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"Harrison comes to Montana to find the missing daughter of a good friend. He finds her, all right, but she is lovely and sweet and he falls in love with her, which he doesn't feel he deserves to do. Mary Rose has to find out her identity and survive the upheaval that Harrison brings to her and to her family."
Sandi Frederick, Resident Scholar
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"This is book filled with rich characters and descriptions. Harrison comes out the the wild west in order to hunt down his employer's daughter, who was kidnapped when she was only a couple of months old. Though skeptical at first he comes to realize that Mary Rose really is this girl and he sets about trying to become close to her. The plot thickens as he has to deal with her four "brothers" as well as the fact that he is falling in love with her."
Lauren O'Brien, Resident Scholar
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"Four young boys, members in a street gang, while hiding out in an ally, watch on as someone throws what turns out to be a baby into a dumpster. After rescuing the baby and deciding to turn their lives around they move out west to Blue Belle Montana to get away from their pasts. They raise the baby, who they name Mary Rose, as their sister and with their new identity they in turn become brothers.
Nineteen years later the trouble begins when someone spots the now grown up Mary Rose; who incidentally looks exactly like someone who's child was stolen years ago at the age of 4 months. A lawyer who owes a debt to the father continues the search for the missing child. He shows up in Blue Belle without letting on who he is and is taken in under Mary Rose's care and given a job at their ranch.
Mary Rose has never met a man that has affected her this way. He is stubborn, stands up to her brother Cole who is known as the fastest gunfighter in town, is compassionate, and has a great sense of humor. Little by little she is falling more and more in love with him and he is already in love with her. This poses a problem since he knows she is really Lady Victoria and that he would never be good enough for her.
Finally he tells her brothers his true identity and prepares to leave to tell his employer he has found his long lost daughter. "
Amy in Wisconsin, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- American "wild west" era
Action/suspense subplot?
Yes
Action:
- search for real identity/lost relatives
Hidden Identity/Secret Motive
Yes
Is really...
- rich/upper class
Family focus?
Yes
Family, hating
Yes
Family, loving
Yes
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- lawyer creature
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- several sexual encounters
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- confident
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Female Character
How sexual is this person?
- naive virgin
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- a better lover
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Small town?
Yes
Misc setting
- Fancy Mansion
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related?
- 70%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- impregnation/reproduction
- actual description of sex
- descript. of female anatomy (the big B's)
- descript. of female anatomy (the big V)
- descript. of male nudity (the big P)
Part of a series?
Yes
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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