I love Julie Garwood she is one of my favorite authors.  I have read and re-read her books for years.  This book was okay but just did not run together like her other stories.  The characters and story line were good but the book seemed rushed.  She spent more time on the relationship between the main male character and the guards then the heroine.  I just didn't feel the relationship was as well developed as her other books.  But overall I enjoyed this book.