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"Russian Prince Dimitri is in Victorian London when he sees a feisty maid on the streets. He gets his servants to capture her and bring her to his rooms for the night expecting she will happily fall into his bed like every other woman he has ever known. But Lady Katherine St. John refuses to cooperate. She was disguised as a maid because she was trying to follow her sister. Dimitri's servants never disappoint their master, so they give her a Spanish fly. The aphrodisiac soon has her begging Dimitri to give her relief. Dimitri enthusiastically pleasures Katherine throughout the night and can't understand why she is furious with him the next day. Dimitri refuses to believe her claims to be a lady from an influential family. But just to avoid trouble while the Tsar is in England, he keeps Katherine captive and sails back to Russia with her.
Dimitri continually tries to seduce Katherine and stubbornly refuses to believe she is the lady she claims to be. Katherine just as stubbornly fights him although she is just as attracted to him as he is to her. Fiery tempers, stubborn pride and passion flare between the hero and heroine and things only get worse when Dimitri realizes his mistake."
L. Watson, Resident Scholar
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"Katherine St. John was just trying to save her sister from eloping. She had no idea that dressing like a servant to follow her sister, would get her kidnapped at the whims of a Russian Prince. Being a daughter of an Earl, Katherine told the servants that she would not stay and sleep with the Prince and demanded her release immediately. What she didn't count on, was being given a drug to persuade her otherwise.
After a night with Prince Dimitri Alexandrov, Katherine once again demanded he let her go. She also told him that he would be sorry for what he'd done. With Tzar Alexander arriving in England soon, he couldn't take the chance of letting her get her promised revenge.
So, to him, the only logical solution was to kidnap her again. This time taking her to Russia with him.
Even though Katherine insists on her elevated status, Dimitri finds that he cannot believe what the girl says about her nobility. He refuses to see her as anything but a servant. As his affection grows for his captured ‘servant', he knows that they could never marry because of her status. "
M. Andrews, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Secret Fire |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- 19th century
Seduction/coercion/force
Yes
How seduced/forced?
- love potion (non-magical)
Captor, in love with
Yes
If one lover chases another...
- he chases after her
Who seduces whom?
- man seducing woman
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- "zip'm down, zip'm up. Next!"
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
- sly seducer
Sex makes him
- more bitchy/arrogant
- more demanding
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- confident
- blissful
- sensitive
Sex has bad effect on him
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
How sexual is this person?
- naive virgin
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
effect of sexing
- confused
- childish
- wild
- more bitchy/arrogant
- demanding
- angry
- unhappy for sexing the guy
- scared
Sex has bad effect on her
Yes
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- confident
- a better lover
- blissful
- mature
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Russia
Water?
Yes
Misc setting
- Fancy Mansion
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
What % of story is romance related?
- 80%
- 90%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- licking
- impregnation/reproduction
- actual description of sex
- descript. of female anatomy (the big B's)
- descript. of female anatomy (the big V)
- descript. of male nudity (the big P)
- rape/molest (yeech!)
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
- 5-9 sex acts
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