5 bright shining stars! 
 I loved this book. The first book in The 'Burg series, eh. Not so much. This book and it's tone and especially JOE CALLAHAN spurred the Dream Man men, I'm sure. Set this book in Denver as opposed to small-ish Indy border town and this book reads exactly like one of the Dream Man series. And not Mitch or Brock. I'm talking Hawk & Tack here. 
 And hot? Oh lord - Scorching! I think this book might have the most sexy times of any KA book I've read, and I've read over 3/4 of her books now. The vividness of the intimacy was off the charts. 
 I loved the heroine, Vivian, too. She is my favorite kind of KA gal, smart and nice and not overly stubborn but still sassy as all get out and no pushover. Or, well, Joe does push her over some - but let's be real here - you'd be pushed over by him too. 
 The plot was good and even. The supporting characters rich - and this is one of my favorite uses of children/teens in a story. Kate & Keira are great kids and the help make up the family unit with Vi. Seeing Joe Callahan fall in love with these girls as a family was a treat. 
 Joe has demons and they cut deep enough that he is an ass to Vi for quite a while. Some people have said this bothers them, but I was so entranced by the hot sex it didn't bother me too much. Also, like with Hawk in "Mystery Man" and Ty in "Lady Luck" you knew he'd been through a lot of pain and built his walls very high to keep himself from being hurt again. So at the end his salvation was all the sweeter. 
 Do yourself a favor and fall in love with these great characters like I did. You won't regret it.