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Plot Summary of Never Call It Loving
"Working undercover for Charles II, handsome Cameron Buchanan is captured, tortured by a woman and left disfigured and crippled. As a reward for his services the King marries him off to rich heiress Marisa Fitzgerald who tries to break through his self imposed isolation and frigidity.

Meanwhile his best friend Jamie tries to do the same service for Marisa's widowed cousin who has been left emotionally scarred by a sexually abusive husband.

And, finally, the woman who tortured Cam is still seeking to destroy him."

Inger, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Never Call It Loving
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Plot
Time/era of story - 17th century
Difficult/unusual lover? Yes
How difficult? - disabled/ugly
Action/suspense subplot? Yes
Action: - chased by/chasing kidnapper/killer

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - spy
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - somewhat promiscuious
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
Sex makes him - unhappy with the sex - guilty
Sex has bad effect on him Yes
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Physique - physically sick

Main Female Character
Age/status: - a teen
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
effect of sexing - confused - demanding
Sex has bad effect on her Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Physique - average physique

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to torture
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) - whips, chains, and leather products used
Focus of story - equally on two couples
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 3-4 sex acts
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