This was not bad, but not good either. It just kind of was? I'm a huge fan of her The Heir, The Captive books and I held this to that standard and was disappointed. Burrows has a special place in my heart for making her romance novel characters practical and real and this still did that, but no one stood out and we spent way too much time with the villians in bed. Overall, I really wasn't happy, but I can't bring myself to pan Burrows.