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" Serenity James is the spinster daughter of a Savannah newspaperman. She is a journalist at heart, so when she hears the story of the "Sea Wolf" she immediately creates a made up story romanticing him and has it printed in the paper. Serenity does not realize that the Sea Wolf is a real man who believes that the reporter S.S. James is compromising ia secret identity.
Morgan Drake, aka Sea Wolf, is a man who was wronged by the British army, so he has made his life's goal to attack British ships and relieve them of not only their booty, but also the all the sailors who have been impressed to work on the ships. Morgan's work makes him into a legendary hero, but he must keep his secrets if is to continue, so he travels to Savannah to confront the reporter who is writing stories about him.
When Morgan dicovers it is Serenity writing the stories and she has no idea who he is, he decides to leave her alone, but fate step in when one of his friends, Jake, discovers that Serenity is being tracked by a pirate hunter who would see Captain Drake dead. Jake decides to save Serenity's life by kidnapping her and holding her captive on Drake's ship until the pirate hunter is taken care of, but neither of them know how to deal with the passion they feel for one another.
As they fight their attraction towards one another, they discover a great friendship for one another that turns to love, but the couple is so mismatched, they do not think a relationship between them would ever work. They must fight their own emotional misgivings and misunderstandings if they can ever turn their great love into a great marriage."
Angel Manners, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- American "colonial" era
Forbidden/mismatched love?
Yes
How mismatched?
- one crude, the other cultured.
Action/suspense subplot?
Yes
Action:
- pirate attack!
If one lover chases another...
- they alternate
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- pirate
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- somewhat promiscuious
How romantic is this person?
- not very romantic
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- blissful
- sensitive
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
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:
- journalist
How sexual is this person?
- naive virgin
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
effect of sexing
- guilty
Sex has bad effect on her
Yes
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- blissful
- mature
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
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
Water?
Yes
Water:
- warship
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
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
Consequences of sex
- pregnancy
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing?
- 1-2 sex acts
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