I wanted to like this more than I did-- because Bowen is a great writer. I just wasn't quite sold on Bella. What did Rafe see in her? She gets put through an awful ordeal, so that made me sympathetic, but apart from that she just didn't seem that special. And Rafe is a pretty special hero-- Latino and a virgin and such a thoroughly nice guy. A lot like Andy in Blonde Date, which is a good thing. There aren't a lot of nice guy heroes out there. So I guess, the short version is that this is totally worth reading but didn't do it for me.