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Plot Summary of Golden Surrender
"Olaf the White (based on an actual historical character) invades Ireland and secures Dublin for the Norwegian Vikings. He loses the love of his life, Grenilde, in a battle for supremacy against Danish vikings. The Irish High King offers his daughter to Olaf in marriage to seal a truce, but Erin (who has survived an attack lead by Olaf and Grenilde years before and who has led Irish resistance fighters in secret since) hates and defies him at every turn.

Olaf and Erin begin their own truce and journey towards love when they find passion in their marraige bed, but when Erin sets out to rescue Olaf from a Danish ambush, she is tricked into leading the Danes themselves against Olaf in a case of mistaken identities. Olaf thinks himself betrayed and shuns Erin until she gives birth to their son Leith.

But then the Danish vikings steal the baby and Erin trades herself as hostage to draw out Olaf to a final grudge match between vikings."

Inger, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Golden Surrender
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Plot
Time/era of story - Vikings/norse era
Forbidden/mismatched love? Yes
How mismatched? - loving someone from historic enemy

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - warrior/knight
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex has bad effect on him Yes
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - bulging muscles

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
effect of sexing - unhappy for sexing the guy
Sex has bad effect on her Yes
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - obedient
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - Ireland
Misc setting - castle

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - licking - impregnation/reproduction - 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)
Focus of story - Her
Consequences of sex - pregnancy
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 1-2 sex acts
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