***4.5 Stars*** 
 And we have another winner! Which is a beautiful thing, but now I'm torn between Kade and Lucas *heavy sigh and shrug* I'll just take both *BSEG* It was a sweet, sexy, funny and heartbreaking read and I was hooked from the start and had a difficult time putting it down (I didn't even bother trying to hide and use the app on my phone). 
 I adored Lucas. Here's a guy who was a geek, got bullied and yet came out on the other side of all that crap not only being a billionaire, but a sweet, caring, charismatic and sexy beast. He knows he's smart. He knows he can basically get anything he wants and yet there isn't an arrogant bone in his body. Is he confident? Hell yeah, but he hasn't crossed that line into being an asshat. He's taken his own experiences and is using them help others who are like him. 
 Maxie. God, I feel for the woman. She's been through hell and is trying to pick up the pieces of her life and find the woman she was always supposed to be before things went down the drain. I loved her strength and sweetness and while her need to stand on her own two feet sometimes frustrated me, okay irritated me, I understood why she needed to draw the lines that she did. 
 At it's heart, their relationship is very much a friends to lovers story, but there is soooo much more to it. Like, "Are you serious?" level of so much more going (doncha love spoiler free reviews??) it made my head spin and heartbreak for both of them. But I loved them together, even when things got a little awkward, they still felt right and the sexual tension between them was sizzling. The ease of their interactions and the trust that was there, even when it didn't seem that was, made it fun, and frustrating, to watch as they worked things out between them. 
 I have to say that Ms. Phillips kept me on my toes with this one from start to finish. I swear my eyes almost popped out of my head as I read the prologue and first chapter because it wasn't at all what I was expecting after reading the blurb, but it hooked me and I had to see how everything played out. I loved getting to hang out with Kade, Lexie and even Kendall and getting to know Derek a little more. Derek's book is the next one up and my curiosity is definitely peaked because I'm wondering if a situation that arose in this book is the catalyst to his own HEA. Also, there appears to be another possible story in the works, so we'll see if my gut is correct or I'm just trying to ensure I get to spend more time with these characters. 
 ~ Copy received from RockStar PR and voluntarily reviewed ~