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"1830s. Spirited Garnet Perry arrives aboard a bride ship to marry her kinsman Edward Landis. On the docks, she meets Jeremiah Gold, half Jewish, and (in his opinion) as good as the next man! Jeremiah has a new property called Gold's Kingdom. He needs a wife, and he really fancies Garnet. Garnet marries Landis as planned, but things go very wrong and she finds herself sold to the highest bidder - Jeremiah.
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Sally Odgers, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of story
- 19th century
Marriage/Married
Yes
Marriage subplot:
- married off against wishes
- marriage of convenience spurring real love
Action/suspense subplot?
Yes
Action:
- pirate attack!
Virgin, dramatically devirginized
Yes
Captor, in love with
Yes
If one lover chases another...
- he chases after her
First time for
- her
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- farmer
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- a better lover
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- unemployed
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
effect of sexing
- wild
Sex has bad effect on her
Yes
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- confident
- a better lover
- less bitchy/arrogant
- blissful
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Australia
Ice Caps/Sea?
Yes
Where?
- Ocean
Forest
Yes
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- farm
- lot of descript of animal care
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related?
- 70%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- actual description of sex
- descript. of female anatomy (the big B's)
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
Is this an e-book?
Yes
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing?
- 3-4 sex acts
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