I'm a fan of the Desert Dogs and I've been anxious for Casey's story. I felt let down with this installment because there was minimal focus on his "dreams" or "flashes" of future events. I must have assumed incorrectly as I thought light would've been shed on this characteristic or "ability" of his. Instead focus was directed on DNA and his anxiety about having dementia in his older years. Casey and Abilene have shady pasts that few people know about. Their relationship begins to blossom into something beautiful, and I felt anger towards Abilene for her reaction. Her shaming of Casey and his past. I was frustrated overall and it bums me to say that because I've adored this series and these characters thus far in the series. I will say, I was pleasantly surprised by Ware. Hopefully he'll get his HEA at some point. The plot, was easy to follow until a separate story grew into the first. I became more attached to the second plot than the first, which led to further frustration with no resolutions. Abilene's truth comes. At the end. Everything is wrapped in a pretty now. This is unrealistic to me and didn't settle well. This is in part due to my attachment to the unfinished second plot. With that being said, I absolutely can not wait for Miah's story. I have faith in Cara's writing. So this three star is not a negative, it's an enlightenment that not all installments will be amazing for the reader. But Cara still has me excited and built enough tension and fight in me to tough through the answers when it comes to Miah's story.