This book is a sequel to Michaels' Waiting for You, in which our protagonist Kipp is only a secondary character (but who, IMO, leaps off the page as the most interesting character in the book). Waiting for Love is far inferior and should be read only to meet Kipp in a "prequel". Someone to Love is successful because the author brings the characters to life through witty dialogue and uses fast-paced plotting, interesting secondary characters who are not so numerous or complicated as to distract from the main plot, uses a female lead who is neither beautiful nor extremely young and creates wonderful love scenes between a man and woman neither of whom are virgins. Even though the book reads quickly, after you put it down the story and characters (especially Kipp) will stick with you long after and you will want to reread the story again and again. I almost did not pick up Someone to Love because I was looking for an historical or regency on that day and the cover art made me think it was one of the newer contemporary romances. I am glad I saw Kasey Michaels name and decided to read it and happily found that my favorite character from Waiting for You had his own story. (My only quibble and it is a minor one, is that Kipp is clearly based on Kit from Secrets of the Heart, a much earlier book. However, you would not know this if you had not read Waiting for You. Moreover, since Secrets of the Heart and Kit are my favorite Michaels book and character, respectively, I don't mind "meeting" him again!)