Holy atomic pile Batman, this was great. Kressley Cole has just overtaken Chloe Neill and JR Ward as my "must not miss the next book" author. I enjoyed some of her earlier books more than I have the last and almost didn't pre-order Lothaire, whew! I'm glad I did. Many authors seem to have lack luster follow up books after a few really good ones in the beginning of the series and Kressley Cole's last ones were that way for me. This book totally redeemed her in my mind. I was skeptical about a human being Lothaire's bride but it worked!!