I liked this one even more than the first in this trilogy, which I already really enjoyed! I'm don't think it was because they are each by different authors since at the start of this one I could tell I didn't connect with the author's writing style quite as quickly as I did the first. I think it was the way the story was told, which is always more important in the end. This one is second chance (a fave trope of mine), and single mom (another fave as far as seeing the MMC fall for the kid(s) too). In this case, Rowan went full girl dad for Violette's 3-4 year old daughter before she even fully accepted him back and it was adorable. He's another hotshot (wildland firefighter) and she's back in town years after her twin brother died working with their crew, but even before that she was distant because this guy broke her heart. She doesn't know the real reason that happened, and there is some forced proximity (another fave) when he's injured on the job and she's the nurse in the burn unit he's sent to. There were a few inconsistencies here and there or things that made me think "this is a different vibe than the first one for this person", which I'm sure is difficult to nail when each book is written by someone different and include the same characters, so it was easy to forgive but did niggle at me every time. Book three is next because these have captured my mood reader brain's full attention.