I love a dark tortured bad boy and Ruthless certainly delivers with Lord Rohan. If Anne Stuart hadn't written Rohan's character so well I could have really hated him. He was not a nice man and by that I don't mean the type of hero created in the traditional 1970's bodice rippers but the fact that he was completely selfish, unrepentant and generally immoral. Instead of hating him, he really amused me. I loved how uniquely different he was to other romantic heroes, especially modern ones and the combination of Elinor and Rohan was perfect. If Elinor was any more attractive I would have had a hard time believing he loved her enough not to go back to his old ways and eventually cheat on her. Instead, it was made obvious she was something special for him. 
 Since the hero was very debauched I was expecting quite a few sex scenes however there is just the one. I loved that because the sex could have missed the special connection that occurs if it had happened in a different way because Rohan was so focused on sexual experiences. 
 I also loved the side story between her sister and his best friend. It was a lot sweeter and as such it was nice since the story was otherwise a bit missing in traditional romantic features. 
 There were some really funny moments and some great quotable material. I don't usually include a lot of quotes but this one was brilliant: 
 "If I am ever in the position where I wish to seduce someone I will simply assure her it's better than rats."