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[john_amend_all]

"Prompt me" posts (these remain open, no matter how old).

Various off-LJ/DW resources and adventures in JavaScript:

A spasmodically-updated masterlist of my Doctor Who fanfiction

• Pair off Doctors and companions at random
• As above, but in threesomes
• A Random Boxset Generator, based on the Doctor Who Random Pairing Generator.
• A version of the Random Pairing Generator that allows you to specify one of the characters.
• Random pairings with elements and gemstones.
• Unconventional Courtship random generator.
• 12 Characters Meme (shippy questions).
• 12 Characters Meme (plotty questions).
• cakefic random prompt generator.

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[john_amend_all]

Done! ("Ebony"???)

507) A Convenient Gentleman by Victoria Aldridge
Tom Bertram is determined to make a success out of his uncle's New Zealand business. But the bank won't lend the money Tom so desperately needs until he has a wife.
Tom discovers Lydia Bennet, the younger daughter of an aristocrat and the only eligible woman in town, collapsed in a local bar. She grudgingly agrees to a paper marriage - if she's paid a hefty fee. They marry, and Tom is left wondering what he's got himself into. But when the gambler turns lady his feelings begin to change...

Yep, that's Lydia all right.

508) The Runaway Heiress by Anne O'Brien
Miss Donna Noble effects a daring night-time escape - in the Countess of Aldeborough's carriage! With scandal imminent, marriage seems the only course of action. But reluctance turns to respect when River Song uncovers the brutal marks of her unhappy life, and suddenly she will do all in her power to protect her...

So how will River react when she finds those brutal marks on Donna's brain were Ten's fault?

509) The Widow's Bargain by Juliet Landon
When her Scottish home is invaded by a dangerous band of reivers, Lady Charlotte Lucas's first thought is to keep her young son safe. She is prepared to strike a bargain with the men's leader - her body for her child's life. Sir the Master is intrigued. He means no harm to the boy, but he can't help but be drawn to her offer...

Yes, I'm sure it's the reasonable course of action, Charlotte, but you'll end up with a CGI snake down your throat.

[thisbluespirit]

Ebony was obviously a popular choice in 14th C Scotland. (I think I stopped worrying about Scottish names when someone called their heroine Gwyneth.)

And, lol, thanks! I thought they were quite a fun bunch summaries, but you can never quite tell until they've been fed into the randomiser.

And, oh dear, Blackadder/Anne Elliott. captain Wentworth needs to get back to shore right now... ;-)

[john_amend_all]

I think you said you'd been reading the books. Do they live up to the summaries? :-)

[thisbluespirit]

Well, some of them are just snaffled from the back (although, meanly, the newer ones don't have extra summaries). I've just been reading some of the Regency ones, and the occasional odd one where they drew them in Regency costume, but in fact, it was set in New Zealand in the 1860s.

They mostly don't live up to the summaries. Some of them are decent, though and have even heard of historical accuracy and things. I am just reading them for the comedy of manners, when mostly they are being romantic fantasies and I just have to snatch at the bits where we meet. But I can read them without getting a headache in two pages, so what can I do? I'm hoping if I read enough and reading gets easier and less stressful I can move onto things I actually want to read, but anyway...

[john_amend_all]

Hope the reading gets easier for you (and that next week's weather isn't too oppressive for you; it's very muggy here atm).

I'm wondering what it must be like to be a clergyman in the world where all these stories are set.

"Just so I'm prepared, Miss Yvonne, are you inclined to fainting fits? Are there any questions you would like me to answer about the duties of the wife in marriage? And are you, in fact, the young lady the groom is expecting to marry?"

[thisbluespirit]

If the vicars did that, it would spoil all the plots! ;-)

[thisbluespirit]

Oh, and I realised, there was actually one more summary:

THE MAJOR'S WIFE
by Lauri Robinson

Major Seth Parker knows his wife, and the woman standing before him isn't her. The manipulative vixen who tricked his hand in marriage could never possess such innocence - nor get his heart racing like this!

Millie St Clair has travelled halfway across the country to pull off one of the greatest deceptions ever. But with everything at stake it soon becomes clear that the hardest part might be walking away from the Major when it's all over.

[john_amend_all]

Done!

515) The Major's Wife by Lauri Robinson
Major Kathryn Janeway knows her husband, and the man standing before her isn't him. The manipulative fox who tricked her hand in marriage could never possess such innocence - nor get her heart racing like this!
the Twelfth Doctor has travelled halfway across the country to pull off one of the greatest deceptions ever. But with everything at stake it soon becomes clear that the hardest part might be walking away from the Major when it's all over.