I grabbed this book as I was looking for a new historical romance and this was only ok for me. I thought the story was interesting but the book seemed too short to really get into the character's stories. It felt a bit rushed in the beginning but again, I think that was due to the length of the book.

I thought Elise's backstory was interesting and would have liked to know more about her time between when she ran and when she was married to Ross. Also, Ross and his brothers appear to have some influence but nothing was ever really explained as to why...other than that they are the strongest warriors. It is possible that I missed this from book one as this is the second book in the series.

I thought the way Ross was with Elise was well done. He understood her reasons for distrust and didn't hold anything against her as she learned to trust him.

I thought this was a solid story and will check out other books by this author. I might also pick up book one just to see if there was anything I was looking for that was explained in that installment.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the copy for review.