When Forty Blooms

By: Jacinta Howard

Narrated by: Wesleigh Siobhan

A rare birthday. A second chance. A woman finally choosing herself.

Simone Harris has always known how to hold it down. For her son. For her clients. For the sports agency she built from scratch. She keeps things running, keeps herself moving, and keeps her heart tucked safely out of reach.

But this birthday feels different. It falls on a leap year, a date that only circles back every so often. A rare kind of day that feels like it arrives exactly when it’s meant to. The kind that makes you pause and ask what you have been pushing through just to keep going. In that stillness, something begins to surface alongside it. Fatigue. Questions. The quiet ache she has learned to ignore.

She is not falling apart. Still, something is shifting. The pressure she has lived under feels heavier than it once did. And as she begins to listen to what her spirit has been trying to say, the past reappears, bringing with it a familiar comfort, unfinished conversations, and a quiet invitation to feel again.

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Again excellent quality writing!

Love the mental health encouragement. Nothing wrong with receiving therapy. Very tasteful writing of the intimate moments between the main characters!!!

Great Read!

A wonderful second chance love story with such relatable characters. I’m a new fan of the author!

Excellent

Jacinta Howard has done it again. I loved this book. I hope we get a book two on Tristin and Logan

A really good read

I really did enjoy the story and the narrator. This is a quick, yet pretty deep listen. It had me feeling all my feels.

Grown and Sexy!

Loved this story! It was so relatable and realistic and had just the right about of spice! I do wish there was a tad bit more depth to angst because it seemed like some things came up then were resolved by the next chapter, but I guess that is also a testament to the MC’s age and growth. Looking forward to more Jacinta Howard books. Narrator killed it per usual 🌟4.75/ 5