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Plot Summary of Whatever It Takes
"Maddy Potter has been widowed for seven years and has vowed never to marry again. However, she want to adopt little Katie. One big hitch: the proper ladies of Pepper Cloud, Missouri don't approval of her being single raising a child, so she needs a husband fast. Enters Clayton Kincaid...he owes Maddy a debt of honour for Maddy saving his sister from a mugging. So he agrees to act as a fiancé, to see here through the adopting hearing. Only, Clayton, the handsome, most sought after bachelor in New Orleans might be overkill - will the citizens of Pepper Cloud really believe he would be interested in her???

Worse, Clayton is not to be dictated to by Maddy. He has agreed to go along with the charade, but is concerned about the child. Replaying the debt will not be done by putting a child in an uncertain future, making him just another alpha male.

Naturally, both are drawn to each other, but Maddy has spent seven years convincing herself to remain true to the vow to her dead husband.

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DeborahAnne MacGillivray, Resident Scholar




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Plot
Time/era of story - 18th century
Marriage/Married Yes
Marriage subplot: - marriage of convenience spurring real love
If one lover chases another... - he chases after her

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - farmer
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 - blissful - sensitive - a better lover
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - homemaker
How sexual is this person? - naive virgin
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
effect of sexing - confused - scared - guilty
Sex has bad effect on her Yes
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - a better lover - blissful - mature
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - West
Prairie Yes

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - 90%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex - descript. of female anatomy (the big B's)
Focus of story - equally on him and her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 1-2 sex acts
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