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" Lord Drake Boscastle is man with it all; looks, charm and extreme wealth. Drake decides to visit a soiree before meeting for the first time with his new mistress, and while biding his time, he meets Eloise Goodwin, the companion to one of his gambling companion's sister. He sets out to charm her, finding her not beautiful, but witty as well. Drake knows he should not pursue Eloise, so he tries to resist temptation and sees her and her young charge safely home before meeting with his celebrated new mistress.
Eloise Goodwin is a woman with a secret past. Eloise was once engaged to married before she scandalized herself by humilating her fiance in public for cheating on her. Ostrasized by her family, she sought a position as a companion and has taken care of herself since her family kicked her out. She is on the brink of moving on to a new position, but first she must see her spoiled charge, Lady Thalia Thornton, married to her bethrothed first. Thalia, who is upset with alliance, throws Eloise in a panic when she disappears.
Eloise tries to locate Thalia's brother to help him find her, only he too has left town due to gambling debts. Desperate, she asks Drake's cousin, Gabriel, to help her locate Drake because he maybe the only one with the knowledge of finding Thalia. After locating Drake at the house of ill repute, he agrees to help her and asks her to become his mistress, throwing aside the his current mistress since Eloise and no other is the woman his body craves.
Eloise agrees to become Drake's mistress, and ends up falling in love with him. Drake, also has fallen for Eloise, but fights his feelings at every turn. But he cannot deny he wants her for his wife, but first they have the danger of her ex-fiance who wants revenge as well as Eloise's obligation to fulfill her duty to Thalia.
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Angel Manners, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- Regency era
If one lover chases another...
- he chases after her
Matchbreaker
Yes
Matchbreaker is
- jealous suitor/lover
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- somewhat promiscuious
How romantic is this person?
- sly seducer
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:
- servant
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
- confident
- 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
- dangerous
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)
Part of a series?
Yes
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing?
- 3-4 sex acts
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