Gilchrist manages to do just that several times, all by his pigheaded self. His emotional see-sawing was exasperating. Rachel is an innocent. No, she's a whore. No, she's innocent.
All women are faithless.
When Hugh finally forces Gilchrist to admit a few home truths about his former fianc e, it was long overdue and something Gilchrist should have admitted to himself much earlier. While Gilchrist struggles with his injured hand and machismo, Rachel takes over the story. I thoroughly enjoyed her attempts to get Gilchrist to see the light, and the fact that she's willing to use their mutual physical attraction to get him to admit his errors was an enjoyable aspect of the story. Savvy readers will figure out the villain long before the end of the story, but there are a few plot twists at the end that make things interesting. The setting didn't fare as well.