Hudson Wheeler has an ex-fiance who decided she was done with him, but only after she decided there was someone better for her and announcing a pregnancy. He is such a good guy though, that he has taken the blame for their breakup, keeping the pressure off his ex and squarely on his shoulders. He isn't sure he's ready to be a father, but has months to make himself right with the idea. 
 Poppy Cruz is healing from the horror that was her marriage and the aftermath. She has never had a man in her life who has taken care of her. Instead, she has been verbally bruised, and physically beaten. She has very few people she considers friends, and trusts very sparingly. 
 Wheeler is one of those heroes who is willing to set aside his own troubles in order to fix those he cares about. When he decides he wants to protect Poppy, he does so in such a way that she is absolutely in charge of everything -- the pace, the direction, the purpose. But she has a lot of demons to exercise before she can let anyone all the way in. 
 I loved watching Hudson treat Poppy the way she should have always been treated. As she learned to trust, I loved watching her settle into the life she was creating in Denver. This group of people is always quick to come to each others' aid, she just had to learn to trust that there were good people. 
 Watching what little of Poppy's mother that we get in this story was heartbreaking. I loved that Poppy had finally found the strength to get out of the situation, but it hurt to watch her mother refuse the same freedom that Poppy had found. Knowing exactly what Poppy had been through during her marriage made it easy to cheer for her, to hope that she found what she needed to be able to let a man like Wheeler into her life. Because from the beginning I loved these two together. 
 This was the perfect way to end the Saints of Denver series. Each time Jay reaches the end of a series, she ties the entire group together in such a way that I don't feel like I'm losing anything at the end. The epilogue gives a great These men and women have fixed their broken, found their match, and are moving towards their futures. I can't wait to see what else she has in store for us in the future, and am pleased with where the Saints have worked to reach. 
 I was gifted a copy in exchange for an honest review. 
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