I have read and (for the most part) enjoyed Jaci Burton's Play by Play series so decided to try another of her series out. When I read the synopses of this one, I have to admit it reminded me the Animal Magnetism series by Jill Shalvis, which I love. So this book seemed like a great place to start my expansion of the Jaci Burton universe.

I really enjoyed how Luke and Emma rolled with everything, even while having major internal debates and dialogues with themselves. Emma even berates herself for dissecting every little action and word at one point. But when it comes to actually discussing things with each other, it just doesn't happen. Sometime that can really bug me in a book when it's used as a vehicle for some huge misunderstanding and blow up between the H and h. That is not what happens here and I appreciate the author having faith in her audience to not feel she has to have "the big fight" in order to create tension. Instead, the characters understand why the other is acting out or pushing away and they deal with it like adults (besides the not talking it out thing).

My only real issue with this story is how much it glosses over Emma's past relationship and Luke's mom. Both are major things that shaped the personalities of these characters. While they were used as main plot points, we didn't really get details. I'm thinking, with Luke's mom, we may revisit that issue in a future book since I'm assuming at least one of his brothers will get a story. With Emma's past, it just all seemed a bit too neat and tidy and didn't do the subject matter justice in my eyes.

This was my first Jaci Burton book, so I didn’t really know what to expect. This was an okay book. Nothing memorable, but some things did make me mad.

Emma and Luke were actually good together. They were just the only ones who couldn’t see it. Hell, even their dogs got along. The book spent so much time on Emma and Luke's inner monologue going back and forth about how they didn’t want a relationship. That and a lot of their everyday life. While I liked them both, Emma made me want to shake her a few times. If you’ve read this book, then you know why.

I kept asking myself when we were actually going to get the suspense. Once we got to the suspense plot, it was rushed and some things didn’t really make sense. A few things felt like they were there just for shock value.

I did enjoy the majority of this book, so I think I will continue with book two about Luke’s brother Logan.