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Avon, Aug 2003, 7.50, 384 pp.
ISBN: 0060513640
Carlotta “Hertforshire Hellion” Fairleigh has earned her reputation with only her family prestige keeping her from being banned from polite society. However, in 1825 Lottie returns to London to make her latest previously delayed debut, vowing to behave. However, being Lottie she cannot resist sneaking into the home of Hayden “Murderous Marquess” St. Clair, infamous for killing his best friend in a duel over his wife's honor and not long afterward, his spouse vanished.
Hayden vowed to never marry again, but Lottie has compromised herself. Honor refuses to allow him to ignore this situation so he reluctantly marries her. The newlyweds journey to his remote Cornwell home in Cornwell where the apparent ghost of his first wife haunts the halls. However, it is the ugly recollections of his first marriage that prevent Hayden from falling in love with Lottie as she has done with him.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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"On the night of her 3rd attempt at coming out Carlotta Fairleigh climbs out of her bedroom window to sneak a peek at the murdering marquess, Hayden St.Clair only to find herself alone with him in his rented townhouse with her reputation ruined.Seeking to stop a duel between Hayden and her brother-in-law Sterling she convinces Hayden to marry her. They are married by special license and immediately set off for Cornwall and his estate.
Hayden has been tried and convicted by society for the death of his first wife and has sworn never to remarry and has shunned society for over 4 years. He has done this to protect his daughter Allegra. He also never wants to be in love again as he has never forgiven himself for the death of his first wife. He finds himself drawn to Lotti and marries her to avoid scandal from her being found in his arms in his home and because he needs a governess for his 10 year old daughter. He plans for the marriage to be in name only.
Lotti is also attracted to him and hopes that someday he will love her as much as he loves his first wife and to that end sets out to make him fall in love with her. The journey finds her trying to befriend an angry little girl and fighting a ghost who not leave her husband in peace. She takes refuge in her writing and writes a novel about her experiences and the truth as she knows it about the death of her husband's first wife. "
plnorth, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- Regency era
Marriage/Married
Yes
Marriage subplot:
- marriage of convenience spurring real love
Matchmake, (will/family)
Yes
Matchmaker...
- matchmake by ghost
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- as romantic as a root canal
- very romantic
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- sensitive
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
- 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
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Misc setting
- Fancy Mansion
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
What % of story is romance related?
- 50%
- 60%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- actual description of sex
Part of a series?
Yes
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
How much dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing?
- 1-2 sex acts
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