Warning: There will be spoilers. And cursing. Lots of it. 
 I'm a very unforgiving reader. My GR friends know this. I don't know about you, but I have a very low tolerance for assholes who can't respect and trust the heroine. I've always adhered to the belief that if you can't tolerate a man's bullshit in real life, you shouldn't tolerate it in fiction. 
 And that's why I hate King. I hate him so much I want to go all Wednesday Addams on him. 
 King, our "hero" (scoffs), may not be the worst asshole I've met in Romancelandia, but he's definitely up there on the list. Let me give you a run-through of the shitfuckery that he's done in the novel: 
 CHAPTERS 1 - 10 
 "Really? You're Sophie, the youngest of Talbot girls, aren't you?" 
 "I am." 
 "The unfun one." 
 I wasn't angry at King during these chapters. The most damage he's done was attempting to leave Sophie to fend for herself, and telling her that she was uninteresting and stupid. I found these to be justified under the circumstances; they started out as enemies, and unkind words were bound to be exchanged. I was only mildly annoyed, but was still hopeful that the hero wouldn't turn out to be such a motherfucking cretin. 
 I was wrong. 
 CHAPTERS 11 - 12 
 Sophie shared with King of her plans to marry someone else back in her town. And you know how King responded? He seduced her. 
 "You said you wished to experience the bits and pieces of it." He spoke close to her ear, where she smelled of honey and spice. 
 "The bits and pieces of love." 
 One of his hands slid up to her jaw, his fingers threading into her hair. "Would you like me to show you this bit?" 
 What an honourable piece of shit you are, King. Bravo. Okay, sure, so they didn't do the deed. King merely "gave her pleasure" with his magical fingers (eew, sorry) but why the hell would any gentleman do that? Knowing that he had no plans for the woman? 
 CHAPTERS 13 - end 
 King came up with a plan of introducing Sophie to his father as his betrothed. He wanted to have revenge on him, by making him think that he was going to marry 
 someone so unsuitable for the role of the duchess 
 . 
 Let me ask you, wouldn't you find that offensive? Well, Sophie did. And then this amazing conversation happened: 
 "You didn't tell Robbie we were engaged for me. You did it for you." 
 He shook his head. "For us. It works for both of us." 
 She ignored the pang in her chest at the words. "You're asking me to lie to a duke." 
 "To my father." 
 She blinked. "I thought you planned to convince him that you'd never marry." 
 "And I won't," King replied. "I've no intention of marrying you." 
 That's rich, coming from the guy who was fingering her in a carriage just the previous night. 
 Apparently, King was so furious with his father because the old man didn't approve of his former love, Lorna. And when that was brought up during dinner with the father, King implied that Sophie meant less to him than Lorna. 
 Oblivious to her thoughts, the duke continued, goading his son. "And this one?" he prompted, waving a hand in Sophie's direction, "Do you love her as well?" 
 ..."Lady Sophie knows precisely how I feel about her." 
 Sophie got angry. 
 They had a row. 
 King apologised and admitted that he knew that he was being an ass but he couldn't help it. (WTF) 
 King shared his sob story about Lorna. 
 Sophie and King kissed and almost had sex--AGAIN. 
 King said this: 
 "I've no intention of making love to you, Sophie. Not tonight. Not ever." 
 King avoided Sophie. 
 Sophie avoided King. 
 King couldn't control himself so he sought Sophie out. (WTF) 
 This happened: 
 He understood, his gaze turning predatorial. He, the hunter. She, the prey. And then he said, "I can't love you." 
 A single tear slipped down her cheek as she nodded. "I know." 
 "I don't want you to leave. I want you to stay here. I want to keep you here, at the center of this labyrinth. Even though it's the worst possible thing I can think to do to you." 
 So basically, King told Sophie that he couldn't live without her, but he wouldn't love her or marry her. 
 King proposed they have sex. 
 They almost had sex. 
 King stopped at the last minute because he couldn't do it. 
 Fillers. 
 Fillers. 
 King and Sophie finally had sex. (Note: King didn't say anything about marrying her at this point.) 
 Sophie's father caught them. 
 King misunderstood the situation and despite Sophie's desperate pleas, proceeded to humiliate her and called her a gold-digger. 
 Pain flashed in her blue eyes, and he almost believed it. "King--I don't want this." 
 "You did, though, didn't you? You wanted to trap me." 
 Betrayed by the woman he loved. 
 She shook her head. "I didn't. I swear." 
 ...King looked to his future father-in-law. "You'll have your wedding," he said, before turning away, stalking to his desk, extracting paper and pen. "Now get out." 
 They married. 
 King continued to treat her like shit. 
 Sophie decided she had enough and left. (FINALLY) 
 King's father revealed something important. 
 King realised his mistake. 
 King found Sophie and apologised to her. 
 Sophie forgave him AFTER ALL THE BULLSHIT HE PUT HER THROUGH. 
 The End. 
 FUCK THIS MOTHERFUCKING PIECE OF SHIT. WHERE THE FUCK IS THE GROVELLING???????????