Fantastic story that sucked me in from the first page and kept me enthralled to the very end. Sarah is an accountant and a single mother. As the story opens, she's working with the local wedding planners on trying to find a way they can come up with the money they need. She's there when newcomer Max Crawford arrives with a business proposition for them. He'll pay them a million dollars if the wedding planners can find brides for his six sons. Sarah is appalled, as is his oldest son, Logan when he arrives in time to overhear his father's plans. Well aware of Max's tendency to manipulate, Logan is far more interested in Sarah than his father's latest plot.

I loved the first meeting between Logan and Sarah. The attraction between them is immediate. Logan is all in with getting to know her and seeing what kind of fun they can have together. He's a bit taken aback when he finds out she has an infant daughter, but that doesn't hold him back. Sarah, on the other hand, plans to ignore the attraction. She's been burned twice and has no intention of trusting a man ever again. It was fun to see Logan working so hard to get past her initial objections. When he hires Sarah to set up the books for the family ranch, she tries to keep things on a business-only basis, but Logan is a force to be reckoned with. I loved watching him pop into the office regularly to check on her, never really pushing but just being there. It wasn't long before he broke through part of her defenses by letting her know he isn't looking for anything permanent. That matches her own feelings, so they start spending time together.

I loved seeing Logan go from fun-and-games only to thinking long term. He's carrying some baggage from his mother's desertion of the family when he was a kid, so belief in happy-ever-after hasn't been there. But the more time he spends with Sarah and little Sophia, the more his thinking changes. I loved the way he reacted to Sarah's past, wanting to do things that showed her how special she was. He was a master at doing things to make her life easier, even though he often had to work to get her to accept that help. I loved how Sophia had him wrapped around her little fingers. The scene with the two of them the night that Sarah fell asleep was beautiful. As time goes on the attraction between Logan and Sarah continues to burn hot, and they spend as much time together as they can. I loved seeing Sarah let Logan into her and Sophia's lives and how happy they are. Sarah feels herself getting in deeper, but won't let herself believe that it could last. I cried for both of them when she allowed her fears to push Logan away. The depth of his heartbreak made my heart hurt for him. I hurt for Sarah too, but I also wanted to shake her for not believing in Logan or herself. It took an eye-opening conversation with her mom to break down the last of her walls, but it was a conversation with an unexpected visitor that gave her the push she needed. I loved her big moment at the end. The epilogue was great. I especially loved its location.

The secondary characters were great. First among them was Max, father of six boys and master manipulator. There is some mystery to why he is so determined to marry them off after years of discouraging any thoughts of settling down. I had some trouble liking him because of his attitude toward Sarah. I loved seeing Logan push back and stand his ground against Max's interference. It will be interesting to see his actions over the rest of the books. Sarah's parents were interesting with their extreme difference from the way they were when she was growing up. That influence on the young Sarah affected who she became and she didn't know how to deal with the changes. I liked the growth of the relationship between Sarah and her mom. I'm intrigued by Sarah's best friend, Lily. I loved how she was always there for Sarah and helped push her along into getting to know Logan. She also seems to have some self-esteem issues. I would love to see her end up with one of Logan's brothers. ( )