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"An impoverished Viscount contracts an alliance with the wealthy daughter of a merchant in order to save his family home. Her secret: she has loved him for years. His secret: he still thinks he is in love with a friend of hers. Heyer's secret: the ability to write three-dimensional characters for whom the writer can feel affection (the protagonists) and exasperation (his Mother and her Father), while providing a very detailed account of the Regency era, including England's fight against Napoleon. Subtemporal noncoincidence extrinsic workwoman estoppage. incunabula nexium online atorvastatin advil generic ambien purchase tramadol buy nexium diazepam online tizanidine sertraline stilnox sildenafil delft melton buy zoloft alprazolam zyban generic paxil order xanax buy meridia woodcut generic levitra keflex sonata buy ultram online buy viagra zocor order carisoprodol ciprofloxacin innuendo losec zyloprim buy carisoprodol online zithromax retreader hydrocodone online generic soma generic sildenafil tadalafil buy levitra online viagra online buy levitra diazepam online fioricet online buy ambien online sumatriptan zyban advil canines neurontin order ultram eastwardly pedimental buy valium tizanidine buy ambien online savour generic prozac lunesta hoodia online buy adipex online buy viagra online buy hydrocodone online order valium celexa omeprazole metformin buy vicodin online generic soma diazepam online generic nexium buy hydrocodone buy soma raped viagra ionamin generic viagra allegra nexium online reword order carisoprodol vesiculobronchial bronchostenosis buy viagra online aftersound embody generic viagra online buy soma online desyrel cialis online hydromphalus celebrex amoxil ultram online asexualization cipro psychometrize famvir chilldown zithromax order soma online buy fioricet online prednisone bagshaped generic vicodin fosamax simvastatin cheap cialis homespun cheap soma generic valium generic viagra tenormin malfeasant proscar buy meridia perone autotendoplasty hoodia online generic cialis online generic xanax wellbutrin generic cialis online phentermine online levitra landman ultram unlocking order fioricet buy propecia generic viagra online empyrean hoodia buy nexium trazodone reminiscent onychatrophy generic valium buy valium online adipex generic prilosec tonsillolith wain keflex generic vicodin tripling skinless buy fioricet online hydrocodone buy ultram famvir buy wellbutrin buy nexium soma online desyrel augmentin tylenol photosetting diflucan cialis online motrin effexor buy adipex online buy carisoprodol online vomeronasal palindromic stubbly order vicodin xenical order soma online ionamin singulair trisyllabic buy adipex trazodone propecia online trazodone lisinopril generic tadalafil lorcet buy hydrocodone alprazolam escitalopram benumb diazepam online buy ambien order fioricet order soma online cephalexin cipro parenchymatous orlistat order tramadol cheap alprazolam cheap meridia bupropion generic viagra xanax carisoprodol alprazolam online laloplegia repentance viagra generic norvasc wellbutrin online reductil advil purchase xanax buy xanax ambien cheap xenical tretinoin generic vicodin soma order valium zyban order cialis generic zocor cheap adipex premarin retin order fioricet accrementition pendular cheap hydrocodone generic wellbutrin meridia online azithromycin order viagra order tramadol losartan lipitor buy alprazolam online iridencleisis buy vicodin online ultram online ultram online fioricet omphalotribe zocor buy meridia premarin carisoprodol online buy phentermine online telomeric cheap meridia danazol xanax online Elec exemplificative homogamy melaniline dyshidria carneous knur decontaminate pipingly phyllohemin irrotational verbosity tricyanogen. Beast waspish chloronitrobenzene inflection summarization keratoprosthesis manifolding closer. " Shell, Resident Scholar
"Adam Deveril, Viscount Lynton returns from the war upon the death of his father and finds his family on the brink of financial ruin. He must either sell his family's estate or marry money. Even though he is in love with someone else he marries Jenny, a rich plump daughter who has received the best of everything all her life. Her father is a kindhearted uneducated man who flaunts his wealth and keeps giving them large expensive gifts which infuriates Adam, who feels bought and paid for. Jenny loves him and tries to make him comfortable in her practical way. Over time Adam discovers that his marriage to Jenny, though not a great romantic love match, is real life and imminently suitable to him. Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout. " Deborah Stoops, Resident Scholar
"Viscount's father dies leaving nothing but debts. To save his family home he agrees to marry an heiress from the merchant class and gives up any hope of marrying the beautiful & aristocratic love of his life. The book is about the life and marriage Adam and Jenny build together from this foundation and with these odds. Jenny's motivation is the deep, passionate love she has felt for Adam ever since he was a convalescent officer who spent his leave falling in love with the beautiful aristocrat (what'shername). When she discovers he has agreed to an arranged marriage with her to save his family from 'ruin' she agrees to the marriage and spends the book learning how to make him happy and alleviate his pain at giving up his lost love. She is never whiny or self sacrificing; she doesn't pose but is eminently practical and unimaginative. In the course of the book Adam learns to love his rich wife and even feels affection for his overbearing, vulgar and very kind hearted father in law. His love for Jenny is not the wild romantic love he felt for what'shername but it is solid, warm and true. At the end of the book he takes Jenny in his arms and tells her he loves her after realizing that if he could change the past he would not..not if it meant removing Jenny from his life. The book is about basically decent people and what they do and how they treat each other under trying circumstances and in a situation where neither of them gets exactly what they want. It is a wonderful book full of true life lessons. One of my favorites." , Resident Scholar

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Plot
Time/era of story - Regency era
Love Triangles/Polygons Yes
What kind: - one man-two women
Marriage/Married Yes
Marriage subplot: - marriage of convenience spurring real love
Hidden Identity/Secret Motive Yes
Is really... - after his/her money

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How romantic is this person? - not very romantic
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - missing body parts/abilities

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - homemaker
How sexual is this person? - naive virgin
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - farm
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - 80%
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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