Review: An enjoyable quick read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 8, 2012
The story line is simple and it's nicely written.  It only took about an hour and a half for me to read it.  I wish they'd take that Blush tagline off of their products.  I don't choose a book for whether it has graphic scenes or not and for some reason, when I read that tagline, I always feel like the story is defective or a quick short story and not one of their better works.  This actually was one of Ellora's better stories.Possible spoilers from this point forward.Damien is a nice mage. He lives a good life as a Viscount and he's happily living in obscurity until he comes across a young lady of 15 years, walking to her death into the tide.  He rescues her, sends her off to a school for young ladies and then when she's 18 and beyond the legal reaches of her guardian, brings her home to live with him and his sister.  The only part of the story I didn't get was that there were a lot of rumors about the evil Baron, who raped Toria and how her father failed to notice these rumors or protect her from them and even made the Baron her legal guardian.  Even while trying to guard her reputation, it seems like the Viscount could have had enough information to have the Baron arrested for other reasons and safely jailed or executed or whatever.  But he manages to be a threat throughout the entire story and I think even if he had never been introduced into the story, he was definitely a villain in Toria's mind.There were some side characters that were interesting as well and it would be nice to see their stories as well.  Not deep literature, but definitely served it's purpose of entertainment and an escape from reality.