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all without a single visit to the health department.

Zero you say? Zero. Heroine walks in on him getting a blow job from some random chick in the first chapter. He's known - and been trying to get in her pants - the h for a year. A YEAR. Of nightly inviting her for a bit of slap tickle, followed by leaving with some other woman. Even better - he's her boss.

So in the beginning, after this, she's decided she's not going to put him off any longer, and is planning to visit the Dr to get put on the pill - because you know, pregnancy is the only thing she has to worry about catching from him. And of course, since this is a pseudo-romantic suspense, there must be a bad guy. In this case, it's a twofer - her stepfather, and a would-be boyfriend. Of course, they aren't *quite* enough to get her moving in with him and thus in his bed. Oh no, first there must be a knife fight:

A 2' long knife wound, even if it's a shallow cut, is still a large wound. No hospital is going to leave someone with an open wound in the waiting room - the risks of those STDs (which this guy is likely loaded with, giving his sexual proclivities) - and an open wound of this magnitude? Waiting for an hour, plus an additional 4 to get stitched up? Right. Even better, in spite of his blood loss, he still apparently has more than enough blood to fire up Little Rowdy *and* plot/scheme to attempt to get laid. Right.

Oh. One more quibble - the would-be rapist was described as a masochistic prick. Right.