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Red Roses Mean Love
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Plot Summary of Red Roses Mean Love
"When struck down by a highwayman, a young Lord is taken in by a penniless nurse caring for her young siblings. Lying and posing as a schoolmaster, the young lord begins to fall madly in love with Hayley and her entire family. It's only when the truth comes out and death threatens him again that the young lord must realize what he's meant to do in life, and who he's meant to be with."
Meredith Griffin, Resident Scholar

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Plot
Action/suspense subplot? Yes
Action: - chased by authorities/family - chased by/chasing kidnapper/killer
Hidden Identity/Secret Motive Yes
Is really... - rich/upper class
Caretaker, in love with Yes
Falling in love with - Nurse
Children/Pregnancy Yes

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? - very romantic
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - blissful - mature
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - very athletic

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

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
What % of story is romance related? - nearly 100%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - impregnation/reproduction - actual description of sex - descript. of female anatomy (the big B's)
Focus of story - Him
Consequences of sex - pregnancy
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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