Rating: 
Summary: Darius is my kind of hero!!
Review: I just loved this book - it started off strong - an attempted kidnapping of the Princess in the very first moments - and Darius shows immediately his strength and devotion to Princess Serafina. The book only gets better with its intensity and emotions of these two people for one another. Darius has loved the Princess his whole life, and due to his background feels unworthy of her love so he tries to keep his distance but still protect her. Serafina has been in love with Darius since her 12th birthday when he took a bullet, almost died and saved her father's life. The depth of their love is so clear and you feel the difficulties both continually face dealing with duty and honor. Darius is one of my favorite males - I just love the dark, mysterious type that has so much emotional baggage that it takes the true love of a good woman to overcome and find the wonderful man beneath. That is what this book gave me - an in depth story of true love!! I highly recommend this book!!
Rating:
Summary: Another winner from Foley!
Review: Pirate Prince was perfect, and this book has a few flaws, but it's a shame to undervalue such a great book just because it can't live up to it's predecessor. Very few books can.Perhaps people are annoyed by the fact that the hero and heroine of Pirate Prince became rather cold-hearted and insufficient parents to Serafina. Also, Ascencion, which seemed to be a charmingly provincial Italian island in Pirate Prince, begins to look and sound more and more like Regency England. These things can be off-putting to Pirate Prince fans. There is also some occasional overdoing of the mushy declarations of love, but overall the author is a good enough writer to pull it off. This story deserves all five stars for fantastic writing, a great heroine and wonderfully tortured hero, and most amazingly, a subplot that is as good as any adventure novel. There is actually more to a Galeen Foley book than just romance (not that it's lacking). She is the only romance writer I know of whose plot could stand on its own even if you took the romance out. This is what I most love about these three books (Pirate Prince, Princess, and Prince Charming): you get more than just a love story. You also get more than just a hero and heroine in this book. Pirate Prince and Princess both contain strong characterizations of upcoming heros. You meet (and really get to know) Darius in Pirate Prince, and Rafael (of Prince Charming) in Princess. In fact, their stories are so interesting, I would suggest actually reading these books in order so as not to miss out. And that's another thing I love about Galeen Foley's novels: they are unique. The plots are fresh and so original that these books are an absolute relief from the typically predictable romance novel genre. And you don't miss out on a thing, because they are still highly erotic love stories full of longing, fear, and overwhelming emotion.
| 
