This read deserves more than 5 stars! It deserves all the magic stars!

I love a wonderful happy ever after and this one is sitting at the top of my favorites list! If ever there was a character, a hero nonetheless, that needed a happy ending it is Kaine. His journey was heartbreaking and gut clinching. I cried over his loss but I sobbed with happiness over his ultimate triumph of a past that had left him broken.

My first bit of advice is to go into this book with as little knowledge of the plot as possible. It makes the unfolding of the story all the more wonderful as you’re pulled from not having a clue into “Oh my gosh!” I personally love when that happens.

Kaine has lived alone on the mountain for three years and he was perfectly fine with the isolation.

That’s the way he prefers it. But when his new neighbor, Piper, blows into his life his quiet solitude is shattered. In more ways than the noise coming from next door.

Piper’s feisty personality is the perfect counter point to Kaine’s broody, grouchy attitude. When these two get together things get explosive.

Their dynamic was by far the most enjoyable I’ve read in a while and their chemistry is off the charts. However, she has her own issues she’s struggling with. It takes time and self-reflection but she’s working on putting her own past behind her.

How these two work through their enemies-to-lovers-to-who-the-heck-knows is filled with so many ups and downs. I was gobbling every word up as quickly as I could because slowly absorbing them is what rereads are for. Besides, I needed to see Kaine get his HEA and along with him, Piper.

I couldn’t fathom how this author was going to bring this about. But as I mentally jumped ahead to fill in all the blanks and questions with my own answers based on your average romances, I was once again surprised how Devney Perry didn’t use the old tried and true but brought a fresh twist to a well-used trope.

There is a lot of magic in this book, just not the kind you’re probably imagining.

I absolutely loved every single thing about this story. The characters, both new and revisited, the location, the heat between the hero and heroine, and the sheer perfection of that often sought Happy Ever After.