façade of arrogant jerk, I wanted nothing more than to wrap him up in my arms and take away his pain while I shook him and smacked him and insisted he pull his head out of the sand and get his act together!

    So no, their journey isn’t an easy one but it is captivating, endearing, fascinating, heart wrenching, humorous, and oh, so rewarding! With plenty of push and pull, a little comic relief and just the right amount of angst, this perfectly crafted, beautifully penned story will warm your heart, fill your soul and linger long after the last page.
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  • Nancy S
    4.0 out of 5 stars Too Much Resistance
    Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2024
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    I loved this book but became very impatient for Finn to conquer his fear of commitment. As happens so often, thr sad part is lengthy and the ending too brief. Why bur a condo instead of a house whe a baby is coming? Especially when money is no object
    Oi enjoyed her friends and the mothers and Finn's rejecting attempts to find him another woman. I would have liked an epilogue a few years ahea. To read more about the happy family and their work as doctors. Well developed characters and unique story!
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  • Marie McDrury
    4.0 out of 5 stars My review
    Reviewed in Australia on May 25, 2019
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    Thoroughly enjoyed the book. Two very strong characters who had been badly hurt in thrir pasts wbich made it so difficult to trust again.
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  • sztjane
    5.0 out of 5 stars Too damaged for love
    Reviewed in Canada on February 9, 2019
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    A wild rollercoaster romance.
    His is a midwife nurse. On her graduation day one of the worst things that can happen to a family occurs. On that day she meets Dr. Finn Brandon. The attraction even if wrongly timed is strong between these 2.
    A year later he saves her life outside the hospital she works at and he started working at about a month ago. The attraction is just as strong but he pulls back. Why?

    It does not take His long to figure out he is damaged and has alot of patience for him
    She comes close to give up on the hope of them but he always pulls her to him again and again.
    When it is revealed what happened to him, your heart's break and totally fall for him and forgive for being a jerk at times. He also can be totally sweet.
    Loved the ending. A definitely tear jerker.
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  • Red Lilly UK
    5.0 out of 5 stars I really liked this book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 26, 2018
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    I really liked this book. Well written but could have done with a bit of proof-reading to correct spelling mistakes. I totally fell in love with Finn. I also appreciated the authentic hospital milieu. An enjoyable read!
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  • LB1966
    5.0 out of 5 stars J Saman is an author who is a cut above so many others.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 10, 2018
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    Again, another great, well crafted story by J Saman. Characters who keep your interest with stories you want to know about, and won't get bored with. Read it, you won't be disappointed.
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  • Dreamer2207
    2.0 out of 5 stars not for me
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2019
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    Was so disappointed with this book, waited the whole book for some sort of definitive plot line and it never came.

    It continued with the same process; Finn reels in Gia, she goes to him and he pushes her away. Up until pretty much the end of the book when he has the epiphany that he has to change the vicious circle. Yes the reasons behind the way he is are traumatic I wouldn’t take that away from the book but it there could have been so much more done with this. I ended up skim reading a lot of it.

    Wasn’t for me I’m afraid
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