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Plot Summary of Forbidden
"The year is 712 in England. Rowena purchases a handsome male slave for three reasons. One, to rile the man named Eadward, who fancies himself her next husband. Two, to enlist the slave in a scheme to avenge herself for her husband's death, which Eadward may or may not have had a hand in. And three, because the sight and touch of this slave has never made Rowena feel more alive as a woman.

Wulf should mean nothing to her. He would have been put to death if she hadn't bought him - he was untameable, according to the slavers. He had been gentle with Rowena when she ran her hands over him. How can she trust him with the task that needs undertaking? What if he betrays her? She could lose everything she holds dear. Still, there is something about him. . .

The woman owns Wulf, and as much pain as he's suffered under the lash, he should know better than to rile her. There is something about Rowena that makes Wulf want to be the man he was before his freedom was stripped from him.

Forbidden tells the tale of mismatched love between a slave marked for death, and a woman of secret passion."

Kayelle Allen, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Forbidden
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Plot
Time/era of story - Distant past/middle ages
Forbidden/mismatched love? Yes
How mismatched? - loving slave
Captor, in love with Yes

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - slave
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - confident
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: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - wealthy
How sexual is this person? - frigid
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
effect of sexing - unhappy for sexing the guy - guilty
Sex has bad effect on her Yes
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - blissful
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related? - 70%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - descript. of female anatomy (the big B's)
Focus of story - equally on him and her
Consequences of sex - pregnancy
How much sexing? - 3-4 sex acts
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