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"Beautiful Lysette Kersaint flees from her affluent fiancée to seek sanctuary in Maximillien Vallerand's house, not knowing that both he and her fiancée are enemies. She welcomes the protection even risking her reputation. She later finds out that her protector is a cold-hearted man scarred by his cheating first wife. It has also been rumored that Max killed his first wife out of jealous rage. True as predicted, Lysette's fiancée withdrew his marriage offer as she continues to enjoy Max's sanctuary. Lysette decides to go to her sister and take a job as a governess. However when Max offers her marriage to salvage her virtue and to protect her from her abusive stepfather, she sees no reason not to accept.
When Lysette comes into his house, Max Vallerand is instantly enchanted. Her innocence and vulnerability is completely different from his worldly and adulterous fist wife. He is also surprised that she is the fiancée of his enemy, Etienne Sagasse, who has been one of the men who has slept with his late wife. He keeps the girl to ruin her reputation so that Etienne will be forced to withdraw his marriage offer and challenge him to a duel. However as Lysette becomes more involved with his life and household, his ulterior motive of revenge melts away to be replaced by a need to protect her from anyone who might wish to cause her harm and that includes, Etienne and her family.
Within the marriage, Lysette finds Max to be a demanding yet attentive and considerate husband. Her earlier misgivings about Max's fidelity melts away as Max showers her his complete devotion and love. She can't believe that people even his sons believe that Max has killed his first wife. Lysette sets to find out the real murder to restore her husband's honor. But her desire to find out the truth costs her her safety when Etienne accosted her in a party. Max is furious with Etienne and wants a duel as revenge for his wife. However the duel has been refused by Etienne's family. Despite that, when Etienne turns up dead the following day, Max becomes the prime suspect. Only with the help of his wife and his son, they search for the real killer before the Max is charged and imprisoned for murder.
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Katrina Lo, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- Regency era
Love Triangles/Polygons
Yes
What kind:
- one woman-two men
Marriage/Married
Yes
Marriage subplot:
- marriage of convenience spurring real love
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- wealthy
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of 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?
- somewhat romantic
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
United States
Yes
The US:
- Deep South
Farm/Ranch:
- lot of descript of crop raising
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
Part of a series?
Yes
Focus of story
- Her
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing?
- 3-4 sex acts
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