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"Amaryllis Lark and Lucas Trent are two totally different people thrown together in a world where all marriages are professionally arranged. On the lost earth colony of St. Helen's there are two types of psychic powers: the talents, and the prisms required to focus those talents. Amaryllis, a prism, is a buttoned up, excruciatingly proper prism psychic detective. Lucas is a pirate fighting, rugged head of Lodestar Exploration and Mining with a talent for detecting other talents and illusions. What starts out as a simple investigation leads to a wild murder investigation and smoldering affair. Amaryllis is scandalized, Lucas couldn't be happier but the past and their different lives may stand in the way of their love. "
Michael James, Resident Scholar
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"Set in the near future, Amaryllis Lark is a prism, a psychic detective, in the city of New Seattle. A prism is crucial to the well-being of the colonists of St. Helen's, as they developed into two major groups: either talents, or prisms. Talents have a number of psychic abilities, ranging from the mundane (horticultural talents) to the mysterious (illusionist talents). Prisms, on the other hand, help a talent focus his energy in order to be able to use his psychic abilities. Without a prism, a talent wouldn't be able to use his ability for longer than a few seconds at most.
Lucas Trent, also known as The Iceman, hires Amaryllis for her psychic talents. He knows that a close business associate has been stealing and selling corporate secrets, and he thinks there might be more going on than simple greed. When Lucas and Amaryllis join forces, their psychic connection and attraction to each other sizzles. Soon, they're thrust in the middle of a murder investigation, and a love affair neither can resist.
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Elizabeth Cooper, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Action/suspense subplot?
Yes
Action:
- chased by/chasing kidnapper/killer
If one lover chases another...
- he chases after her
Fantasy/Magic
Yes
Fantasy/Magical Lover
Yes
Fantasy World Romance
Yes
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
Has unusual powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- telekinesis
- mind reading
- mind control
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
- somewhat promiscuious
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- blissful
- sensitive
Sex has bad effect on him
Yes
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
- Average intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- spy
Has unusual powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- mind reading
How sexual is this person?
- frigid
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
- not very romantic
effect of sexing
- wild
- indifferent
Sex has bad effect on her
Yes
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- confident
- a better lover
- less bitchy/arrogant
- blissful
- mature
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- dirty, dangerous (like New York)
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- Fancy Mansion
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
- moderately detailed references to deaths
What % of story is romance related?
- 70%
- 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)
- descript. of female anatomy (the big V)
Part of a series?
Yes
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
How much dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing?
- 1-2 sex acts
- 3-4 sex acts
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