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"Lady Rhiannon is a woman who knows exactally what she wants out of life. She is cousin and ward to the King Alfred and she owns much land and good holdings. Then, one day the Vikings attacked.
Eric is a Prince who's been called upon by the King Alfred as an ally to help fight the Norsemen. He himself being half Norse on his father's side and half Irish on his mothers. He is happy to help. He and his men arrive on the land only to find that they are being attacked. Eric is shot in the leg with the arrow of a woman (Rhiannon) and vows that he has been betrayed by the King. When King Alfred gets wind that his ally had been attacked he trys to make amends while vowing that the messanger who he sent to tell Rhiannon about his arrival had not been seen since. The King asks what the Prince wishes as his due and the Price replys that he wanted the land he stood on. The King had a better sugestion. When Lady Rhiannon hears that she has been pledged in marriage to the 'Viking' she is most agrieved for she already loved another. She vows that she will never wed the man. Unfortunatly for her, Eric always gets whats and he wants her. Against her wishes Rhiannon does marry the man but vows not to love him.
They missunderstand each other most of the time and fight constantly and Eric forever thinks that Rhiannon still loves her previous love."
M. Andrews, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- Vikings/norse era
Marriage/Married
Yes
Marriage subplot:
- married off against wishes
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?
- as romantic as a root canal
Sex makes him
- more bitchy/arrogant
- more demanding
- angry
- wild
- unhappy with the sex
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- confident
- less bitchy/arrogant
- blissful
Sex has bad effect on him
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
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?
- naive virgin
How romantic is this person?
- not very romantic
effect of sexing
- confused
- childish
- wild
- more bitchy/arrogant
- demanding
- angry
- unhappy for sexing the guy
- scared
Sex has bad effect on her
Yes
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- confident
- a better lover
- blissful
- mature
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Mountains:
- climbing on trails
City?
Yes
City:
- wealthy
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:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- licking
- impregnation/reproduction
- actual description of sex
- descript. of female anatomy (the big B's)
- descript. of female anatomy (the big V)
- rape/molest (yeech!)
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?
- 3-4 sex acts
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