Oh Killoran you old softy. ( )

Decent historical. The heroine was well written. The secondary characters were well written too and the secondary love story was good. ( )

I'm pretty sure I read this a while ago, but I didn't mind the reread as this is a really good story. Anne Stuart has a mode of combining two different romances in each story and she does the same here. Often, I don't care about the secondary romance that much but I enjoyed both in this story. Nathaniel and Barbara have a really good story.
Of course, Emma and Killoran are the main romance and it's delicious. He's one of those dark wounded males who disdain society while Emma is the strong woman who understands him and stands up to him while enticing him. It's a standard story trope, but Ms. Stuart does it so well in her books, and this is one of her best. ( )

I felt like the guy in this book was just to much of a jerk for even me to deal with ( )

it's a bit darker than fluffy historical written more recently. Kept me engaged. I liked it. ( )