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Plot Summary of Tempting Juliana
"    Juliana Chase loves to fix people's lives, she especially loves to play matchmaker. As Juliana takes on the task of making baby clothes for an orphange and helping a neighbor child with an attachment to a snake, she decides to also help her friend, Amanda, find someone to compromise her so she does not have to marry a much older, unsuitable man. While she has taken on all these tasks, she is also looking for a husband, a man with limited interests so he can pay attention to her, unlike her father who never paid attention to their mother.
   Dr. James Trevor, Earl of Stafford, is man who found love, married, and was widowed. He does feel the need to ever find another wife, even to carry on the family name. When he meets his friend, Griffin Chase, at a ball, he is introduced to the man's sister, Juliana. James is immediatedly attracted to her, but only as a physical diversion. Juliana is also attracted to James, but since he is a physician, she feels he would not have time for a wife, so she decides to match him with her friend, Amanda.
   As Juliana works to match James and Amanda, she finds herself spending more time with James and she begins to fall in love with him, but she fears that he will never get over his dead wife. James follows along with Juliana's attempts to match him with her friend, so he can seduce her, but instead he finds that he can love again, and Juliana is the woman for him. As they both realize their love for one another, they are afraid to expose their feelings. They must risk their pride and put their feelings out into the open before they can pave the path of love and marriage."
Angel Manners, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Time/era of story - Regency era
Inner struggle subplot Yes
Struggle with... - angst over dead lover
If one lover chases another... - he chases after her

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? - somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - blissful - sensitive
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
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? - somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - obedient - blissful
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

Setting
City? Yes
City: - London
Misc setting - castle

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - nearly 100%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - licking - actual description of sex - descript. of female anatomy (the big B's) - descript. of female anatomy (the big V)
Part of a series? Yes
Focus of story - equally on him and her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 1-2 sex acts
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