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| Plot Summary of The Nightingale Legacy |
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"Caroline Derwent-Jones is a young woman who on the eve of her 19th birthday escapes her greedy uncle after his near rape of her by kidnapping his wimpy son and riding out to find her aunt, her only caring living relative. As it is raining, they stop at an inn and it is there that she meets Frederick North, Lord Chilton. Her cousin has taken ill during the rain and she and Lord Chilton nurse him back to health. She does however take Lord Chilton's horse and leave the inn to proceed to her aunt's home only to find that her aunt has been murdered. Lord Chilton had known this and as he is the local magistrate is investigating the murder. At the reading of the will she finds that she has inherited her aunt's estate along with a worthless cousin in law who is a debaucvher of the worse kind.
Caroline and Lord Chilton are attracted to each other and eventually marry. This is brought on by her greedy uncle appearing and trying several times to kidnap her and force her into marriage so he can control her fortune. Their investigation into the aunt's murder brings to light several other murders in the area. All the murders are senseless on the surface and leave no real clues.
Add to this main plot 2 interesting sub plots. Part of her inheritance from her aunt is 3 young ladies who have been raped and left pregnant who Caroline is to teach a trade and who she moves into the castle, Mount Hawke. Mount Hawke has only had men living there for 3 generations and all the staff are misogymists(women haters). Also there is a lovely hill nearby where bracelets, cups, etc made of gold show up mysteriously.
In the final chapters of the book Caroline is kidnapped by a member of Lord Chilton's staff and tries to escape and finds herself in an unknown cave beneath the hill filled with a kings ransom and a mysterious sword stuck in a huge rock. It is in this cave that Caroline learns who the murderer is and the reason young women have been murdered over the years. "
plnorth, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of The Nightingale Legacy |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- Regency era
Action/suspense subplot?
Yes
Action:
- chased by/chasing kidnapper/killer
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- somewhat promiscuious
How romantic is this person?
- not very romantic
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- mature
- a better lover
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- a teen
How sexual is this person?
- naive virgin
How romantic is this person?
- not very romantic
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- confident
- 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
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Misc setting
- castle
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related?
- 40%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
Part of a series?
Yes
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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