A novel based on true events: One woman’s journey from grief to wonder

There are no coincidences; everything happens for a reason…

Based on actual events, Unexpected is the inspirational story of one woman’s journey from grief to wonder during a heartbreaking week in August. It’s a story about a remarkable friendship, the weight of secrets, families lost and found, and the ripple effect of the choices we make.

Finch and Georgie grew up in Casablanca, Morocco, and now live an ocean apart, but their extraordinary friendship has survived the trials of life and the breath of time. One night, Finch dreams that her bulletproof childhood friend is unwell, and when she hears that Georgie is hospitalized in Malaga, she immediately boards a plane bound for Spain.

During the next week, tragedy plunges Finch into an abyss of grief while a series of unexpected events send her on a quest for self-discovery. Lives are changed forever when family secrets are revealed, when strangers met in random places become bound by fate, and when the mystifying wise nomad selling trinkets on the beach bequeaths his invisible gifts…