Stand alone it was a good book but I am a person who buts the series and reads straight through. I remember now why I stopped reading this one back to back. IV read the last 3 in the series this stint and remember how much I enjoyed the first. I think this one probably would’ve been the best of them all had I waited a month or so to go back to the series so I gave it five stars. I do like the humor and Sands so I will switch to her Argeneau vampire series for a while.