This was a good book, I really enjoyed reading it! ( )

I'm not sure if it was the era depicted, the constant treachery, or the characters themselves that caused my reaction to this tale. "Her One Desire" by Kimberly Killion is certainly spicier than the norm for books from this era, but even the sexual interactions felt forced from the characters rather than a natural consequence of their desire and feelings for one another. The author does give us some interesting historical information and offers up a different answer to the two dead children in 'the Tower' of London.

Lizbeth is the daughter of the Lord High Executioner and has been mistreated by the Chief Warder, despicable Lord Hollister, who is a thoroughly going rotter who is the ultimate man in charge of the Tower. When she tries to escape the Chief Warder by going to her father, the distraction she provides allows the Scottish prisoner her father is torturing to escape. The prisoner grabs Lizbeth and they flee. There are many twists and turns and stops and starts in the story, but all does (finally) end with an HEA for our intrepid hero and heroine.

The book does have a kind of "Outlander" air to it, but without the time travel or the need to plow through 600-800 pages. (I would appreciate it if Gabaldon fans don't stone me in effigy.) So if that era or feeling of book is your 'thing', you just might enjoy "Her One Desire" by Kimberly Killion at a little less than 350 pages! ( )