This book is up there for me with Tere Michaels's Faith & Fidelity! It's a bit of the same kind of GFY-OFY book, though with a significant difference: the wife of the man who has kids is not dead, she is still alive and they are still married when the two male best friends fall in love. 
 The wife is portrayed as a really vicious creature, BUT her background is later explained, and we learn why she became the hard-hearted woman she is. More, she has the opportunity to redeem herself. In fact, in this book, there is no totally villain or totally good character. The two male heroes and the wife are flawed, they all are despicable and loveable. 
 The last chapter is fantastic. It gives closure, for the two men and for the wife as well. Eli Easton is clearly not afraid to tackle difficult subjects.