Too much plot, not enough love interests together on page seems to be my issue with contemporary romances these days. up until 36% Soledad is still married to her money embezzling husband and Judah is just the hot forensic accountant who thinks she's really sexy.

For the amount of time we spend with the husband, his incarceration, his mistress and secret baby, the threat of "i have secret money hidden", none of it seemed to really pan out in the end beyond a footnote, so why are we so invested in it?

Soledad's money struggles and new influencer career are very "of the now" and i think will appeal to many, i personally was more invested in Judah's forensic accounting which was neat, i do love a hot nerd with secret spectacles.

as always, i appreciate the author's attention and care to things like Judah's autistic teenage twin sons and Soledad's heritage, and her biracial daughters. her sex scenes are fire! and while we have an HEA this still read more as a domestic, soapy drama. soledad is focused on her journey, and judah is waiting for her (until a very late break and quick resolution).

not my favorite by the author for sure.

the author includes content notes, including parental death from cancer (off page, past). but i will also note

Spoiler

physical abuse (on page, soledad's then husband grabs and bruises her wrist and threatens her), drinking, cancer of a secondary character (who is still alive, but struggling at the end of the book), hospitalization of Judah's teenage son for a bad seizure and concussion, and probably more i missed.