3.75 Rounded up for Goodreads

Priest and Satisa were both at a crossroads when they had a magical one night stand. Two years later, Priest moves to her town and they run into each other again. But Satisa's still juggling life as best she can and she's got a secret.

Priest is a man on a mission. I love how he took care of his family and how he didn't need motivation to do so. I loved how he loved on his baby, and on Benji too. He took care of business as best he knew how and he didn't shy away from it or drag it out. He showed up, in pretty much every way, except for his misstep at the end. The plot had good weight. It was twisty and turny but not in a bad way. Satisa was so resilient and I loved that about her character. She was a good friend and mother and aunt. I just wished she realized sooner where her loyalties should lie. I understand putting Priest through his paces and making him show and prove, but she was surrounded by snakes who'd shown themselves long ago and she made no move to disengage from them. But the pull of family is real and I understood. I love that she hustled and made things happen, but let herself be helped and taken care of eventually. 

I will say that I thought the book had too many wordy detours--too many places where I felt like you could just say it straight instead of trying to use fancier language, and too many places where the MCs talk around the question instead of just answering it. Also, there were moments for me when their family drama overshadowed the love story, especially when everything started intertwining. Also, Satisa was a horrible communicator and imo it would have been nice for her character development to see her work through some of that.

Overall, pretty solid read. I'll be sure to make time for their wedding story.