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"After the death of her father Humphrey, Lady Clare is desperate to protect her family's legacy, the Isle of Desire. The Isle of Desire produces perfume which they export for profit. Since the death of her father brigands have seized Lady Clare's perfume shipments and interfered with her thriving business. After being kidnapped by her neighbor Nicholas of Seaborn in the hopes that she would be compromised and forced to marry him, Lady Clare acquiesces to marry a man of the king's choosing. Marriage would provide Lady Clare and her island with protection. Lady Clare knows that she has to marry and she makes a list of characteristics that her husband must possess. When Sir Gareth of Wyckemere shows up, Lady Clare is shocked at the sight of her prospective husband. Sir Gareth, the bastard son of Thurston of Landry, is one of the fiercest knights in all of England. More than anything, Gareth wants to possess his own land, a place to call his own. Treated as a castoff son his entire life and ineligible to inherit his father's estate, Gareth seizes the opportunity to marry a wealthy woman in need of protection. By marrying Lady Clare he will achieve his goals. As Lady Clare and Gareth settle into married life, Gareth attempts to settle down his wife while Lady Clare sets about to change Gareth into the man she wishes him to be. As the two begin to fall in love neither of them is aware of a dangerous enemy waiting to rise up against them."
Sandra Calhoune, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of story
- Distant past/middle ages
Struggling with whom?
- Dad
If one lover chases another...
- he chases after her
Matchmake, (will/family)
Yes
Matchmaker...
- matchmake by parent(s)
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- warrior/knight
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- confident
- a better lover
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- bulging muscles
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
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
- castle
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related?
- nearly 100%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- 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
How much sexing?
- 3-4 sex acts
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