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"Roland de Tournay is a landless knight whose dream is to buy his own land and home. He knows what keep he wants to buy and is earning the money to buy it. He accepts a job from Damon le Mark to rescue his niece from the Earl of Clare.
Daria of Fortescue, niece of Damon le Mark was promised to wed. On the journey to her betrothed her escorts are murdered, she is kidnapped and taken to the Earl of Clare who wishes her for his wife. She has no desire to marry at all. Several weeks after her capture a new priest is installed at the castle and Daria immediately feels drawn to him. The priest is Roland whose expertise is his ability to masquerade. He frees Daria. Several days later he takes ill with a fever and she must now nurse him back to health. During his fever she allows him to make love to her, planning to never tell him. The Earl has been tracking them and Daria takes Rolands horse and leads him away from where Roland is staying. She is taken back to the castle. A couple of months later Roland again rescues her and takes her to King Edward who is journeying in the area.
Daria is pregnant and Roland marries her believing that the Earl of Clare is the father and not believing her when she tells him that he is the father. He cannot remember making love to her because of the fever he had at the time. Both the Earl and her uncle are furious at the marriage and set out to gain revenge. Daria's dowry is huge as her father had been an Earl himself and left everything to her. Roland is now able to buy his keep. They argue constantly because he believes her a liar. He does however bring her mother to live with them. Daria's mother is filled with her own secrets regarding what Daria's father was really like and also who her real father really was. With the help of Daria's mother and Roland friends many secrets are revealed before Roland comes to believe Daria and they find happiness. "
plnorth, 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:
- chased by/chasing kidnapper/killer
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- warrior/knight
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- "zip'm down, zip'm up. Next!"
Sex makes him
- angry
- a better lover
Sex has bad effect on him
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- a teen
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Has unusual powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- can see into the future
How sexual is this person?
- naive virgin
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
effect of sexing
- confused
Sex has bad effect on her
Yes
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- confident
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
What % of story is romance related?
- 40%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- licking
- impregnation/reproduction
- actual description of sex
- descript. of male nudity (the big P)
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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