3.5 stars 
 I really liked this story. I loved Shawn. Shawn is deaf, but that is not what the story is about. There is no woe-is-me from Shawn. His deafness is just one aspect of Shawn, and it is actually very sweet the way he deals with a hearing world. Shawn is a confident, happy, no-nonsense guy. Just what Cooper needs. 
 Cooper has quite the past and is having trouble coming to terms with it. It takes a secure guy like Shawn to get Cooper to come out of the shell that he has built for himself. 
 I wish the story was more about their romance. However, their romance was easy and developed quite naturally in the first half of the book. The other half was dealing with Cooper's past and loose-ends that needed tying up before he could have his HEA. This part of the book was still good, I just wished for more about Shawn and Cooper. 
 I am definitely interested in reading the 2nd book in this series.