Another fun and highly readable tale from Dawn Cook, with Tess telling her story of pirate capture, thwarted love and venomous magic. It is an exciting tale with plenty of action as well as romance that will surely appeal to readers of romantic novels as much as to those who read fantasy. Once again at the end there are plenty of loose ends and the final book ought to contain even more to enjoy. Although the books need to be read in order and are all part of a whole this is not a trilogy in the Tolkein sense of the term, as each book contains a separate complete story. The author has not got ahaving hellcat Tess fighting against alpha male Jeck out of her system, and at times this can be rather tedious; but this aside, this is one enjoyable book.