This looks like book 3 in a series. It is a new author for me and I have not read the previous other books. I liked it a lot but things do move forward and then a few steps are taken back. IT also is extremely a slow burn story and these two don't get together until very late in the book.

Christian is the issue. He is a proud man and after 4 military tours he has very violent PTSD. He looks normal on the poutside but inside he ia wreck. The issue is he doesn't want to admit that. Until Kelly comes along and a dog who helps calm him.

Kelly is a lawyer who hates her job so she quits, moves to Laguna and gets a job with a military organization. She has a major thing for Christian. But Christian keeps running from her because of episodes of PTSD. I liked her a lot but I did not luke how Christian treats her and she just comes back for more.

So while I felt the book was well written and I did enjoy reading it. At times I did not like Christian and how he treats Kelly.