My favorite of the series so far, Alex's story was everything I love in romance. The mutual trust and respect he and Laura build, the new families they forge and the families they reclaim together, their earnest vulnerability - it all worked so beautifully that I never wanted to step away from the story. And, as always in a Mimi Matthews romance, I was thoroughly weepy by the end. And the declaration(s) of fidelity?! I was ecstatic to see these moments perfectly executed on page - there are so many exchanges between Alex and Laura I won't forget.