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Book Review By DeborahAnne MacGillivray
The Reluctant Reformer by Lynsay Sands

This is a story of a debt of honour and mistaken identities. Maggie's brother died at Waterloo saving James' life, so he feels a debt to protect the man
s sister, Maggie. His investigator has told him she has no money, yet she seems to be making ends meet. This puzzles him, until the investigator follows Maggie to a Bawdy house. There is a woman, of the nobility, who works there in mask, as Madam X. She is the toast of the males in London, and as James checks to confirm this, he finds Maggie in the house masked! Acting, he kidnaps her and tells her he is trying to protect her for her own good.

Maggie is at first scared of James, then puzzled since she knows her brother adored and respected him, and finally outraged when she finds out he thinks she is supporting herself as the mysterious Madam X.

It is so funny, warm and delightful. Lynsay gives you a gentle romp with her usual side-splitting situations, that always leaves you with a smile on your face


Plot & Themes
Time/era of story
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:
Sex makes him

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
Effect of sexing

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - nearly 100%
How explicit is the sex? - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex - Boob talk
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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