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"Thomas Thursday Walker is a half breed orphan. Raised in a orphanage all his life, at 17 he left and joined the Rough Riders in their war in Cuba. While there he met and befriended wealthy easterners. They taught him how to behave in public as a gentleman and he yearns to be wealthy like his friends. After the war he roams and takes odd jobs and finds himself in Oklahoma Territory close to where he grew up. He attends a picnic and there meets and begins seducing the daughter of an oil baron. He also takes a job on one of the oil rigs owned by her father.
Princess Calhoun is a 24 year old spinster with the ability to direct all around her. She is a kind hearted woman who wants to fall in love. She knows that someday she will meet the man who will be hers and know it at the moment she meets him. Unfortunately she is not a classical beauty. Her beauty is within. At a picnic she and her father hold every year for the community she sees such a man. The man she meets is Gerald Tarkington Crane( Tom Walker). He tells her he is from a wealthy family in New Jersey.
Tom seduces and marries Princess. Now he has to keep his real identity from her. He is surprised to find that he has fallen in love with her. He makes up his mind to tell her of his deception and just as he is beginning to make his confession there is an explosion at the oil rig. Unable to stay away when his friends are in danger he goes to the oil field and his deception is uncovered. He does become the hero of the day however.
Will Princess forgive him? If she does will she ever be able to ever trust him again? Would she have loved him had she known he was an orphan from the beginning? These are the questions answered as you read this delightful romantic story."
plnorth, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- 1900-1920's
Hidden Identity/Secret Motive
Yes
Is really...
- poor/lower class
If one lover chases another...
- they alternate
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- laborer/blue collar
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person?
- sly seducer
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- a better lover
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- wealthy
How sexual is this person?
- naive virgin
How romantic is this person?
- very 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
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Style
Person
- rotating 1st
What % of story is romance related?
- 50%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- licking
- actual description of sex
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing?
- 3-4 sex acts
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