Review: Intensely Emotional, Heartwarming With a Bit of Steaminess
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 27, 2013
This is ultimately a story about loss and two people recovering from their losses through the healing power of love.  These are likable people who have gone through horrendous experiences and grab on to the one moment of happiness that presents itself.  They appear opposites at first but their mutual pain brings them together in a night of steaminess that leads to an unexpected, yet completely satisfying conclusion.Lili was the child her parents never really wanted.  She never lived up to their expectations no matter how hard they tried to mold her into the perfect Princess.  She had dreams, but through her parent's machinations, those dreams have continued to go unfulfilled.  She's now trapped in a nightmare of physical and emotional abuse from which a haphazard plunge into a dark and snowy night seems a better alternative.  This one moment of bravery after years of accepting the abuse could be her final act, but the stranger who rescues her epitomizes her dream and she'll do anything to stay with him....even if it means learning how to cook and make a decent cup of coffee.Grant prides himself on being prepared for everything but finds himself uncertain in how to deal with a pampered Princess who isn't what she appears.  He's been hiding out after the loss of his family with only a wolf for company.  He doesn't like the chaos she brings with her to his quiet life or lonely heart but he can't turn away a damsel in distress. She brings a smile to his face and forces him to deal with his demons. He's scared of being forced into living again but knows he can't let the bit of light she's brought to his darkness go no matter how different they appear.This story is a modern-day fairytale where the Princess is rescued by the handsome hero.  This hero is slightly tarnished though and the Princess isn't picture perfect.  Their path to a HEA starts out steamy with a bit of desperation attached to it and leads into an entire hometown standing up for what's right in a completely heartwarming conclusion.  Ms. Elsborg is a master at pulling at the reader's heart strings and this book once again leaves me believing in fairytales and her on my must read list.