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Plot Summary of The Runaway Heiress
"Dina Moore thought she would marry her fiancé at Gretna Green and gain her inheritance through that marriage. But at the very last minute, she found out that her fiancé was in league with her brother, who wanted her inheritance to settle his gambling debts. Unfortunately, she needed to wed before her twenty-fith birthday or her inheritance went to her brother for her wellbeing. Her birthday was in a few days.

Desperate and out of ideas, Dina went to Gretna Green on her own to think of a plan. At the Gretna Hall Hotel, she learned of a woman who was being duped by a fortune hunter. She warned her off and propositioned the man herself thinking that if she allowed him a sum of her inheritance through their marriage, he would leave her be. Unfortunately, his former fiancé's brother Grant Turpin, had come to his sisters rescue and scared the man off.

Now even more desperate then before, Dina had just about given up all hope in the matter when the handsome man offered her anything he could give as payment for saving his sister.

He just didn't expect to marry her. Honorably, he could not refuse.

Now as they earn to live together, they have another problem that neither realized before. Dina's brother was still a fortune hunter.
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M. Andrews, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of The Runaway Heiress
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Plot
Time/era of story - 17th century
Marriage/Married Yes
Marriage subplot: - marriage of convenience spurring real love
If one lover chases another... - they alternate

Main Male Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
Sex makes him - confused - scared
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - blissful - sensitive
Sex has bad effect on him Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - homemaker
How sexual is this person? - naive virgin
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - confident - a better lover - 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
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
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? - 3-4 sex acts
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