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Avon, May 2003, 5.99, 384 pp.
ISBN: 0380820838
Evelyn Ruddick wants to help society's poor though a young lady like herself is expected to embroider not visit orphanages. When she sees the Heart of Hope Orphanage, she selects that as a place she can provide some good through donating her time and money. However, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees the Marquis of St. Aubyn, better known by the misnomer, “Saint”, thinks otherwise. Saint tells her to go back to her aristocratic cronies, but when she persists he insists she come back with a plan as he still tries to get rid of the meddling do-gooder.
Saint wants out of the orphanage business, but his mother's will ties him to the place that he hopes to tear down. He finds himself quite attracted to Evelyn, who wants to implement an education program for the children. However, her brother sees Saint as a reprobate who will cost him his political career so he bans his sister from seeing him. Still, Evelyn and Saint fall in love while she tries to improve the lot of the poor children.
This engaging Regency romance hooks the reader from the moment the cynical Saint meets the Pollyanna Evelyn. Though the complex social issues are too easily resolved, the story line is fun to follow especially when the endearing mischievous children fluster Evelyn and she in turn emotionally moves the Saint, who knows how to retaliate via kisses. The audience will appreciate this entertaining Regency.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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" In this second novel of Suzanne Enoch's Lessons in Love books, we are introduced to Evie Ruddick, the sister of a politician who decides to lend her support to the Heart of Hope Orphanage. Enter the Marquis St. Aubyn known as "Saint", the main benefactor of the orphanage.
Saint finds the orphanage to be a hindrance, until Evie attends a trustee meeting asking for permission to volunteer and he finds himself immediately enchanted by her. Evie sees Saint as the perfect candidate for her "lessons" that her and two friends have created to reform the male population.
Even though the pair are like night and day, they find themselves drawn to each other, and their chemistry is wonderfully compelling in the story, in which they fight to overcome the obstacles that are thrown their way, mostly by Evie's self-centered brother, Victor, who completely dislikes St. Aubyn."
Angel Manners, Resident Scholar
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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:
- social activism
Matchbreaker
Yes
Matchbreaker is
- Brother
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
- several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
- sly seducer
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- obedient
- blissful
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
- wealthy
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
- naive virgin
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
- somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- confident
- a better lover
- blissful
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
What % of story is romance related?
- 90%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- 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
- significantly more dialog than descript
How much sexing?
- 3-4 sex acts
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