Yeah, noooope - even in 1972 when this was written, the heroine's first night with the hero is Rape. With a capital 'R'.
There is nothing vaguely romantic about these scenes, there are even jokes made about it later. And yes, you read correctly - SCENES. As in multiple rapes.
Perpetrated by the hero. But I digress...

After nearly destroying my Kindle, I walked away for a day and then hung in there to finish the book as I was assured it got as better. No. False.

Second to the raping (as if we needed another reason to hate this book) the heroine is likely the reason the phrase TSTL even exists. Flat out the most useless, inconsistent, idiotic female I've ever read. Combine her with her rapey hero and the whole thing was just a dumpster fire. Cannot unread! 😖