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Book Review By Angel Manners
A Loving Scoundrel by Johanna Lindsey

In this latest edition of the Malory series, Johanna Lindsey tells the story of Jeremy Malory, the bastard first son of James Malory as previously seen in A Gentle Rogue.
    Jeremy has grown up and is establishing a new townhouse in London. Jeremy is looking for a good thief to steal back the family jewels his friend Percy has lost in an unfair gambling match. Enter Danny, the girl disguised as a boy thief who his recruited to do the job. Danny is an orphan who was found in the slums of London as a child with amnesia.
    Danny is kicked out of her thieves gang for helping Jeremy, so she finds him and blackmails him into the respectable job she desires as maid in his new residence. From this point, Jeremy and Danny help each other out with scheming females and her unknown past.


Plot & Themes
Time/era of story
Forbidden/mismatched love? Yes
How mismatched?

Main Male Character
Profession/status:
Age/status: - 40's-50's
Sex makes him

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

Setting
Europe Yes
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion - sewers/subways

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
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
Focus of story - equally on him and her
How much dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
How much sexing? - 3-4 sex acts
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