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It's pretty good so far. It's a star-crossed lovers/enemies to lovers type of romance. The main character is a hostage from a militaristic family being held by his family's enemies (think a Theon Greyjoy type of situation) and the heroine is the last daughter of his family's enemies, thrust into being a lord at a young age, which she is clearly not ready for. The heroine's mother asked the protagonist when she was on her deathbed to protect the heroine from her relatives who are scheming to assassinate her and steal her position as lord, forcing the two to interact with each other and to bond over how they are both essentially surrounded by people who are indifferent or hostile to them. It's early into the story, but so far the romance is progressing slowly but steadily.If you've read the author's other stories, such as Incompatible Interspecies Wives, don't expect this one to be the same. There is still drama and the main character still suffers, but there isn't a harem and the drama is mainly political drama, foiling assassination plots, etc.