Ooh, this one! I finally got it from the library after waiting forever, and now it's due back before I've had time to read it. :( If it's really this good, though, I may risk the fines and read it straight through. :D I did love Ash, with many of the same moderate caveats you have. I would love to read a Lo novel where the romance was a bit more of the plot, because I really do love how she writes women in love. Needs moar! :D