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Book Review By Angel Manners
The Barefoot Princess by Christina Dodd

    Amy Rosabel is an exiled princess of a small european country, she is secretly living in a small village on the coast of England with an old woman, Miss Victorine, who saved her life two years before. The villagers are all plagued by poverty due to a ruthless landlord, the Marquess of Northcliff, who collects their rents and otherwise ignores their existance. Desperate for a solution, Amy plots to kidnap the Marquess and collect a ransom for which she can distribute among the villagers and escape with Miss Victorine.
    Jermyn Edmondson, the Marquess of Northcliff, is a man is who is bored with life, his Uncle manages his estates and all the women in London no longer interest him. Jermyn, who has returned to his country estate to recuperate from a carriage accident, is surprised when a servant serves him tea and he wakes up in an unknown cellar. When Amy and Miss Victorine explain the circumstances of his kidnapping, he is deeply angered and vows revenge, even though he burns to seduce Amy.
    The situation shifts when Jermyn's Uncle refuses to pay the ransom and Jermyn, who has managed to free himself, sticks around anyway. He discovers that his Uncle has been trying to plot his demise, so he makes a plan to see that his Uncle is brought to justice, but first he must convince Amy, whom he has grown to love, to be his wife. As the two wed, Amy is found by an emissary from her country, but she refuses to return, especially since her and Jermyn's love has created the future heir of Northcliff.


Plot & Themes
Time/era of story
Action/suspense subplot? Yes
Action:
Hidden Identity/Secret Motive Yes
Is really... - rich/upper class
Captor, in love with Yes
If one lover chases another... - he chases after her

Main Male Character
Profession/status:
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Sex makes him

Main Female Character
Age/status: - a teen
Profession/status:
Effect of sexing
Unusual characteristics:

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
Mountains/Cliffs Yes
Mountains: - falling off
Misc setting - castle

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
What % of story is romance related? - 90%
How explicit is the sex? - vague references only - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - actual description of sex - Boob talk - Vagia talk - Weiner talk
Focus of story - equally on him and her
How much dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
How much sexing? - 1-2 sex acts
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