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"The hero of this book, Nicholas Strangefellow, is a court jester for Henry II. But this is an Anne Stuart book, so we soon find out that he is also an secret agent for the king, with secrets of his own and ambitions for the future. He is also quite the ladies' man, and is a favorite of the king's sister.
He is sent by Henry to Fortham Castle to steal the Chalice of St. Hugelina, a religious relic that the king covets, under the guise of being the "entertainment" for the Earl of Fortham's upcoming wedding. Along the way Nicholas meets Julianna of Moncrieff, who is the daughter of the earl's bride. Julianna is a mixture of toughness and kindness, and of innocence and warinesss that fascinates Nicholas, and he immediately embarks on a course of seduction of the wary widow. For her part, Julianna has no desire to married again, after being married off as a child to an old, abusive husband. She resists Nicholas, but is secretly falling under his spell.
At Fortham, intrigue is heavy as various characters try to trip each other to get to the relic. There's an evil abbot, a priest, a ruthless teenage assassin, the powerful earl himself, the cunning Nicholas and his servant Bogo. Julianna keeps up a tough shell, but she's no match for Nicholas's seductive charms. Nicholas thinks he's got everything under control; he thinks he's not falling desperately in love with Julianna, and he thinks of himself as a scoundrel with no future. Being proven wrong has never been this crazy and sweet. "
Casey, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- Distant past/middle ages
Action/suspense subplot?
Yes
Action:
- searching for a treasure
If one lover chases another...
- he chases after her
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person?
- sly seducer
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
How sexual is this person?
- frigid
How romantic is this person?
- not very romantic
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- 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
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Misc setting
- castle
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related?
- 80%
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)
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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