This review may contain spoilers, so fair warning, upon reading the review.

Introduction
Dangerous is the first book in the "Outcasts" series and this is book that I have been wanting to read forever! I actually bought this in print a long time ago, when it first came out but never really read it. And when Jenn @ The Book Refuge, has raved about this author. I have seen quite a few mixed reviews though so I was pretty nervous to read this author. However, I have to say having read this one, it is as good as some people say and I was really hooked into this one. I do wish more newer historical's were written like this because then I would read more historical romance if they were written in the manner in which this one was written. So, if you love historical romance, and want to delve into it a bit more, than I actually recommend this one.

Summary
Euphemia was sold into a Harem when she was a teenager and now she has managed to escape but when she returns to England, her father is determined to just marry her off as he doesn't want her to "shame" the family with her wild blunt ways. But Mia is determined now that the Sultan is dead, to go back to her son but in order to do that, she will need to marry first. Adam de Courtney, has a scandal attached to his name and isn't accept in many of the Ton's circles. He is a single father with three daughters and no heir. So Mia and Adam come up with a pact for a marriage of convenience. At first while these two grow together, and Mia is having a harder time keeping the truth from Adam, but when it matters most will she be able to share everything about her past or keep that locked away...

My Outlook
I really enjoyed this book, now its not a perfect book, It didn't quite make it to the five star read as some of the pacing in the first half was a bit off for me. But the story itself and the characters were so wonderful and I was behind them all the way. I really enjoyed Mia, even knowing how she was going to deceive the hero, I understood where she was coming from. She is a mother protecting her son. I didn't really understand why she wanted to return to that life so much though, that was a bit odd. Because it was much more dangerous than England, England was just a different type of life that she wasn't used to. But hey if you want actual daggers in your back over verbal ones....whatever floats your boat haha But I did like that the author did do a take on the corsair slave trade (where thousands upon thousands were sold down the barbary coast and taken from western countries like the UK and Europe) and I felt like she handled it really well.

The second half of the story is where it really just kicked in gear though. Once I got to about 60% I couldn't put it down. First I loved the sensual bedtime with this couple, this author really knows how to write a sex scene that is sensual and in a way that I haven't seen in a historical in a long time. But also I really loved the way our couple interacts with each other. I do wish there had been a bit more focus on the kids and Mia's relationship with them, there was hardly any focus on that and I would have enjoyed seeing that aspect more fleshed out. They were just in the background and you knew that she was helping these girls, but never saw hardly anything on how she helped them haha The third act conflict was FANTASTIC! I actually loved it. It just got me so excited in seeing how it was developed and built in the last 1/3 of the story.

You can bet this won't be the last time I pick up this author and very excited to read this world that Minerva Spencer has created!!!!

Overall View
I found Dangerous to be a thrilling historical adventure, that was well built, intricately developed and with some powerful smexy times to appeal to any romance reader!

Rating Evaluation:
Plot: 4
World Building: 4
Cover: 5
Hero: 4
Heroine: 3.5
Steam: 5
Heart & Feels: 4
Ending: 5
Overall View: 4.25