" In this novel, Portia St. Claire is working with her brother, who has gambled away the family home, to get the money needed to cover the debt so there home is safe. Portia is a dependent caretaker, unlike her brother who has a gambling problem. Portia devises a plan to go to London to ask the new Lord Walgrave, their neighbor and friend, for a loan. Before they leave for the trip, Portia encounters Bryght Malloren who breaks into a friends house they are staying at for the night, to recover a love letter.
When Portia and her brother finally reach London, they discover they have to wait a week until Lord Walgrave gets back, which leads Portia's brother into enough idle time to get into more gambling trouble. He gambles away enough more money they do not have to the point where he is threatened to pay or his body parts will be removed or have the choice of auctioning Portia's virginity away in brothel. Portia obviously decides to auction herself to save her brother.
Bryght is at the brothel where Portia is being auctioned, and upon recongnizing her, buys her to save her. After this point, Bryght decides to save her and her family, falling in love along the way."
Angel Manners, Resident Scholar
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Review Analysis of Tempting Fortune
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Plot
Time/era of story
- 18th century
Making a living subplot
Yes
Making a living:
- struggle to escape poverty
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?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- 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:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
How sexual is this person?
- naive virgin
How romantic is this person?
- not very romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
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
- licking
Part of a series?
Yes
How much dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
How much sexing?
- 1-2 sex acts
