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| Plot Summary of Rosehaven |
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"In medieval England, Severin of Langthorne and Hastings of Trent are forced into marriage by her dying father. They clash at every opportunity. He wants her to be out of his way except when he feels he needs to make an heir. She doesn't understand why he is so cold and self-serving. Despite this, a mystery looms and though it takes a while, Severin finally discovers he has a treasure in Hastings and will do anything to keep her from being taken from him."
Emma, Resident Scholar
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"Hastings of Trent and Severin of Langthorne are married before as her father, Earl of Oxborough, draws his last. Hastings has just met her husband a few hours prior to the marriage. Severin is marrying Hastings because she is an heiress and he needs her money to restore his own lands. The Earl's only requirement is that Severin add his name to that of Langthorne. He has researched Severin thoroughly and has insisted upon the marriage as a means of protecting Hastings and his own estate.
Hastings and Severin find themselves attracted to each other but are at each other's throats from the beginning. Hastings maid, Alice, and her nurse join forces to help Hastings make life more enjoyable by giving her advice on how to treat her husband. Severin now has several properties to see to and does just that. At his own keep he finds his mother being sorely mistreated and living in rags and wounds on her feet. As Hastings is a healer and with him she takes control of his mother's welfare.
Richard DeLuci had killed his own wife when he heard that Hastings father was dying. He tries to get to her before Severin but is too late as she is wedded and bedded by Severin. He is thought dead after he slips on rabbit bones and hits his head on a rock. He plots to kidnap her and kill Severin to he can have her wealth allowing all to think him dead. Lady Margorie, twice widowed, is chosen by the king to be governess to Deluci's daughter and arrives at Oxborough. Hastings learns that she was once Severin's lover. During her stay 2 attempts are made on Hastings life.
Severing, when going over accounts, finds large sums of money taken to a place called Rosehaven, 4 days hard ride from Oxborough. The former Earl had been known to take the bags of coins with him 4 times a year and stay away for several weeks.
Severin and Hastings find themselves growing closer and closer as they work thru all the trials that face them as they begin their married life. They find that they must solve several problems including how to possibly cure Severin's mad mother, who is living at Rosehaven, what to do with DeLuci when it is found that he is alive and begins making attempts to kidnap Hastings and how to deal with each other sexually. Also Hastings father was filled with surprises that they discover only after he dies."
plnorth, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Rosehaven |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- Distant past/middle ages
Marriage/Married
Yes
Marriage subplot:
- arranged marriage spurring real love
Action/suspense subplot?
Yes
Action:
- chased by/chasing kidnapper/killer
- searching for a treasure
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
- warrior/knight
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- somewhat promiscuious
How romantic is this person?
- as romantic as a root canal
- not very romantic
Sex makes him
- more demanding
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- confident
Sex has bad effect on him
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- a teen
Profession/status:
- homemaker
How sexual is this person?
- naive virgin
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
effect of sexing
- confused
Sex has bad effect on her
Yes
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- a better lover
- mature
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
- France
Misc setting
- castle
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
- moderately detailed references to deaths
What % of story is romance related?
- 30%
- 40%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- licking
- actual description of sex
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?
- 5-9 sex acts
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