This is a brave, brave book -- for the characters, who confront a lot of vulnerability, and for the author, who puts herself out there too. I've never read a romance with a disabled heroine and Bowen doesn't flinch from what that means. Yes, it's still got an HEA and maybe Hartley is unrealistically accepting of the challenges ahead of their relationship, but Bowen sells it well. Hartley is a great character -- a jock who is only temporarily disabled as opposed to the heroine who suffers permanent incapacities. Yet they are believable in the connection between them and the heat too. It stretched my assumptions about sexuality and disabilities, which isn't what I'd expect to find in a New Adult romance, but was refreshing and (yes) brave.