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" Lady Louisa Wentworth is a woman who has accepted the reality of her family's impoverishment. She has decided to start working as a companion to the daughters of a wealthy American family because she has reached the age of 26 and unmarried due to her family's poverty. She decides to use her title to earn her wages and find husbands with titles for the American girls.
Hawk, the Duke of HawkHurst, is an impoverished Duke and decides that taking a wealthy American wife is the perfect way to refill the family coffers. Hawk has been the good friend of Louisa's brother, the Earl of Ravensly, for many years, so when Ravensly tells him of Louisa's charges, and begins to pursue one of her young charges. Louisa, who knows of Hawk's reputation as a womanizier, fends of his advances towards his charges, even though she herself has been secretly attracted to him for years. As Hawk courts the heiress, Jenny Rose, he finds himself attracted to her chaperone more, and he begins constantly fighting his body's urges that push him toward Louisa instead.
Hawk, frustrated with himself and his slow courtship, decides to take matters in his own hands and sets up a scenario to compromise Jenny and himself, only Louisa walks into the setup instead, and unable to deny himself, decides to take her just once before commiting himself to Jenny. Hawk's trap works too well, and ends up being caught with Louisa instead and is forced to wed her instead.
Louisa, who has come to love Hawk, feels guilty about his marriage to her, feeling she has ruined his life by marrying him, so when Mrs. Rose offers to annul to marriage, send her America and allow Hawk to marry Jenny, she arranges for Hawk to have his happiness. Hawk has also come to love Louisa."
Angel Manners, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- 19th century
Marriage/Married
Yes
Marriage subplot:
- forced to marry because they were caught doing it
Making a living subplot
Yes
Making a living:
- struggle to escape poverty
Hidden Identity/Secret Motive
Yes
Is really...
- after his/her money
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
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- bulging muscles
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- servant
How sexual is this person?
- naive virgin
How romantic is this person?
- not very romantic
effect of sexing
- confused
- guilty
Sex has bad effect on her
Yes
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- blissful
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Misc setting
- Fancy Mansion
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
What % of story is romance related?
- nearly 100%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- licking
- 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)
Part of a series?
Yes
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing?
- 1-2 sex acts
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