people" think you are "having an affair" with the guy. Is this 1870? No.

What "p eople" does she care so much about that she would marry some guy just so "they" won't "talk" about her. God forbid it gets around that she is fine sleeping with some guy without marrying him! Oh noes! But really, the author just wants to set it up so the female lead gets basically raped and traumatized on her wedding night. Then the man "makes up for it" by s howing her she really likes sex. So now she's some kind of whore as well. The wo man is raped and physically abused numerous times in the book, not to mention ps ychologically traumatized. Of course, this all leads her to FALL IN LOVE with he r abuser. I wish I could cut and paste some quotes from this monstrosity of a book, but I was so repulsed I had to get it away from me as soon as possible. Now, if you are into non-consensual domination and submission, you might like th is book better than I did. While all these books are bad in their own way (that' s the appeal) this one is particularly heinous.