I did not expect to enjoy this book quite so much. 
 Let's be honest. 672 pages for a romance novel is 
 pretty damn long. 
 I read this book in 24 hours. Because I did not want to put it down. 
 I read until 2am this morning, and for someone who works 1 or 2 24 hour shifts every week I am extremely stingy with my sleep! Also, I am on call tomorrow. 
 I regret nothing. 
 Aiden is one of my favourite kinds of male MCs. Stoic. Broody. Enigmatic. Fiercely loyal. 
 So much intrigue, you know? 
 He is also just so easy to admire with how hard he works and how much he has accomplished. Sure, he has jerky moments in the beginning. Not to defend him, but it's only in ignorance. A jerk because of negligence. He doesn't mean to be hurtful. And he learns. 
 You can't help but love Van. She is so straight-forward (I need more people like that in my life!) and she has such a good heart. And again, so very inspiring. She has made something of her life, all by herself. 
 Beyond the sweet (extremely slow-paced) romance, there are subtle nuggets of life knowledge to be picked up that was just such a nice addition to the story. 
 "When life gives you lemons, you get to choose what you make out of them; it doesn't always have to be lemonade." 
 "When I was a kid, I learned the hard way how expensive the truth was. Sometimes it cost you people in your life. Sometimes it cost you things in your life. And in this life, most people were too cheap to pay the price for something as valuable as honesty."