I'd consider the book of the Heroine in the books i'm reading right now too....but only after we'd used kahlan lol.......her name is Phedre....these books are pretty cool all written by Jaqueline Carey.....i guess they kinda walk the line sometimes with romance as there is alot of sex in them.....based on a kinda 1500-1600 time frame i think....like they have court in the castle and such.....very well written and although she's made up new names and such for most places you can kinda tell on occasion where she's referring to....like Tiberium in her books is obviously rome and such.