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"At the age of 6, while the enemy is approaching her home, little Adair Radcliffe learns that her father is really the King of England and she is being sent to him with her nurse and wolfhound to be raised. She is told by her mother and stepfather, who raised her as his own, that by morning she would be the Countess of Stanton as all at stanton would be dead by then. She spends the next 10 years in the King's nursery being raised and treated not as his bastard daughter but with the same treatment as his legitimate children. But Adair has a lot of political savvy about her and when she learns the king has arranged a marriage she runs away to Stanton. The king has her married by proxy and sends her 14 year old husband to her. Within a year he is dead. She then marries the youngest son of a neighbor and is relatively happy. Together they restore Stanton to its former glory. This husband is killed in a border war. After he father, the King of England dies and his brother the next king dies in battle the new king, Henry of Tudor and his wife her half sister, summon her to court and strip her of her title and lands and send her away. She returns to Stanton only to be captured in a Scottish raid and sold to Conal Bruce, Laird of Cleit, as his servant. She serves him as his housekeeper and mistress until both realize that they are in love. Eventually they marry. They become involved in the overthrow of James III of Scotland. His son, James IV, takes the throne. James IV and his advisors are astonished at her knowledge of English politics and heed much of her advice. It is learned that a Scottish traitor is using Stanton as his hideout and she devises a plan to take it away from the traitor and totally destroy the property so the Stanton legacy and the Radcliffe name will not be dishonored.
This story is full of Adair's courageous actions and ability to survive in spite of all the horrendous things that happen to her and how in spite of it all she holds out for love in her 3rd marriage and how in the end her loss of Stanton is overshadowed by the love she and Conal have for each other."
plnorth, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- Distant past/middle ages
Action/suspense subplot?
Yes
Action:
- political intrigue
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person?
- not very romantic
Sex makes him
- confused
- more demanding
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- blissful
- a better lover
Sex has bad effect on him
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- a better lover
- 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
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- farm
Misc setting
- castle
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related?
- 40%
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 male nudity (the big P)
Focus of story
- Her
Consequences of sex
- pregnancy
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing?
- 5-9 sex acts
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