Honoria is the daughter of king Arpeggio, and has three brothers and five sisters all of whom are either married  or paired off.  So when the king saw that Honoria was lonely he had her cousin Vivacia come to keep her company.  

Sir Gabriel, one of king Arpeggios’ knights, is sent on a quest and along the way he sees a tall tower that his fellow, Sir Calabash checks out alone. Sir Calabash discovers a damsel that needs rescuing so he attempts to climb her hair to gain entry to the tower, however her caregiver immediately cuts Rampiannes’ hair while sir Calabash is using it, Rampianne is later taken to the castle also so cousin Vivacia is sent home and Honoria is sent with her, only for a while. Once at Vivacia’s house, Honoria solves a suspicious shoe shortage mystery and soon figures out what it is but can’t tell. Vivacia’s father, wanting answers has King Arpeggio send him Sir Gabriel to guard the girls’ door and see if he can figure it out. 

This reviewer liked this book although she gave the book only four stars for the reason that there were many repetitious events and thoughts. The reason this reviewer liked this book was there was more romance in this book than the last; this series seems to be following a pattern by raising the romance level with each book. The characters were certainly connected with one another; however they didn’t seem to connect with this reviewer as much as they did each other. This reviewer found this story to be just a tidbit less believable than the others because of certain characters.  The interplay between Rampianne and Sir Calabash is the most captivating even though the interplay between Honoria and Sir Gabriel was enjoyable also in it’s own way.  .  The exotic names made this book stand out from the other books that this reviewer has read.  This reviewer also looks forward to reading the next book.

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