Gak. I can't decide if this was better or worse than the first one. They are really the same book, since this starts the day after the first one ends. Reese is OK, he's sweet to Alice, a good cop, and a good friend. But it seems like the hero of LF's books never get to actually be the hero. Reece saved the day in Logan's book, and this book is actually all about Rowdy. And Alice's buddy from her past steps in to help wrap things up also, so hero boy has even less to do. I'm not sure what the deal is with LF's women - Alice is like a whiny child in most of the book. And Pepper is as stupidly annoying in this book as she was in her own.