This one has been recommended as similar to Praise. And I get the similarities; age gap, rich dude, employer/employee, dom/sub flavour. But I felt this one had more heart, and that was mostly because of the kids. Brielle's relationship with the kids is what made the whole story believable IMO. She gave the kids what they needed; love, fun, non judgemental parental figure. The kids were the conduit for each to see the other. Julian saw her fun loving side, kindness, empathy, unbridled joy. He saw how much she cared about his kids. Brielle saw how she could be a bridge for the kids with their father, help him have a better relationship with his kids and not only be a disciplinarian. She saw how much he hurt, and how that impacted his relationship with his kids. I felt Julian's brokenness made sense....up to a point. I had a bit of issue with Brielle's immaturity early on, but got over that quickly. I'll say in the first bit of the book I found Brielle kind of annoying, the middle half I loved them both, and the last bit I felt Julian was being a stubborn douche. At least he went to real therapy. BUT - I think she took him back a bit too quickly. Although, I guess the proposal in and of itself was an apology an a compromise? I would have liked to see them talk out their issues a bit.