Cara Dee just can't do anything wrong with this series. Thank you, Ms. Dee for another fantastic book in "The Games" series with these wonderful, kinky characters. We met Greer off and on in the first five books since the characters love wandering back and forth through each other's stories...which I love by the way. I always know where everyone is and what they're up to :) Greer is so filled with denial that he doesn't know where he will go from here. He rightfully feels that he's more of a family man. He's back from the military, but he's really lonely living alone on his farmland. He loves animals and owns a couple of dogs; the second floor of his house is decorated in hopes of having a bunch of kids at some point, but he's still all by himself. The main focus of this story is about Greer establishing this big, longed for, hopefully what will soon to be...his family....and meeting the love of his life, Archie. Greer is involved in the kink community, he doesn't mind playing in scenes, but he's looking for something long-term, something lasting and personal, somebody to be 24/7. We can see from the start that there's something going on with his friend Sloan...but Sloan is another story entirely...but we will get to see how well he fits with everyone. I love the way these characters are introduced. They're all so very different and all have entirely different personalities, but they all fit together perfectly, both as a single-family unit and as a larger "Club Family". At the beginning of Greer's story there is a prologue from 5 years ago that gives us a slight history of Greer. Throughout the "now time" story you run into old acquaintances from the previous books. Greer's nickname as "Shep" fits and describes him to a "T". Greer is a shepherd...a sheepherder of people...protecting and defending with his life, those that he loves. He loves Archie, he loves Sloan, and he loves the kids that Archie and Sloan have brought into his life and his heart. Archie is a really sweet guy and a caretaker, just what this unusual family dynamic needs. I loved how Archie interacts with the "family" that Greer and he have rapidly built...when Sloan and his kids finally join them at the farmhouse. This is a series that I certainly will read a second time and probably many more times after that. ( )