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Zebra, Mar 2002, 5.99, 352 pp.
ISBN: 0821771116
After playing the sucker and being jilted at the altar, Ryan Forrester decides no more hedonism and especially no more women. He becomes active in the family department store business. He proposes to his father and the other board members a way to save the midsize stores being squeezed out by superstores. His suggestion is to forge partnerships with local merchants. That is why Ryan is in Saguaro Vista, Arizona testing his idea.
April Finnegan worries about money as her rent just doubled with her roommate's marriage and she has lost her catering business job unless she finds new accounts. April realizes that Mr. Moneybags, as she has labeled Ryan, is a rival competing with her efforts to partner with Charlie's Pizzeria Funhouse and other accounts. April bets Ryan he would fall on his face without his family cash. Unable to resist Ryan accepts the wager. As she and Ryan compete for the same business, they fall in love, but he was recently jilted and she has little trust in men.
Lisa Plumley provides readers with an amusing contemporary romantic romp. The story line never takes itself seriously as the lead couple battles one another and their growing feelings for the other while the support cast provides the ambiance of small town southwest living. Readers will fall for the humorous FALLING FOR APRIL.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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"As a Finnegan, April has had to spend most of her life proving that she's not as worthless as the rest of her fun-loving family. Right now, the includes securing sponsorships for the bakery she works at from all of the businesses in town. Then Ryan Forrester rolls into town in his shiny little roadster and tramples her plans. Ryan is trying to prove to his own family that he can work. Ryan has spent most of his life defining himself by the family money and contributing very little. He comes to Saguaro Vista to try out his new plan--and that means winning over all of the businesses in the town. He and April cross paths almost immediately...and begin to wonder how important this one little competition really is in comparison to how they feel about one another."
Sarrah, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- Present (2000-2010)
Inner struggle subplot
Yes
Struggle with...
- angst over past traitorous lover
If one lover chases another...
- he chases after her
Lovers are competitors
Yes
competing in
- business arena
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
- somewhat promiscuious
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
- somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- confident
- blissful
- mature
- sensitive
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- bulging muscles
- average physique
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- small businessman
- chef/cook
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
- a few sexual encounters
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
effect of sexing
- scared
Sex has bad effect on her
Yes
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- blissful
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
- California
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
What % of story is romance related?
- 60%
- 80%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- licking
- actual description of sex
- descript. of male nudity (the big P)
Focus of story
- Her
- equally on him and her
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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