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" Lucia Valenti is the bastard daughter of an Italian monarch and famous European courtesan. She has spent her life in and out of boarding schools and convents because of her penchant for scandals. When her Royal father decides to move her the palace to keep her check, she still manages to embroil herself into a scandal, only this time she also involved her legitimate sister. Fed up, Lucia's was banished to the country, but she manage's to runaway and live with her notorious mother in London. In anger, Lucia's royal father has decreed that she must marry a proper gentleman in England.
Sir Ian Moore is England's most proper diplomat, he has been called home to London to arrange a marriage for Lucia. When the pair meet,they are instantly feel attraction, though Ian denies it and provides Lucia with the stipulations with her marriage. The first thing Lucia is forced to due is move away from her scandalous mother, and is forced to live with Ian's brother and his wife.
Lucia's mother tells her to manipulate Ian with her womanly wiles to get what she wants, and Lucia puts that plan into action by constantly flirting with Ian, and soon she realizes that it is Ian she really wants.
Ian realizes that he, too, has fallen in love with Lucia, although he does not meet the criteria that Lucia's father has set for her choice of husband. As her ball in her honor has been thrown, in which at the end she is to pick one of her acceptable suitors, she instead ends up having a torrid bout of passion with Ian. The two are caught in the act and forced to marry, but each has misgivings as to the other's feelings which they have to get past in order to find happiness."
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
Marriage/Married
Yes
Marriage subplot:
- forced to marry because they were caught doing it
If one lover chases another...
- she chases after him
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- diplomat
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
- guilty
Sex has bad effect on him
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
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:
- wealthy
How sexual is this person?
- naive virgin
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- blissful
- mature
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Misc setting
- Fancy Mansion
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
What % of story is romance related?
- nearly 100%
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)
- 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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