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Title: Not my type of hero...
Review: I normally enjoy Dodd's book, but this one I had to stop reading after the heroine was raped (I see it as rape- many people here call it "almost rape", but I am a firm believer that, even in fiction, no- especially when said that many times- really means no). I eventually went back to it, only to see if Dodd could somehow save the book, but the ending wasn't nearly worth that scene. I completely lost respect for the heroine, Mary, who, as a supposedly strong, sassy, and independant woman, could fall in love with the man who forced himself on her... and there was no way that I was able to view Sebastian as anything but an arrogant, domineering man who raped the woman he supposedly loves- and couldn't even bring himself to say I'm sorry because it was just that good. Not my idea of a hero. I don't need to read romantic fiction to read a rape scene like that, thanks, so I will stick with Dodd's other books.
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