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Plot Summary of The Reluctant Widow
"When she accidentally steps into the wrong carriage, Elinor is persuaded by Lord Carlyon to help him not to inherit his cousin's estate.

Married at midnight and widowed at dawn, Elinor overnight becomes the mistress to an encumbered estate and receiver of late night guests, agents of Bonaparte. As she and her new cousins become acquainted, they try to solve the many mysteries that have sprung up in the light of her husband's death. Everything becomes more complicated when Elinor becomes attached to Lord Carlyon, but will he deem Elinor, previously a governess, too lowly to reciprocate the feelings?
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M. Cole , Resident Scholar



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Plot
Time/era of story - Regency era
Forbidden/mismatched love? Yes
How mismatched? - royalty loving nonroyalty
Action/suspense subplot? Yes
Action: - chased by/chasing kidnapper/killer

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Female Character
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - farm
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
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? - 60%
Weird Victorian/Shakespearean English? Yes
Focus of story - Her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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Georgette Heyer Resident Scholar Profiles

TOP SCHOLAR:
  
Hannah Warnaar  

SCHOLARS:
M. Cole   Fenella    Jóhanna  Christine Tomas  


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