I did really like this book.  A suffering h who has learned to rise above those who have tried to pull her down and a tortured Hero trying to find his way again.  I wish the H would have believed the h about her innocence a little earlier but that is a minor complaint and honestly didn't detract from the love story very much. The heat level in this book in scorching but not so frequent that whole book becomes one long bedroom scene. I wouldn't say it's great literature but in all honesty we are talking about romance novels here so I would say in the realm of this genre its a worthy book.