Love love love the whole way that Will Trent & all the characters have pasts, idiosyncratic behaviors, aren't afraid to make mistakes yet will often regret & have remorse for them ... these people are real humans ... in a world where fakes are often put on pedestals with no redemption in sight ... KUDOS & CONGRATULATIONS!

The whole story of Pedro & Chantel began with lies ... the lies that CHANTEL TOLD her family to hide the fact that she was seeing Pedro in the DR in the 1st place ... she was not appreciative of Pedro who was an innocent, in-love-for-the-very-1st-time, inexperienced, country boy ... her family wasn't nice & they constantly had unwarranted suspicion of Pedro ... Pedro's family waa bad as well and his brokenness over the true relationship of his own mother with the married man who became his father nearly broke him ... Pedro learned how to become hard-hearted to protect his fragility and he worked hard in America as vengeance to all of the hurts he experienced ... he's probably still in love with the fantasy of Chantel ... but the REAL CHANTEL he cannot stomach her ... she's a shady character right from the start ... I loved every minute of their story!