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"Teenaged Marianna Sanders is left alone to care for her younger brother after her mother is savagely raped & murdered. She is the lone survivor to carry the secret knowledge of the Jedalar, a stained glass masterpiece. When Jordan Draken discovers Marianna & her brother hiding in an abandoned village, he soon discovers that she is the key he has been searching for. He takes them with him, sure in his mind he can eventually get her to tell him what he needs to know. He pretends he is her guardian, & so it goes for a few years, as he restrains himself from his natural inclinations. By the time their relationship changes, they are in love...but how will they resolve the issue of the Jedalar without losing that love?"
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
Seduction/coercion/force
Yes
How seduced/forced?
- threat of harm to loved one
Hidden Identity/Secret Motive
Yes
Is really...
- after his/her money
Children/Pregnancy
Yes
Who seduces whom?
- man seducing woman
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- wealthy
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- somewhat promiscuious
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- confident
- less bitchy/arrogant
- sensitive
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- a teen
Profession/status:
- artist
How sexual is this person?
- naive virgin
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- confident
- a better lover
- less bitchy/arrogant
- blissful
- mature
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
- Eastern Europe
Misc setting
- castle
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related?
- 70%
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 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
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