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"Lady Lucinda has had to learn to live with her evil, corrupt father since her mother died in childbirth. She gets lessons on the ugly side of life from the doxies and brutes who stay over at their house.
At the age of 10, she gets kidnapped by a young Captain Mark Chamfrey, who was cheated out of his money by her father and who hopes to ransom her for payback. His plans go awry, they get caught, and Lucinda's father forces a betrothal on the horrified pair. The humiliated Chamfrey leaves for war on the peninsula, vowing revenge when he gets back.
Eight or nine years later, Lucinda has grown to be a ravishing beauty, but she fears men and physical intimacy. At this time, her father dies, she goes to London to have a season under the guidance of her fiercely protective grandmother, and becomes engaged to a foppish dandy. But Chamfrey, now a marquess, comes back from the war, and falls under the spell of the haunted beauty. Now he wants nothing more than to make good on the engagement...
Trouble starts brewing around the young couple, and they must deal with angry grandmothers, murderous fortune hunters, and Lucinda's fears before they can have a happy ending. "
, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- Regency era
Difficult/unusual lover?
Yes
How difficult?
- very shy/inexperienced
Action/suspense subplot?
Yes
Action:
- chased by/chasing kidnapper/killer
If one lover chases another...
- he chases after her
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- 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
Sex makes him
- blissful
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- a teen
Profession/status:
- wealthy
How sexual is this person?
- frigid
How romantic is this person?
- not very romantic
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- blissful
- mature
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Misc setting
- Fancy Mansion
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
What % of story is romance related?
- 80%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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