Crossing Swords moved along at very quick pace and was a fun, gritty, and exciting read. And I have to give huge kudos to author Kirsten Saell, who I think, came up with one of the most creative and interesting ways, that I've read, to get a lot of hot, juicy, plausible sex into the plot of a story. This book is worth reading just for that!
Healer's Touch is a deliciously arousing and touching story of love and healing. Full of yummy sex and characters who'll steal your heart, this story sucks you in and doesn't let go. It will break your heart at times and melt it at others, but by the end you'll be feeling warm and fuzzy all over. Over at Samhain it's a "red hot," but for me it was more like experiencing a super nova.
Kirsten Saell's prose, which is very graphic, amusing and raunchy at times, also expresses a very deep intimacy between the characters such that I needed a break here and there while reading it, feeling almost as if I was interfering in something very personal somehow.
In short, Ms. Saell writes exactly the kind of book there needs to be more of, one that is both empowering and sexy. And she accomplishes more in a short novel than others can manage in an epic doorstopper. Yes, I'll be following this series, and I recommend it to anyone who likes well-written fantasy romance or romance with subversive elements.
