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"After facing death head on, Lucian: the Earl of Wycliff, decides to marry in order to beget an heir. When he comes upon Brynn swimming in the ocean, he decides to marry her. Brynn, however, is reluctant to marry anyone due to a centuries-old curse that says the women in their family will be cursed with beauty and the men they fall in love with will die. The two must try to overcome their personal demons in order to find love with one another."
Jen Jen, Resident Scholar
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"In this continuation of the "Notorious" series, the Earl of Wycliff, Lucien Tremayne decides it is time he marry & produce an heir when he meets Brynn Caldwell on a Cornish beach. She is convinced his attraction to her is because of an old Gypsy curse that makes women in her family irresistible to men...and then leads to the mans death. She agrees to marry him in order to help her impoverished family but is determined to not fall in love with him. When he begins catching her in lies, he begins to think she may be involved in some kind of treason, along with her brother. "
Kim Mills, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- 19th century
Difficult/unusual lover?
Yes
How difficult?
- wild lover
- very shy/inexperienced
Marriage/Married
Yes
Marriage subplot:
- married off against wishes
- marriage of convenience spurring real love
If one lover chases another...
- he chases after her
Children/Pregnancy
Yes
Fantasy/Magic
Yes
Love potion/spell
Yes
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- spy
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- over 1,000,000 served
How romantic is this person?
- sly seducer
Sex makes him
- confused
- more demanding
- indifferent
- wild
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- less bitchy/arrogant
- blissful
- mature
- sensitive
Sex has bad effect on him
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- unemployed
How sexual is this person?
- naive virgin
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
effect of sexing
- confused
- scared
Sex has bad effect on her
Yes
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- confident
- a better lover
- blissful
- mature
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Misc setting
- Fancy Mansion
- castle
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
- moderately detailed references to deaths
What % of story is romance related?
- 90%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- licking
- use of artificial tools
- 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)
Part of a series?
Yes
Focus of story
- Her
- equally on him and her
Consequences of sex
- pregnancy
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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