Instruct: Classify a review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Disappointing

I really love all of Howard's most recent works, and many of her earlier works as well ("White Lies," "Diamond Bay," "Midnight Rainbow," even "Against the Rules"). This, however is not one of the ones I like.Howard has always written about very Alpha Male heroes. In some of her earlier work, including this one, she takes that portrayal to an extreme. The "hero" in this work seems lacking in emotion and even leaning towards the emotionally abusive.The "heroine," on the other hand, is written as an emotional wimp. It's written that she's "strong," but she lets the "hero" walk all over her, making herself totally emotionally available to a man who, quite frankly, seems unworthy of it.I love most of Howard's work, but this is not a book I'm going to keep in my personal collection.