What Were You Expecting?

This is the first book in JoAnn Ross' new Shelter Bay series, which is a spinoff of her High Risk series, which I've never read. There are things that are referenced in this book that must have happened in the other series, but not in a way that made me think I needed to read those books to understand this one.The romance was wonderful. I loved the hero. Loved loved. He was kind, considerate and protective without being creepy. I think what really grabbed me about him was the way he cared for Kara's child. He really treated Trey like his own, right from the beginning.Kara was great too. She'd been hurt by her husband's death, but she didn't take the "I have to mourn" thing to an extreme. Yes, she loved her husband and regretted his loss, but she didn't feel guilty for having feelings for someone else, or decide she had to be a martyr to his memory. This was a real and heartfelt novel. I was totally caught up in the relationships between Sax and Kara, and Sax and Trey. Not to mention the personal battles they faced. 4.5 out of 5