This is the kind of book where the hero is a jerk to the heroine, most of the time. The heroine hates him with a passion, except when she's melting over his man-stick. They are far from my favorite type of leading characters. Somehow, the writing is so good that I had to keep reading even though the characters are such idiots. It takes near-death experiences before they can finally tell each other "I love you", and of course, she had to say it first! Then the book ends and you are left wondering what happens to them and the other main characters, as there is no epilogue. It's a classic bodice-ripper, although there is no cheating (but he comes close). ( )

Take two since my device went haywire and ate my last review.

This was a rough read and if I hadn't read book two of the series first years ago, I never would have read it after reading this.

I enjoyed book two of this series, but this? This was nothing but the 'hero' verbally, mentally, and physically abusing the 'heroine' throughout the entire book. And she accepted it because she was afraid of being a tavern worker her whole life.

He repeatedly called her a whore and gold digger, he was violently rough with and even raped her. And chapter after chapter I kept reading because I couldn't believe it could get worse, but it did.

In the end our 'hero' chalked it up to them both being stubborn?! This was just bad writng on the author's part, even for the time period. I'm now on the fence about reading book three or even rereading book two. ( )

I rarely give 1 or 2 stars to books... but I just hated this book! It was just awful. I forced myself to finish and I just couldn't... It was just horrid. Don't bother reading this book... ( )

I rarely give 1 or 2 stars to books... but I just hated this book! It was just awful. I forced myself to finish and I just couldn't... It was just horrid. Don't bother reading this book... ( )