'... positively splendid entertainment. A rip-roaring, page-turning, exuberant and delightful Italian romp.'
- American freelance editor: Ilene Shapera Fenton.

The novel has also received excellent reviews from The Romantic Novelists' Association New Writers Scheme 2006: ' ... I have almost nothing but praise for it. It’s the right length for a first novel. The settings are brilliantly realised, and I could almost see and hear the sights and sounds of 14th century Tuscany. The characters are well-developed: the nice guys are sympathetic and the baddies are wonderfully vile.'