I've read most of Kathleen's books and have always enjoyed them. Although this one had a good story, I felt it lacked something. I sometimes felt like I'd missed something and had to go back and re-read sections, which I've never had to do before. I found that, even though Kathleen still has a beautiful graceful way with words, the story didn't flow as well as her previous books did and her characters were not as well developed.