Worst Betrayal Ever

Samantha K - The original thread was one of my fave stomping grounds ("stomp" often being the operative word! Ha) so, for what it's worth, I too recall that the OP was referring to the H's betrayal of the h. Naturally it included infidelity, but was not limited to it. Other egregious acts e.g. H throwing a h he supposedly loved off a cliff definitely qualified, as does the intent to hand h over to a crime lord to be raped and murdered.

I recall another early Worst Betrayal rec that generated a lot of discussion and outrage but for the life of me can't recall the title. I'll look through my archived books for it; meanwhile:

**Spoilers**
Manwhore H has a s-i-l (big bro's wife) whose parents die in an accident leaving the younger daughter, around 9 yo, orphaned. She comes to live w/her big sister and hubby on hubby's & H's family ranch, and develops insta-love for the H. He's around 10 yrs older than her and she asks him to wait for her to grow up so she can marry him. He's flattered and promises he'll wait and marry her one day as long as she stays chaste as he'll only marry a virgin. She vows to do so and does, while he, of course, steps up his manwhoring as he matures into manhood, even insensitively bringing gf's & ONS back to the ranch, causing her heartache. Fast fwd to h as 18 yo. She's gorgeous, charismatic, graduating HS w/honors and heading to college. She's written as outspoken and notoriously strong-willed, so after H rejects her because she's still too young IIRC, she makes her first attempt to move on and brings home a bf. Of course, H goes Neanderthal on her. More angst, a few more clashes, they finally get on the same page and he declares his feelings for her. One night at her new apt they have intense foreplay, she tries to seduce him, but the whole virgin clause kicks in and he insists on waiting till they're married. He leaves and a little while later she steps out to throw out the trash...only to find him having full-on sex with her bff on the hood of his parked truck. She tells him it's over and he'll NEVER have her virginity. H's not all that apologetic, all things considered; he's more focused on chest-beating...reminding her she's HIS and will NEVER be with anyone else. She's determined to hurt him back by giving his "prize" away. He proceeds to plot and intervenes in the most wall-bangingly despicable way. The train wreck continues from there to a dubious HEA. Some readers felt H eventually gave good grovel but that was definitely a point of contention. Most, like myself, found him irredeemable.