Great start for a new series where a good amount of time was spent developing the secondary characters whom by the way stole the show. I don't think there was enough conflict and story without them in this book. Devin and Katleen had to come to a few realization but it wasn't a hard road to get there. To be honest, I expected the new revenue to come from breeding Arabian horses and not from (view spoiler)[ mineral mind. (hide spoiler)] 
 I believe the second book in the series will be much better because of the vast difference between the two characters, Helen and Winterborne. I also suspect Severin will be paired up with Pandora.