Good story, full of real characters (in every sense of the phrase). I like Ace and Ally both - that will be an interesting marriage, they're both extremely strong-willed. And the hustles at the beginning and end of the story were very amusing. This is the third of a trilogy, and it does tie up a bunch of loose ends (that I didn't know were loose, not having read the previous books), but the tying-up doesn't interfere with Ace & Ally's story, just provides a rich setting for it. I knew Ally's pool ball trick would come into play again (Chekhov's gun on the mantle) but I wasn't expecting that whole scene. The trilogy's story arc comes into play right from the beginning, but (again, not having read the others) I didn't recognize it as such. There's no mentions of Chance's or Hazard's problems until right at the end. Good story, now I want to read the other two (even though I know how it comes out!). ( )