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" Isabel Darling is the child of a courtesan and a nobleman,even though she has never learned the identity of her father. When travels to London from her country home, she discovers that her mother's death was actually a murder. Isabel's mother was writing her risque memoirs that depicted several men of the Ton, and Isabel believes one of those men killed her.
To investigate the murder, Isabel decides to blackmail one of the men in the book into sponsoring her into society. Her first attempt,a Duke, is foiled by the man's son, Justin Culver, who thinks Isabel is a whore looking for a nobleman to dupe into marrying her.
Isabel finally succeeds to gain entree into society, but is constantly shadowed by Justin, who thinks her motives are dark. As Isabel grows closer to the truth, attempts on her life are made, and Justin finds that his feelings for her have grown into love, even though he tries to deny it. Together the couple discover Isabel's father, the murderer, and their love for one another. "
Angel Manners, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- 19th century
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 sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- not very romantic
Sex makes him
- confused
- angry
Sex has bad effect on him
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- unemployed
How sexual is this person?
- naive virgin
How romantic is this person?
- not very romantic
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- blissful
- mature
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Misc setting
- Fancy Mansion
Style
Person
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
What % of story is romance related?
- 90%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- licking
- impregnation/reproduction
- actual description of sex
- descript. of female anatomy (the big B's)
- descript. of female anatomy (the big V)
- descript. of male nudity (the big P)
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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