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"James Montgomery has inherited his father's meager, run-down estate, his debts, and the care of his mother and two sisters. With no other ideas to solve the problem of providing for his family, he decides to take employment: He will escort the unthinkably rich Maidenhall heiress to her future husband. Jamie is (not surprisingly) a very handsome guy, and together with his sisters decides that the only way to get out of their dilemma is to elope with the heiress in the hope of getting access to her riches...But Axia, the wild heiress, has no mind for her arranged marriage. Having never experienced it, she is determined to have a taste of freedom on her trip across England to her future husband. She offers her poor but beautiful (and mean and vain) cousin Frances the chance to be heiress for 2 weeks - they will trade places for the duration of the trip, to give Axia some fun before her marriage.
So when Jamie arrives to escort the heiress, he not only mistakes Frances for the heiress, but unfortunately tries to enlist the seemingly poor Axia to help win her over - he basically tells her about his fortune-hunting plans. The two get off on a very bad start, but after an accidental sexual encounter Axia starts to think better of him, whilst Jamie starts to look twice at Frances's 'poor', feisty cousin - all whilst Frances is scheming to trick Jamie into a marriage with a girl whom he thinks is the heiress."
, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- 17th century
Hidden Identity/Secret Motive
Yes
Is really...
- twin or lookalike
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?
- somewhat promiscuious
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
- somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- a teen
- 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
Sex has bad effect on her
Yes
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- blissful
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Forest
Yes
Misc setting
- Fancy Mansion
- resort/hotel
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related?
- 60%
- 90%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- actual description of sex
- descript. of female anatomy (the big B's)
- descript. of male nudity (the big P)
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
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