Review: Battle of the Wills=Fire!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 30, 2013
What do you get when you cross a Irishwoman and a Viking?  FIRE.  Yes, strong willed, determined, fire.  What a pairing!Kaireen is one tough chick.  She is all the hot tempered fire you would expect in a good Irish lass.  Push her and she will explode even if she is wrong.  She is also brave and loyal and good with a bow and arrow.  Don't get on her bad side.Bram is smitten.  I'm not sure exactly why.  Perhaps he knows if he can catch Kaireen and get her to marry him, he will have some kind of super charged, feisty, strong children to continue his lines.  He is big and strong, a protector.  He promises his fidelity to Kaireen and nothing could be sexier than that.This book is not for the faint of heart.  There are full of evil bad guys, bloody battles, witches and messy kitchens to clean.  (what?  messy kitchens take courage, I tell you.  Just ask Kaireen)And of course, this is a romance and not one I would label clean.  Well, it was mostly clean until the very, very end.  Yes, one bedroom scene, descriptive, between a married couple.  I would have to rip out the last couple pages and edit out with a sharpie a few less than classy phrases throughout the book in order for this book to stay on my shelves.  There was also a handful or two of mild swearing.It's funny because we all have different ideas of clean.  The author and I exchanged a few words about the heat level of her book because I wanted to be very upfront about my preference for "clean" romances.  I really appreciated her explaining things to me the best she could.  Her publisher gave it a sensual rating, the lowest it can be for romance.  I know there are romances out there much more descriptive (although I don't know much about them because I don't read them) but for me, this was enough over the line that I cannot call it clean but I CAN call it a great diverting read because I really did enjoy it until the very end when I got squirmy.  :)