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Plot Summary of A Perfect Kiss
"    Grace Merridew is one of the famous Merridew diamonds, the last of four sisters and the only one that is not married. She fears that she will never find her love match like her sisters, so she decides to travel to Egypt to pursue her passions, but before she does that, she agrees to help her best friend, Melly, who has bethrothed to a man who she has no desire to marry. Grace makes herself plain and poses as Melly's companion so she can help her find a way out of the engagement.
    Dominic Wolfe does not want to go through with the marriage, either, but he must if he wishes to inherit the family castle. He vows that if Melly marries him, it will be in name only. Dominic and his mother were mistreated by his father when he was growing up, so he desperately wants the family inheritance, so he can destroy in revenge for his mother's pain.
    When Grace and Dominic meet, sparks fly, and despite Grace's appearance, Dominic takes her in a passionte embrace. Grace feels guilty for the feeling that she begins to develop for Dominic, since it is her best friend that is engaged to him, although unwillingly. As Dominic begins to restore the family castle, he begins to realize that his Mother loved the castle and the people who lived there. Grace, who believed that happiness would not be in her future, falls in love with Dominic.
   Together, they work to bring glory back to the lands and the tenents, and with the help of her family, the find a solution for everyone. As Grace and Dominic vow to marry despite the conquences, Melly finds someone to love a defies her father, letting all four of them find true love, happiness and marriage eternally."

Angel Manners, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of A Perfect Kiss
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Plot
Time/era of story - Regency era
Inner struggle subplot Yes
Struggle with... - angst over past dead relative(s)
If one lover chases another... - they alternate

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - several sexual encounters
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - confident - blissful
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
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: - wealthy
How sexual is this person? - naive virgin
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
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
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting - castle

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
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)
Weird Victorian/Shakespearean English? Yes
Part of a series? Yes
Focus of story - Him
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 1-2 sex acts
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