Hm. I would say I agree, but then... I'm fond of the Kate Daniels books, and yet she does spend the first couple of books wanting to punch the love interest. On the other hand, he actually *is* good to random old people, or at least to all the many people who depend on him, and it's fairly clear that at least some of her antagonism is just because she has good reasons of her own to avoid any real relationship. (He is also a Hottie.)