Probably my favorite of the series. The book focuses totally on the main couple since the other characters have been introduced. they have cameos, but we don't need to get a lot of detail about them. I thought there was too much about Lily in Jake's book. I understand that they were friends and went through a tough situation together, but she was not real enough in that book and acted too differently in this one. I liked her here, didn't like her previously. 
 Her relationship with Max was very realistic. His background was portrayed very well - especially his mother, (view spoiler)[but I have a hard time believing that the Edwards would never have called CPS considering that everyone seemed to know about the child abuse. (hide spoiler)] 
 I really enjoyed this series and highly recommend it. Great writing, believable stories, HEA aren't rushed and the steam factor is just right! :-)