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Plot Summary of Stolen Kisses
"    Jack Faraday, the Marquis of Dansbury, is a jaded aristocrat with a reputation full of scandal and debaunchery, so when he is tricked into going to Almack's one evening, he is suprised to find the most enchanting woman he has ever seen. Lillith Benton is a debutante trying to bring respectability back to her family name, after her mother had cleared the family name years before, so when Jack speaks to her at Almack's, she decides to give the rogue the cut direct, informing him his reputation is too scandalous for her to associate with. Jack is furious with the Ice Queen's treatment of him, and decides to make every effort to seduce her from that moment onward.
    As Jack befriends Lillith's brother, he uses their friendship to his advantage, constantly showing up and surprising Lillith at the most unexpected times One morning Jack drops by, looking for a missing glove, only to find Lillith stuck beneath the deceased form of her father's suitor for her, an elderly Duke.   Jack helps her remove the old Duke's body and saves her from scandal, only to find himself implicated in the old man's death due the old animosity between the Duke's family and his own.
    Meanwhile, Lillith begins to open up to Jack and finds of all the people in her life, he is the most trustworthy, but her scheming and bitter father decides to spike in their romance. As the two fight against the new Duke's machinations, they find themselves falling hopelessly in love, only the their path to happiness is riddled with treacherous schemes and plots that try to squash their love."

Angel Manners, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Stolen Kisses
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Plot
Time/era of story - Regency era
Action/suspense subplot? Yes
Action: - chased by authorities/family
If one lover chases another... - he chases after her
Matchbreaker Yes
Matchbreaker is - Dad

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - somewhat promiscuious
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - blissful - sensitive
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - bulging muscles

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - wealthy
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 - obedient - blissful
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
City? Yes
City: - London
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? - 90%
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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