I thought this book had potential, but I think things were smoothed over between the hero and heroine waaaayyy too quickly, and I wish more time was spent actually developing their releationship. I think Killoran had a lot of penance to do for his treatment of Emma, and I think she forgave him waaay too easily. Killoran was honestly a total creep, tortured past or not. I really, really liked the romance between Barbara and Nathaniel and wish there were more parts with them in it.