Thank you so much to Berkley Romance for an advance copy of this!
Thank you so much to PRH Audiio for the complimentary audio! 

I have been such a fan of Rosie Danan since reading The Roommate last year. I knew she would be an autobuy/autoread author after that.

"You're about to soak through the pants I just gave you."

This book was different compared to not only to her other books but other contemporary romances out there (that I am aware of). This book gives us not only romance and a mystery all set in a Scottish setting.  You have two characters whose occupations are such an extension of them and Clark doesn't believe in what Riley does as a curse breaker. The tension didn't come right away which I appreciated by Danan because we got that heat fairly quickly as their relationship began as a one night stand.

But one of my issues was that enemy tension, it just didn't feel real? They came off a little dramatic and it felt like they were enemies for the sake of being enemies so we could have a trope. I did like the banter and the sex ritual as Danan excels in her spicy scenes.

I also was very happy to see that there was no 3rd act break up!!! I am so used to romances having this that this was refreshing. But instead we got a very tender heart to heart moment between Riley and her mother which I thought was so beautiful!
 
"What happened?"
"I fell in love."

I paired this with the audio and really enjoyed both narrators! Shane East did an excellent job as Clark - wheww. Riley was done by a new name to me Saskia Maarleveld who really brought her passion for curse breaking to life. 

I appreciated Danan doing something different in a romance. Seeing her speak about this book I can totally see how her love of historical romances (and the movie "The Mummy") influenced this. 

Not my favorite as my heart is still belongs to her debut but it is still a solid romance.

Swoon Meter: 6/10
Karaoke: Sadly no