I sometimes find myself bored with the same old setting and time period of historical romance so this is definitely a breath of fresh air for the genre. I found the romance between the two MCs to be very sweet and the plot very interesting. Sometimes the internal monologue was a bit repetitive, but overall a very solid debut from this author!

I enjoyed reading Roxy Harper's story and the feeling that it would end up being a noir story but I was surprised that it had a happy ending. Thea, as a princess of royal blood, seem to be far above what a princess was because she was also a nurse and took care of everyone. Erik, was Svensen, of the Varangian Guard, who made Thea swoon when she saw him bring Alexios in to be treated for being whipped by a General. That kept Thea in love with Erik the whole book with action flowing throughout it. She was to marry another man who's king of a near by country and really wanted to choose who she would marry, but Demetrious, who was the General who whipped Alexios and ended up making a bid to make himself the king. That should end up with Erik fighting Demetrious and then I'll let you finish the story.