This didn't read like a Tessa Dare story for me at all. What happened to the yummy sexual tension and dark angst? :( This was all light fluff which is fine but comparing to her other works, this fell extremely short. The writing quality wasn't the same, all the details were completely missing. How does someone notice the scruff on a man's jaw much less the details of his boots from across a courtyard? Across a courtyard??(and he's standing in a shadowy alcove). And how does someone pick a person up from across said courtyard without moving a step? And lying down on the floor during a love scene then magically standing up and leaning against a wall a minute later without moving is very jarring and takes you completely out of the scene. The world building in this was very sloppy and loose, I kept catching contradictory confusing moments that pulled me out of scenes. The details seemed to be cut out in places that it was necessary and it showed. I don't know, like I said before this didn't feel or read like a TD book, the tone and writing style seemed foreign to me which I found the most disconcerting thing of all. That wonderful angsty edge was missing. I really hope she hasn't changed her writing style. :( It's what I found so addictive and marvelous about her work. This wasn't bad, I enjoyed the hero and heroine enough...but not TD's best work IMO.