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Oath of Seduction: Seducing Sharon
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Plot Summary of Oath of Seduction: Seducing Sharon
" Although all Earth females were encouraged to register, to become part of a pool of potential mates for the Shimerian (alien) males, not all did. Once an Earth female reached the age of 30 or married an Earth male, she was removed from the register. Really only 1 in 20,000 Earth females was called upon to take the oath to marry an alien, and Sharon, at 29, thought that she was safe.

She spent her days in a boring routine, shelving books and puttering about her day to day life. So when Liken da'Kamon, a Shimerian enforcer or warrior cop, called her to fulfill her Oath to marry an alien, Sharon was stunned. Here was 6'7" of pure walking, talking sex and Sharon wasn't that experienced. But she knew that she had to take the Oath and at least try to make it work out with Liken, as penalties were steep for backing out. When faced with her three choices of courtship, Seduction, Challenge, or Capture, Sharon chose Seduction and was whisked off to Shimeria....

Liken would now have three weeks to persuade Sharon to love him. The Courtship Rules of Seduction stated that every intimacy Sharon allowed, Liken could use/do at any time, anywhere. The first day allowed kisses and whatever else the Earth woman allowed, the second day allowed full body contact through clothing, the third day allowed Liken to completely merge with Sharon - both physically and mentally.

Liken easily overwhelmed Sharon sexually and he forced her to face her fears of losing control. She was starting to adjust to Liken, but then he merged completely with her and she learned that he would always be in her mind. While still reeling from that sudden lack of privacy, Sharon learns that she still has the traditional Shimerian linking ceremony to look forward to where Tair, Liken's brother, will link/merge with her at the height of her orgasm. The more Sharon learns about Shimerian society, the more she is certain that she doesn't belong there, but Liken isn't about to let her go....

This was a great novel to kick off the series and Marly Chance does a fine job of setting up the world of Shimeria and explaining how Earth and Shimeria set up the contract between their worlds. Liken was a very sexy, alpha male who had some learning and growing to do while he was trying to persuade Sharon to stay, which kept him human instead of being too perfect. Sharon was a little wimpy at the beginning, but she quickly progressed and grew to love Liken. The sex scenes were extremely hot, too!

I would have enjoyed learning more about the Shimerian culture and more about Liken's job as an enforcer, but it was still enjoyable. Marly Chance also spent quite a bit of time explaining why women were linked to two men and all of the dangers and everything, but there was no danger anywhere, not even a hint, so I felt that the explanation was a little weak. Still, Marly Chance is a very good writer with a smooth writing style, well-developed characters, hot sex scenes and creative world building. I look forward to reading more from her in the future! (This book is available in ebook format, not just burned onto a CD-rom.)"

Debbie, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Oath of Seduction: Seducing Sharon
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Composition of Book
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 60%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%




Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Romance Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Human/magical couple? Yes
Type of couple: - She's a human, he's an alien

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - librarian
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - society

Setting
Earth setting: - current (early 21st century)
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a contemporary society - inhabited by friendly aliens
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - descript of touching personal anatomy - licking - actual description of sex - description of breasts - descript. of private male anat. - descript. of non-breast female anat.
Is this an e-book? Yes
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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