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" Miss Emma Grenville, who is no silly debutante, has had her fill of thick-headed noblemen who believe women exist only to satisfy men. And her arrogant new landlord,the Duke of Wycliffe, is the worst of the lot! The too-attractive cad wants to triple the rent on Emma's finishing school for young ladies to help get his uncle's estate out of debt. Well, Greydon Brakenridge clearly needs educating-about women. And Emma is just the one to enlighten him!
The handsome duke has never met a woman he couldn't outwit or seduce. And now that he's tricked Emma into a wager, he has the stubborn headmistress right where he wants her-and hopefully, soon in his bed. But the confirmed bachelor underestimates the intelligent and surprisingly sensual Miss Grenville. For she may be leading Greydon to a place neither dreamed they'd ever go-to the altar. "
Kelly Lowe, Resident Scholar
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" Grey, the Duke of Wycliffe, has traveled to his Uncle's estate, Haverly, to help him out of financial ruin. Grey has come up with an estate plan that includes raising the rent on all the tenants, which includes Emma Grenville, the headmistress of a local finishing school.
When Emma is informed of the raise, she refuses to agree to it, and ends up wagering with the Duke, if she wins her rents stays the same and he pays it for two years, if he wins it she must pay the raised amount.
Emma must make a successful estate plan to win and Grey must teach her London social graces class. Grey's ultimate goal is to bed Emma, who he finds extremely attractive. Emma see Grey as a learning opportunity and she lets Grey teach her the seductive arts. As they become entangled in each other's lives, they find something more than passion growing between them, and for the first time in Grey's life, he feels respect for women, only there is a vengeful woman in the background who wants to see Emma fail to Grey, so she creates a scandal around the school, but the plot has the opposite effect bringing Emma and Grey closer than they ever were before."
Angel Manners, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- 19th century
Forbidden/mismatched love?
Yes
How mismatched?
- royalty loving nonroyalty
If one lover chases another...
- he chases after her
Matchbreaker
Yes
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- somewhat promiscuious
How romantic is this person?
- sly seducer
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- blissful
Sex has bad effect on him
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- bulging muscles
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- teacher
How sexual is this person?
- naive virgin
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
effect of sexing
- confused
- angry
- scared
- guilty
Sex has bad effect on her
Yes
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- confident
- blissful
- mature
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- lot of descript of crop raising
Misc setting
- castle
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
What % of story is romance related?
- nearly 100%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- 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
Consequences of sex
- pregnancy fears
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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