There were two rules in our relationship:

We remain friends with the benefits.

And we don’t catch feelings.

Only I made a mistake. I started to fall for Dash Montgomery.

Now our secret physical-only time together is done, and we have to see if we can keep our promises.

He needs to move on. And I need to focus on my business and friends.

Yet when an attack happens close to home, Dash steps up and changes the game. I don’t want to fall for him and yet I know there’s no walking away from this. Not when he puts himself on the line and I finally can give in.

Everyone I’ve ever loved, save one, has walked away from me, leaving the shattered remnants of who I once was behind. If I don’t find a way to trust Dash—as well as my heart—the darkness stalking us both won’t be the only thing that breaks us.

It is always fun to see the Montgomery family living their second generation life.

Dash and Aly have a secret arrangement that works for them and keeps them out of the typical Montgomery gossip fodder. Friends with benefits only, no feelings beyond friendship. But when Aly realizes she has started developing deeper feelings, she breaks off their arrangement, vowing to get over her feelings and put their friendship back to the way it was before. But when Aly faces a series of problems, Dash jumps in front of the rest of the family to help her back on her feet, and she has to decide if she is willing to trust that he isn’t going anyway either.

I loved these two and the friendship they based their physical relationship on. Aly has a hard time trusting, and had hangups about more serious relationships and being left behind that kept her at arms length.

This definitely felt lighter than some of Carrie Ann’s more recent books and I had a lot of fun with the back and forth between Dash and Aly. I found it humorous that they thought they were being so secret, but in true Montgomery fashion, the secrets don’t last long. The danger/threat aspect was on the predictable side, but it was nice that it didn't become the center of their relationship or the reason they came together again. And I loved the way Dash worked to gain Aly’s trust beyond the friendship they had. (And boy did he have to work for it!)

As I said in the beginning, I always love coming back to the Montgomery world. They are taking over the Front Range (and the world) one book at a time!

NYT and USA Today Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan is the author of over 150 contemporary and paranormal romances where the characters yearn, break your hearts, and make you swoon. If there’s a family of six brothers who need HEAs, she’s your author.