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Plot Summary of Lavender Flame
"As a seven year old child Catriona Ferguson was exiled from her beloved Scottish highlands by her grandfather and chief of her clan, Angus Ferguson. Fifteen years pass and it is now 1736 and Catriona is living in Edinburgh with her servant woman Elspeth. Catriona is shocked when she receives a summons from Angus to return to the Highlands as heir to the clan. Catriona is both suprised and angry. After all, it was Angus who cast Catriona and her parents out of the Highlands in the first place. Catriona discovers that she has been betrothed to Lachlan MacLean, a hated clan chief. Robert MacLean, cousin of Lachlan, has been assigned the task of escorting Catriona on the dangerous journey to the Highlands. In exchange for escorting Catriona to the Highlands, Robert will be allowed to marry the beautiful Sarah Kendrick and avoid service as a clergyman. When Catriona first lays eyes on Robert she is struck by his blonde, blue eyed good looks. Robert is mesmerized by the fiery redhead.

As Robert and Catriona make their way to the Highlands they discover that they share a sizzling attraction. Although Robert is duty bound to deliver Catriona into the hands of his cousin, he can't help but fantasize about making Catriona his woman. As violence and unrest crops up in the Highlands and a dangerous enemy lurks in the shadows, Robert must protect Catriona from the harm that surrounds her. "

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Review Analysis of Lavender Flame
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Plot
Time/era of story - Ancient scotland
Forbidden/mismatched love? Yes
How mismatched? - loving your bodyguard
If one lover chases another... - he chases after her

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - warrior/knight
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - confident
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - naive virgin
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
effect of sexing - confused - guilty
Sex has bad effect on her Yes
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - blissful
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Europe Yes
Mountains/Cliffs Yes
Misc setting - castle

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - actual description of sex - descript. of female anatomy (the big B's)
Focus of story - equally on him and her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 1-2 sex acts
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