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Plot Summary of Let Me Be Your Hero
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Mira, Nov 2004, 6.99, 384 pp.
ISBN: 0778320928

In 1741, teenage Lady Claire Lennox fell in love with Fraser Graham, who reciprocated her feelings. They married in a love match, but their relationship collapsed when she believed he betrayed her as he was there when her father was brutally murdered.

Eight years later, Claire as the oldest of four sisters leads her clan though her uncle has powerful influence over her. However, she has avaricious enemies in her family who have made deals with outsiders which would destroy her and her clan. Fraser still loves Claire and knows that relatives inside her clan have plotted her demise.

Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Let Me Be Your Hero
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Plot
Time/era of story - Ancient scotland
Action/suspense subplot? Yes
Action: - chased by/chasing kidnapper/killer
Inner struggle subplot Yes
Struggle with... - angst over past traitorous lover
Matchbreaker Yes
Matchbreaker is - Aunt/Uncle

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? - 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

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - 70%
Focus of story - equally on him and her
How much dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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