I've read this book a couple of times now and would recommend it to anyone who loves a good epic historical novel. It is the story of a castle and one women's obsession with it. There is love, betrayal, loyalty, violence, humour and everything else you could want in a novel.

DNF at 22% Conclusion this is just not my genre. I gave it to my mother to read on vacation, and she loved it. I think it might be a great book, just not for me.

One of my favourite types of books - sweeping, epic, family saga, set in beautiful surroundings. What's not to like? This was the first book I have read by this author but I will definitely seek out her other titles too.

DNF at around page 300, when the heroine's true love, who we already know, from the family tree which is inexplicably printed at the start of the book, will NOT wind up with her at all, shows up in the plot for a third round of miscommunications spoiling their opportunity to be together.

I'm sorry, but books with an old fashioned sense of romance, where certain people are meant to be together, which instead contort their plots to foul the HEA to promote drama and tragedy instead...well, there is no point. I have no interest in tragedy, much less the manufactured kind.