I cannot imagine how anyone could fall in love with the heroine, who is a brain short of a lobotomy and a pathological liar. The hero must be a masochist, for he keeps on coming back for more betrayals, the last of which leaves him without family, friends, home, fortune and very nearly, life. I found their romance preposterous and pathetic. Too bad because a lot more could have been done with the premise. Gaffney's Wickerly series (To Love and to Cherish, etc.) is much better.