This book reminds me a bit of Brokedown Cowboy (Copper Ridge #2) in that I liked the characters featured in the romance, but I hated their pathway to HEA. Ace Thompson, the hero, is the local bar owner who is afraid of love because he's been badly hurt in the past. Sierra West is the beautiful blonde who left her family behind to start over after her father's big, bad secret leaked out. When Sierra leaves her family's very large, very lucrative ranch in protest of her father's actions, she is hired on by Ace to work at his bar. It isn't long before the two are acting on their impulses.

I really liked the Garrett siblings from the first three full-length books so much. I love that they all had issues but were still able to find perfect-for-them partners. I love that they are still factoring into the stories in this series-the recurrence of beloved characters is one of my favorite things about Maisey Yates' series. When their trilogy ended (this larger series is made up of smaller trilogies), I was afraid that I wouldn't like the West family stories because I didn't like them when they showed up in previous books. After reading this one, I've met most of the siblings now and I think these books are going to be satisfying. But I'm still irritated about the choices Ace and Sierra made and their resulting behaviors. Not going to spoil anything, but they made me roll my eyes several times.

The next book in the series features Sierra's brother Colton, who (so far) has been engaged to the fiancé-from-hell. His sisters do not like her at all, and I'm excited to see how things pan out for him in the future.