That was one of the dumbest books I've ever read. The reasons that the heroine was kept away from her father were the most asinine I've ever read. The idea that the hero's comments to her when she was 16 caused her to doubt her sexuality etc., seemed like it would be an interesting twist but the author didn't follow through very well. Kind of like she sort of suggested it and suddenly from one vague sentence the hero totally understood that he had destroyed the heroine's sex life until she was a washed up freaky virgin of 23. Seriously? It's odd to be a virgin at 23? I don't believe that. Then he arbitrarily decided he couldn't burden her with his love and so he said hateful things to her for no reason at all. Maybe he didn't have to tell her he loved her and beg her to stay with him if he had gotten that bug up his butt but did he have to be so vicious after they had sex the third time? I mean he had just intuited that he had caused the heroine to have sexual hangups by erroneously calling her a slut at 16, what did he thing he would accomplish by making love to her and then telling her it was only for revenge?

Stupid, stupid. And she stumbled over a bench, stool, or cobblestone behind her 4 or 5 times, no lie, and he had to grab her and hold her up. That girl needs better spatial awareness or eyes in the back of her head. That's not all the silliness but I just can't go on. ( )