Yep it's official I'm hooked on this series. So far I'm just loving these Lost Lords. Randall was a great character in the first novel as was Julia, I really enjoyed getting to read their story. Learning about Julia's secretive past was of course greatly anticipated and this didn't disappoint.

So after the mild antagonism between these two in the first book of course they were going to be the subjects of the second. I did just adore Randall as the knight in shinning armor though. He's such a gentleman and yet his military life has shaped him into a man of honor and integrity with a backbone of steel. He has such a wonderful need to help the damsel in distress. For all that she's a damsel, and in distress, Julia to slightly mis-quote Disney's Hercules "She can handle it."



Julia has had a ton of strength to get herself out of the awful situation she was in, abused by her first husband, to escape and fake her own death while finding a career for herself. She's learned plenty to become the competent midwife she is now thought to be. I love that Randall respects that about her and doesn't try to curtail the natural power she's found for herself.

I liked how the relationship between these two developed. The marriage was conceived under harsh circumstances and the questionable nature of that came back up later. Things weren't too easy for them. They had to learn about each other and work past their issues to get to a point where trust was eternal and each could be comfortable that the other wanted the same things from them. Sure some things were undoubtedly going to go the way neither of them suspected

Spoiler

Was there really ever any doubt that Julia's fears about being barren were going to be unfounded?

but I liked that both of them faced their fears and moved forward.

I loved reading this story and will definitely be moving on to see what Ms. Putney has in hand for the next of her Lost Lords!