Review by LallaGatta – The Apothecary Rose by Candace Robb

I had very high hopes for this book as I am a great fan of Ellis Peters. But unfortunately, this read isn't up to those standards.

Not because of the historical setting, which was interesting and I believe thoroughly researched.

Because of the characters. Because of Lucy and Owen.

It's not credible that their relationship remains the same from start to finish. The initial mistrust between them should have given way to something different and better, considering everything that happened between them in the meantime. Yet, we reach the end of the novel and their reactions are as guarded and as defiant as they were when they were strangers to each other.

The result is that they don't grow. They don't learn.

And that to me is a major failure in the book.

I will however give this series another chance by reading its,second book in the hope that the above mistake were due to the author's inexperience.

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To play Master, he needs a slave. And she’s his only option. But will his jealous lover tolerate it?

To play Master, he needs a slave. Too bad she's his only option. That's why his jealous lover can't stand it!

I can’t wait to start on the serious sex.

No amounts of bodies could ever replace you, Princess.

"I can't wait to start on the serious sex," is Lord Christopher Templeton's announcement at the beginning of the sex-filled marathon that is Cecilia Hurst's Game of Masters and Slaves. But when Prince Duncan Caldwell, the love of his life, admits,

"No amounts of bodies could ever replace you, Princess," he knows he's in serious trouble.

So he'll do whatever it takes to contrast the nosy witch's undue interference in a love that is his and the prince's alone.

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The Festival, Book 3 Virtus Saga

When Ylianor Meyer throws in Prince Duncan Caldwell's face his generous offer to adopt her into the Caldwell family, she has only one thought in mind--to get as far away from the stunningly gorgeous dark-haired prince and his equally striking blond-haired lover, Lord Christopher Templeton before she falls in love with them harder than she already is. Before she becomes their slave for real and surrenders to both without any shame. For each is a master in his own standing: one for pleasure, the other for pain.

Such is the new setting of the Virtus Saga, where nothing is as it seems. Not the world, since its all-pervading sex drive hides a scary lack of violence. Not the people, since soul mates Prince Duncan Caldwell and Lord Christopher Templeton share a love that is unrivaled until that fateful knock on Ylianor Meyer's dilapidated shack.

This book picks up right where The Game, Book 2, leaves off and extends love and passion into torrid sex and bloody nightmares. It's a unique connection, laced with jealousy and violence that are unknown to their world. This is not just another …

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