This is really one of the better books in the series. Previous characters appear but they don’t take over the story like in other books. We get a bit of a side story with Paul and Vanessa, but it did actually relate back to the main couple for this book, Noah and Ellie; Noah counsels them, and Ellie helps Vanessa with childcare and housekeeping, etc. It was quite refreshing to just occasionally see Mel and Jack’s names mentioned but not have to actually deal with the two heaping busybodies. And Ellie and Noah were enjoyable characters to get to know.