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Plot Summary of Enslaved
"Lady Diana Davenport was born into the era where 17th century Englishmen. She dreams of real men with real strength and real bodies. She is well-read, intelligent, beautiful and yearning to live her life from under the watchful eye of her Aunt Prudence and Uncle Richard. She gets her chance one fateful day as she is visiting Peter Hardwick, whose brother Mark is the Earl of Bath, at his home in the town of Bath. While perusing an antique shop, she tries on an ancient Roman helmet that was excavated in the town. She is immediately transported back in time to the year 61AD to Aquae Sulis, as Bath was known to the Romans.

The powerful general, Marcus Magnus, thinks she is a Druid spy when he sees her strange dress. He has lustful feelings for her and makes Diana his slave and orders him to his bed. Diana, however, uses her feminine power to ensnare the slavemaster and they fall powerfully in love.

Marcus is called to Rome by the depraved emperor Nero to discuss his leadership position in Britannia. It is here that Marcus' brother, Petrius, kills his father and has Diana blamed. With Nero's word, she is to be put to death in the Circus Maximus. It is there, at the most terrifying moment of her life, that she is brought back to her own time in England and comes face to face with the man she loved in 61AD, who has now taken the form of Mark Hardwick, Earl of Bath. Their love had survived centuries, but it is now, in their present day that they face perilous obstacles to their love. "

Rachel, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Time/era of story - Ancient rome
Forbidden/mismatched love? Yes
How mismatched? - loving slave
If one lover chases another... - they alternate
Time Travel Yes
Type of time travel - present to past

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - warrior/knight
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - somewhat promiscuious
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - sensitive
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - bulging muscles

Main Female Character
Age/status: - a teen
Profession/status: - unemployed
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - confident - mature
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK - Italy
Misc setting - fort/military installation

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 - licking - orgies - 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 - equally on him and her
Consequences of sex - pregnancy
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 5-9 sex acts
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