Jill Shalvis is an amazingly dependable writer! This is another great story. There's tons of humor, along with the lucky Harbor cast we know and love. I think this book would stand on it's own just fine, though. 
 Leah is a pretty damaged heroine - well, her self esteem is damaged. I almost would have felt better if she'd started seeing a therapist during the course of the story. Her dad's comments growing up clearly did some damage! Jack had his own issues, but they never seemed as big as hers. 
 I loved the set up with the two of them fake dating to give Jack's mom a little boost. Everything about that was funny! 
 The ending was a little over the top, but it didn't ruin anything, and it left me wanting to know a lot more about Ben and Aubrey!