I may have loved this slightly more than the first (which I loved) Katie is kind of a force to be reckoned with. She started to mend the almost unmendable feud with the town. I hate that it took a death (which I was sheding tears at!) to do this. but she started the road toward mending a lot before. I had high hopes for her and Tavish through most of this book, even when I knew she'd end up choosing Joseph in the end. I did end up feeling that she needed him and his girls to help heal her mostly broken (for 18 years) heart.