I love the author's ability to flesh out her characters. By the end of most of her novels, the reader really cares what happens to them. This one didn't lack in that, but it took a while to get there. It was hard to get past the heroine's dishonesty (to put it kindly) in the beginning of the book and sympathize with her dilemma. Once I got past that, the pacing, tension, and usual sizzle between the hero and heroine was a little off, making the book lag. It ended up being worth the read, and had a good ending (with the usual grovel scene), but it wasn't one of her best, in my opinion.