I bought the book for .99 on Amazon because of the good ratings, but I don't agree with the score. The first 2/3 of the book was enjoyable, although, as others have mentioned, you do tire of the heroine not believing she is beautiful when everyone tells her so. Also when the heroine goes 'warrior' near the ending and kills a dozen English soldiers single-handedly,it is ridiculous. This could have been an excellent book with some more work, but instead it is just okay. ( )

2.5 stars ( )

Aishlinn had always been treated a lower born daughter. She barely remembered her mother and her father and brothers treated her miserably. But Aishlinn never complained until she was sold into bondage to a murderer and rapist. She fled into the arms of the one group of people who could help her through it all. ( )

This book had such great reviews that I thought I would check it out - and it did not disappoint!

Though I would definitely consider myself a lover of the historical romance genre, its often frustrating for me when looking for new books, as the term "romance" is used for such a broad variety of books - many little better than ill-disguised erotica. But this was exactly the sort that I enjoy - a book with a strong love story. The moments between the two main characters was often tender and showed the deeper feelings involved and weren't all about sex - although there was some of that as well :)

I have to agree with one other reviewer here - if I heard the heroine call herself plain one more time I was going to smack her. I understand why the author kept doing it, but it was annoying nonetheless.

All in all this was a well written (although my kindle version definitely had some formatting issues, but I pretty much find that with all kindle books anyway) and engaging book. I found myself laughing/smiling a few times and was emotionally invested in the characters. I look forward to reading this author's next book!


UPDATE: I've decide to upgrade this book to a full 5 because, even though I read this 2 months ago, and have read many books in the mean time, I still find myself thinking about this book and the characters! This book definitely sticks with you in the best way! ( )