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Plot Summary of First Impressions
"Her reclusive neighbor interested Shane Abbott almost immediately, so she began visiting him, despite the fact that Vance Banning obviously didn't want company. But he warms to her. Then they discover one another's secrets, and it changes the entire nature of their hard-earned relationship."
Sarrah, Resident Scholar

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Plot
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Struggling with whom? - Mom
Who: - grandma
Hidden Identity/Secret Motive Yes
Is really... - rich/upper class
If one lover chases another... - she chases after him

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - business executive
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
Sex makes him - confused - more demanding - angry
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - less bitchy/arrogant
Sex has bad effect on him Yes
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - small businessman
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
effect of sexing - confused
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
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

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

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - 80%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex - descript. of female anatomy (the big B's)
Focus of story - Her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 3-4 sex acts
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