The most decorated romance novel of the 1990s. RITA Award winner, still on "best romance ever" lists 30 years later. Dain and Jessica's sparring match is the genre's version of perfect pitch: every exchange crackles, the emotional logic is impeccable, and the moment Dain's armor finally falls is genuinely cathartic. The benchmark for historical romance.

The case for it, the case against, and the rest of the canon open with Pro.