Lily Blackwood has earned a place among my favorite medieval romance authors. Her characters are fully dimensional, with depths that draw me in and encourage me to cheer for their happy endings...or just punishments, as the case may be. Her words paint pictures, allowing me to visualize life in the highlands as it would have been in 1390. And her storytelling brings me along on a sometimes emotional, sometimes frightening, sometimes sensual, and, ultimately, celebratory journey that I feel like I'm experiencing with the characters. I don't read about their journey, I journey with them, and that's what a good book should do.

Niall has come back to claim his inheritance, but he finds himself falling for the daughter of the man he has come to destroy. Elspeth knows that she must marry, but her step-mother is determined to find her the worst possible choices. She soon finds herself falling for her father's new warrior who is wildly inappropriate for her. Can these two find their way to their HEA?

I loved this story! The banter between Niall and Elspeth had me laughing out loud and kept me reading the entire book in one sitting. The attraction between the two was red hot and not for the faint of heart. Definitely a must read!

I'm excited for the next book in the series, The Rebel of Clan Kincaid, which features Niall's brother Magnus.