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Plot Summary of Indiscreet
"    Exiled to a small country town, Catherine Winsmore is living under the guise of a widow named Catherine Winters. Catherine is living dull but content life alone after she was ruined and ostrasized in London many years ago.
    Rex Adams, has decided to travel to visit his younger brother after being jilted by his betrothed for another man, so he and other friends who he served with in the war have small house party, where he meets Catherine, and decides he wants to take her on as a mistress.
   Catherine, whose livelihood depends upon a quiet and discreet life, rejects Rex's proposal and tells him repeatedly how offended she is by it. "

Angel Manners, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Indiscreet
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Plot
Time/era of story - 19th century
Inner struggle subplot Yes
Struggle with... - angst over past traitorous lover

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? - as romantic as a root canal
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - homemaker
How sexual is this person? - frigid
How romantic is this person? - not very romantic
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - confident - blissful - mature
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
City? Yes
City: - London
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion

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 - licking - actual description of sex - descript. of female anatomy (the big B's) - 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 descript than dialog
How much sexing? - 3-4 sex acts
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