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Book Review By L. Watson
Dearly Beloved by Mary Jo Putney

Beautiful Diana Lindsay was the newest most sought after courtesan in Regency London. When Diana meets handsome brooding Gervase, Viscount St. Aubyn, she knows he is the only man she would consider as her protector. Gervase does not recognize her and she has a score to settle with him.

Diana is like no other mistress Gervase had ever known and he feels possessive enough to intrude on her private life, getting to know her young son. But Gervase cannot offer Diana marriage. He has a wife, Mary Hamilton, who he abandoned after their wedding night. He does not know that his wife's full name is Mary Diana Lindsay Hamilton.


Plot & Themes
Time/era of story
Hidden Identity/Secret Motive Yes
Is really... - the father of the child

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

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related? - 80%
How explicit is the sex? - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - actual description of sex
Focus of story - equally on him and her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 3-4 sex acts
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