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Avon, Sep 2002, 6.99, 384 pp.
ISBN: 0060092645
In 1837 Lady Adorna rescued Samantha Pendegrast from life on the streets of London. For three years the grateful Samantha tried to model her behavior after her mentor while becoming a self-sufficient employee of the Distinguished Academy of Governesses. However, within three years Samantha concludes you could take the gal off the street, but you can't take the street out of the gal.
In 1843 Adorna censures Samantha for her latest incident though the latter championed the mistreated from their odious patriarch. Coupled with other incidents and Samantha's reputation as a pickpocket, Adorna exiles her charge to the Lake District countryside to serve as governess to Colonel William Gregory and his twelve and under six children.
While struggling to adapt to the country, Samantha enjoys her wild bunch charges. However, she is attracted to William though he treats her and his daughters like they are in his regiment. The Colonel admires Samantha's courage to challenge his behavior towards his family and her fortitude to survive her rustic adventure. However, besides country vs. urban, their histories pop up when items are stolen leaving love doomed to fail.
Place Eliza Doolittle after the Higgins' transformation in the middle of the Sound of Music and relocate to the English countryside to understand MY FAVORITE BRIDE. Readers will enjoy this Victorian romance due to the characters as the audience will adore Samantha and the six children and even feel for the soldierly William. Though a subplot involving espionage adds intrigue that sidebar also takes away from a strong tale in which the hills are alive with the sound of Christina Dodd.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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"The Sound of Music meets Jane Eyre. Samantha Pendregast, woman with a past, is governess for uptight widower Colonel William Gregory's six rebellious daughters. She handles them, then takes on their father, a curmudgeon who's too proper to court his own children's governess."
Mary Honda, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- 19th century
If one lover chases another...
- he chases after her
Caretaker, in love with
Yes
Falling in love with
- Nanny
Children/Pregnancy
Yes
Children/Pregnancy:
- brat children need muzzling
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- spy
- Prince/Nobleman/King
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- musician
- nanny
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
- naive virgin
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
- somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- mature
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Misc setting
- Fancy Mansion
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
What % of story is romance related?
- 60%
- 70%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- licking
- 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
How much dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing?
- 3-4 sex acts
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