The one thing Lucas Murray wanted most in the world was justice against the woman who not only betrayed him but tried to kill him. After a severe beating that took a year to recover, Lucas returned to the place of the crime for two reasons. One was to seek retribution. The second was to try to forget the woman he couldn’t stop loving and move on with his life. 

Katerina Haldane inherited a large fortune. Unfortunately, someone doesn’t want her to fulfill the terms of the will. When the man she loved died, Kat felt as if her life ended as well. Left for dead, Kat decided to stay buried, bidding her time until she could fight back. The attack came from inside her family, and Kat knew she would do whatever it took to survive and take back the castle meant to be hers. 

As a year passed, Kat and Lucas came together again in less then happy times. In order to survive, they must learn to put aside their differences – for the people who had tried to kill them were determined to finish the job.  

Hannah Howell has a very unique writing style that I found very enjoyable. The plot read realistically and made me want to find out more. Unfortunately, Lucas and Katerina had a lot of outside help to solve their problems, taking away some of the tension and suspense. I couldn’t help feel that the conflict between the main characters could have been solved if they had sat down at the beginning of the book and talked.

Reviewed by Stacey Brutger for The Road to Romance

August 22, 2007