I am so glad that I gave this book a chance. I hated another book by this author (Diving deep) and would not even think to come back to read another one if my friend would not have convinced me to do so. Wow, what a difference. Instead of the characters having no depth, we have the characters who are as three dimensional and realistic as they come. Instead of book having minimal, or under my criteria basically non existent plot, we have a sophisticated murder/conspiracy mystery AND romance AND some very hot sex scenes. And every one of these sex scenes is important to the story and moves the plot forward. I loved it a lot and highly recommend it.