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"Lisa Stone's world was full of responsibilities: caring for her mother, working two jobs, and trying to find that ray of happiness that always seemed to disappear when she was near. But all that changed when she touched a magical flask one night and found herself transported back into the fourteenth century and thrust into the arms of a stoic highlander whose secrets she's eager to uncover. Cicerrn Brodie's lived without love for almost five-hundred years, vowing to protect the sacred hallows of the Templars at any cost- including the promise to kill he who returns the hallowed flask. Little does he expect "he" to be a "she", and a wild, exotic, stubborn, and throughly irritating "she" at that. Soon, Lisa pervades his every thought, every wish, every desire, and he finds himself torn for the first time between salvation and damnation...but completely unable to tell them apart"
Meredith Griffin, Resident Scholar
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"After her father died, Lisa worked hard to help her mother, and she worked harder still when it was discovered that her mother had cancer. She's spent so much time trying to help her family that she doesn't have much of a life anymore.
During her time at her second job, working as a night maid at a museum, she touches an ancient flask and is transported back to Scotland in the year 1308. The man she is transported to is Circenn, who swore an oath to a fairy that he would kill whoever discovered the flask. However, Circenn is reluctant to fulfill his oath, because he doesn't believe Lisa is guilty of anything. He has no way of sending Lisa back to her own time, so, grasping at a loophole in the oath, he gets to know Lisa and the two start to fall in love.
However, Lisa still wants to go back to her own time, because she wants to be with her sick mother. Also, Circenn has secrets of his own. He's worried about falling in love with Lisa, because he's immortal, which means that he would have to watch her grow old and die. He hates his immortality and fears that the magic that he can do is evil. He worries about sharing all his secrets with Lisa, because he's afraid that she'll want to leave him if he does."
Melissa Cookson, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- Ancient scotland
Who is...
- physically ill
If one lover chases another...
- they alternate
Time Travel
Yes
Type of time travel
- present to past
Family focus?
Yes
Family, sick/caring for
Yes
Ill person is...
- mother
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- warrior/knight
Age/status:
- long lived adults
- magical being
Has unusual powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- can see into the future
- can cast many different spells
Eccentric/mental:
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
Sex makes him
- confused
- guilty
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- less bitchy/arrogant
- blissful
- sensitive
- a better lover
Sex has bad effect on him
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- bulging muscles
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- waitress
How sexual is this person?
- naive virgin
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
effect of sexing
- confused
- scared
Sex has bad effect on her
Yes
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- confident
- a better lover
- blissful
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Setting
United States
Yes
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
- castle
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
- moderately detailed references to deaths
What % of story is romance related?
- 70%
- 90%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- licking
- impregnation/reproduction
- actual description of sex
- descript. of female anatomy (the big B's)
- descript. of female anatomy (the big V)
- descript. of male nudity (the big P)
Part of a series?
Yes
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
Consequences of sex
- pregnancy
How much dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing?
- 3-4 sex acts
- 5-9 sex acts
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