I normally enjoy Kim Boykin's books, however this one just didn't measure up to the others. It started off promising, as Declan and Shelby met after not having seen each other for 15 years, there's attraction, some flirting, a first date. It seemed as if Boykin ran out of space for the story (this being a novella) and the last 5 chapters were a bit disjointed and rushed. They didn't have much interaction with each other at all - one kiss, very little plot after that and all of a sudden he realizes he's in love with her. This would have been a great story if their relationship had been developed further, and a bit more of the content focused on the main characters as opposed to touching on so many secondary and extraneous characters that ended up detracting from the main story. ( )