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Plot Summary of Boy Meets Girl
"Kate is a wannabe psychologist from the midwest trying to make a living in the Big Apple as a Human Resource director. When her boss has her break company policy and fire a popular employee both Kate and the company are sued for breach of contract. While Mitch tries to litigate the case he falls hard for Kate but like any good romance they face a few obstacles; her dislike of lawyers, his brother, her boss, her ex boyfriend, her search for an apartment and him getting her fired! The only way to solve Kate's legal problem is to find the email that started it all. To do that Mitch will have to break a few laws himself. "
Stacie M Eisemann, Resident Scholar

"After breaking up with her boyfriend of ten years, twenty-five year old Kate, who works in human resources at a new york city newspaper, is told to fire a popular employee. The dessert cart lady has insulted one of the lawyers who represents the paper, and this man, Stuart, is engaged to the head of human resources at the paper. After the dismissal, the employee sues the paper for wrongful dismissal, and Kate, who is already feeling guilty about her rose in the case is asked to lie by her boss. When Kate meets the lawyer who will be defending the paper she is prepared to hate him. He is Stuart's brother after all. But when they meet, Kate discovers that Mitch is kind, attractive, and just as horrified as she is about what is happening at the paper. Together, Kate and Mitch embark on a quest to expose the corruption at the paper. "
fran laniado, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Boy Meets Girl
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Plot
Time/era of story - Present (2000-2010)
Making a living subplot Yes
Making a living: - office romance among coworkers
Struggling with whom? - Brother
If one lover chases another... - he chases after her

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - lawyer creature
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - very romantic - somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - blissful - sensitive
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - bulging muscles - very athletic

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - journalist - business executive
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 - 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 - very athletic - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
City? Yes
City: - New York

Style
Person - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - 50% - 60%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy
Focus of story - Her - equally on him and her
How much dialog - mostly dialog - little dialog
How much sexing? - 1-2 sex acts
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