Fin­ished War­lord by Eliz­a­beth Vaughan. This is the third and final book in her Warprize tril­ogy about a healer named Lara and the war­lord Keir who loves her.

In this one, Lara and Keir finally reach his home­land, where Lara must go before a coun­cil of elders to be con­firmed as a true Warprize (a move that will help unite their peoples/cultures). Of course, there are peo­ple opposed to this, and Lara and Keir find them­selves in dan­ger more than once, as they strug­gle to survive.

I really loved Warprize, the first book in this series. The sec­ond book, War­sworn, was okay (if a bit depress­ing since it deals with a deadly plague). War­lord falls some­where in between the two — bet­ter than War­sworn but not quite as good as Warprize. I wish there had been a lit­tle more to the plot than just Lara being con­firmed as the Warprize, but Vaughan wraps every­thing up nicely at the end. Over­all, this is a great tril­ogy for folks who love fan­tasy romance. Thumbs up.

Up next: One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost.

Books in my TBR pile: About 14.