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"Merin Pendragon is a descendent of the legendary King Arthur thru his illegimate son protected by Merlin. He has a wife and 2 conubines all of whom he loves. These relationships have given him his heir and 3 daughters. Time has come to arrange marriages for his daughters.
Averil is his eldest daugher and illegitimate.Her mother is Merin's favorite. She wants to marry a powerful lord. One day while walking with her sisters Rhys FitHugh and a friend sees her and mistakenly believes her to be Merin's only daugher and kidnaps her. Even though he has taken a daughter that comes with no land in her dowry he does the honorable thing and marries her. Now he has to convince her that he loves her.
Maia, the only legitimate daughter, is visited by a man in her dreams and falls in love with him. He appears faceless but she knows that he will come for her and she will know him on sight. When he arrives she marrys him and is taken to his home. She learns there that he is part fairy part human and only an undying love will allow him to become completely human. She must prove her love and worthyness to the Lady of the Lake, his fairy mother, and wife to Lancelot of the Round Table. While her husband is 25 years old, he has been 25 for several centuries. This is no small task. It takes her several weeks to prove her love and free her husband.
Junia falls in love with Simon, son of Merin's sworn enemy and a cruel man. She and Simon do not learn of the mutual hatred of their families until they declare their love to their families. Simon's father follows him the day Simon goes to Junia to sever their hopeless relationship and kidnaps Junia and her brother and forces Simon to rape Junia in front of his soldiers and her brother. He then take Junia back to his castle to be Simon's whore. Merin must rescue his son and daugher. He knows he must kill his enemy and because Simon did not protect Junia from the kidnapping and rape he must also kill Simon. Will Junia ever forgive him and will she ever consent to a second marriage? "
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
Captor, in love with
Yes
If one lover chases another...
- he chases after her
Fantasy/Magic
Yes
Fantasy/Magical Lover
Yes
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
Age/status:
- 40's-50's
How sexual is this person?
- somewhat promiscuious
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- a teen
Profession/status:
- unemployed
How sexual is this person?
- naive virgin
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Misc setting
- castle
Style
Person
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related?
- 80%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- licking
- actual description of sex
- descript. of female anatomy (the big B's)
- descript. of male nudity (the big P)
- rape/molest (yeech!)
Focus of story
- many multiple characters
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing?
- 10 or more (that's a lot!)
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