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Book Review By Angel Manners
One Night for Love by Mary Balogh

As Lord Newbury, the Earl of Kilbourne, awaits his bride to come down the aisle, his wedding is interrupted by his former wife, whom he thought had died two years before. Lily Doyle had married Major Lord Newbury in Portugal, after he promised her dying father, Sergeant Doyle, that he would marry her and give her the protection of his name. They had one perfect night of love before being attacked the next day, Lord Newbury (Neville) is rendered unconcious by a wound, but not before seeing Lily mortally wounded.
   Two years later, Lily finds Neville, and tells him her tragic tale of captivity by the French and Spanish, before making her escape back to England. Neville is shocked and feels horrible about the pain he has caused his long time fiance, Laurnen Edgeworth. Lily feels like an inadequate wife for Neville, due to her commoner origins, and feels as if he deserves the perfect Lauren. When a loophole make their marriage null and void, Lily takes it so she can Neville the freedom she feels he deserves.
    Neville does not want freedom, though, and begins to court Lily, who has decided to learn the art of being a Lady of the ton. Their renewed courtship is marred by someone who is trying to kill Lily.


Plot & Themes
Time/era of story
Searching/Rekindling love? Yes
Lost Lover:

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

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

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
City? Yes
City: - London
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion - castle

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
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 - rape/molest (yeech!)
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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