I love all the books in this series, but there is something so special about Shane and Ilya. I got 2% in and had already squee'd, teared up, laughed and swooned. It's such a great setup, too: Shane and Ilya have now been together for years, and Ilya has had enough of their relationship being closeted: He misses being physically affectionate whenever he wants to be. But Shane is afraid of the professional ramifications of coming out, not to mention that he kind of finds it a turn-on to be all cloak and dagger about it. The stakes are high whatever they decide: They risk being booted out of a job they love, and they also risk Ilya being sent back to Russia if he is no longer employed in Canada.

I would be remiss if I didn't mention their blazingly hot sex scenes, but I love their relationship dynamic just as much: they're fiercely competitive and playfully combative, but they're also so open with each other and, of course, horny as hell.

I could nitpick about the fact that I'm not sure Ilya's mental health issues were included/resolved smoothly enough, but who am I kidding. It's still a brilliant book that I will 100% read again.