The first half of this book was excellent. Lillian and Marcus Westcliff fall into a passionate clinch within their first encounter in the book (they have some backstory so it's not all instalust), behind some hedgerows, and after that it gets better and better. I wasn't a fan of how Westcliff took her virginity. Couldn't he have waited until she...sobered up a bit? All that passion in sobriety, and their first time with Lillian sloshed off her face. How...frustrating. How...almost unsavory. Anyways, it wasn't as bad as "The Duke and I" by the same author, a book that I was so appalled by, I haven't even marked it as "read" on goodreads and I think I whitewashed the plot from my head too (in a gist, he wants to withdraw, actually starts struggling, but the female lead pins him forcefully to her until he ejaculates...I think he sobs too...my heart couldn't take it.) 
 EDITED: 
 "The Duke and I" is actually by Julia Quinn. Apologies.