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Plot Summary of The Doctor's Wife
"How could she say yes? People like Ellie Parrish did not get proposals of marriage from someone like Dr. Caleb Chaney. Even if his offer was the answer to her prayers, a man as decent and kind as Caleb didn't deserve a woman whose past was a lie.
Caleb Chaney could see that Ellie Parrish was a woman with a troubled soul. But he could also see a woman with a heart big enough to love his infant son as though she were his mother, and big enough to teach Caleb himself how to love again."

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Plot
Time/era of story - 19th century
Abusive: - the services of a doctor are needed
Difficult/unusual lover? Yes
Making a living subplot Yes
Making a living: - struggle to escape poverty
Who: - brother
Children/Pregnancy Yes
Family focus? Yes
Family, hating Yes
Family, loving Yes
Abusive lover? Yes

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - doctor
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - a better lover
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - confident
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Midwest
Prairie Yes
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related? - nearly 100%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - impregnation/reproduction - actual description of sex
Focus of story - equally on him and her
Consequences of sex - pregnancy
How much dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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