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Plot Summary of A Notorious Love
"Helena Laverick is at her wits end and the only man who can help find her eloping young sister is Daniel Brennan, a man who played with her emotions last year and then left. Soon, Helena is forced to go after her sister with Daniel, but finds herself beginning to warm to the man instead. Daniel finds most of the prim and proper lovely's rules ridiculous — but when she insists on masquerading as his wife for the sake of appearances, he immediately envisions the delights of sharing a bedchamber. The unexpected smoldering beneath her straitlaced exterior ignites his desire, and die vulnerability hidden beneath her cool control makes him want her even more. Yet Helena's a lady, and he's the son of a highwayman. How can he ever ask her to share his world?
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Meredith Griffin, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of A Notorious Love
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Plot
Time/era of story - Regency era
Forbidden/mismatched love? Yes
How mismatched? - poor loving rich - loving criminal
Marriage/Married Yes
Marriage subplot: - marriage of convenience spurring real love
If one lover chases another... - he chases after her

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - accused criminal
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Eccentric/mental: Yes
Eccentric: - eccentric
How sexual is this person? - several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
Sex makes him - more bitchy/arrogant - guilty
Sex has bad effect on him Yes
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - healthy but a geeky weakling

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
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - a better lover - less bitchy/arrogant
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - physically sick

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
City? Yes
City: - London - dirty, dangerous (like New York)
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion

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: - touching of anatomy - impregnation/reproduction
Part of a series? Yes
Focus of story - equally on him and her
Consequences of sex - pregnancy
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 3-4 sex acts
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