Hmm. Still not buying the marriage-with-uncertainty thing, but I'm impressed you stayed with the series. Is the second book better?

And I totally agree on the bad boy thing. There seems to be a misconception as to what that phrase actually means. Someone who doesn't necessarily follow all the laws society tells him too, but is still a decent human being, is a bad boy. Someone who takes advantage of a girl like Nora, based on the fact that she finds him attractive even though she hates him, especially at first, is a full-out misogynist. The two things are not the same.