If I Had You by Lynn Kurland

    This is another of the De Piaget series of romances from Lynn Kurland. The others I've read by her in this series are time traveling romances, but this one takes place fully in 13th century England.

     I really appreciate that Lynn Kurland's books are clean. The majority of romances are just pornography wrapped up as romance and I can't stand that.

     However, I found this book less enjoyable than some of the others in the De Piaget/ Macleod series. The biggest problem I found was that the conflict was not clearly defined. I got that someone was trying to kill Ann and even Robin (and then the rest of the De Piaget family), but the motives of the killer were unclear or perhaps they were just unbelievable. In any case, I found that part of the novel very unsatisfying. I also really noticed the drawn out process of relationship building between the two main characters. It took FOREVER for their relationship to crystallize and the delays felt contrived and even silly. In fact, the whole book held together much less neatly than any of the others I've read by Lynn Kurland.

     Still, it was entertaining enough for me to finish it and I always appreciate a clean romance.