Read it if you can find it at the public library, otherwise, don't waste your money. I borrowed this one from a friend and remembered why I don't read this author. I like to read ROMANCE. That indicates that the main characters fall in love. Maybe not at first, but at some point. For this author the hero and heroine don't have any reason to like each other (and don't!) until the end. Then all of a sudden they have been in love the whole time. Ghee, I wonder where men got the idea that every womans fantasy is to be raped?And don't give me any of that "she paved the way for other authors" I was reading romance in the 70's and there is only, maybe, one other writer who puts her characters through such a torturous, unrealistic plots. There were plenty of other writers putting out very steamy *love* stories that you wanted to read over and over. This author is in a class all her own and she can have it.