So there is no shelves that I currently have to really put this book on, but the trope is alive and well.

This book is following in the format of this particular series in the Brie saga. It is in the POV of the male in the book. In this book we have Tono (Ren) from the other books. I love him, and FINALLY he is moving on... not away, but forward. He has a potential love interest. He is making a bit of headway when he gets a call the he is needed to come help Brie. She's going through some tough times, and needs him to help "center"her. She needs to "breath with him". Although he wishes that this weren't the time it happened, Tono gets on a plane and heads to Los Angeles to be by Brie's side while she takes care of Sir while he is in the hospital *spoiler if you haven't read the books before this*

However, while this is going on Brie is in some danger because (and here is the oft used trope) Sir's recently discovered half-sister is doing whatever she can to try and ruin Brie and Sir through extortion and general boiler bunny tactics. Yes, the whole dangerous woman trying to ruin our lives with extortion and escalating imbalanced and dangerous behavior trope. Sigh. It's a good book. I am just very happy to find that Tono is moving on. ( )