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Shameless: Shadow Dweller 3
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Plot Summary of Shameless: Shadow Dweller 3
"Erihn had been a beautiful girl with an up and coming modeling career when she was kidnapped, tortured and scarred for life. Although she eventually escaped her captor and her wounds healed, Erihn bore deep scars inside and hid her natural beauty behind bulky clothes and avoided men. If she hadn't drunk too much at the bar, her friends never would have been able to get her to read her poem on the stage and the sexy Fayne never would have kissed her in public.

Erihn immediately fled from Fayne to her friend Jennifer's remote Colorado cabin (Jennifer's story is in book #2 called Retribution). So Erihn is stunned when she discovers that Fayne is living there. Fayne has always been turned on by females who are unaware of their own attractions and is determined to get to know Erihn better. He is willing to give her time to grow accustomed to his presence, but not too much time. As Fayne grows to care for Erihn, he discovers that she is writing a romance novel about a were-cat that seems to be based on him. But how could she know the truth about what he really was?

Shameless is #3 in the Shadow Dweller series and it was my favorite of the six. It is the only one that deals with were-cats or any kind of were-animals and Fayne was extremely sexy. Erihn was also a great heroine and really came into her own by the end of the book. The story is pretty short, at a little over 200 pages, but is one of the longer books in the series. Keep an eye out to find these 6 books as a bargain set or buy them in ebook format, as they are quite a bit cheaper. Just be aware that Wilder leaves you hanging after the sixth book and Renault never does get his story told (as of yet)!

"

Debbie, Resident Scholar

"In the heart of Colorado begins a love story that could heal the wounds of years. As Erihn finds the one man who could finally break through the barriers she's erected because of a tortured past, Fayne (a werecat) is torn between his desire and his loyalties. As he watches the woman he loves break free
from years of self-imposed loneliness, he finds he is the one who is now trapped by his desire.

Fate steps in and his secret threatens everyone around them, secrets that lead a bitter enemy to love's door.
"

Rachel Elmslie, Resident Scholar


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Review Analysis of Shameless: Shadow Dweller 3
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Plot
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999 - Present (2000-2010)
Difficult/unusual lover? Yes
How difficult? - She's frigid - wild lover - very shy/inexperienced
Hidden Identity/Secret Motive Yes
Is really... - magical powers/identity
If one lover chases another... - he chases after her
Fantasy/Magic Yes
Fantasy/Magical Lover Yes

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - wealthy - champion of justice
Age/status: - 20's-30's - magical being
Has unusual powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - can change shapes - super strength - is very quick
How sexual is this person? - over 1,000,000 served
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - confident - blissful - sensitive - a better lover
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - bulging muscles - very athletic

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - writer
Has unusual powers? Yes
Eccentric/Mental: Yes
Eccentric: - emotionally unstable
How sexual is this person? - frigid - naive virgin
How romantic is this person? - very romantic - somewhat romantic
effect of sexing - confused - scared
Sex has bad effect on her Yes
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - confident - obedient - a better lover - blissful - mature
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Pacific NW
Mountains/Cliffs Yes
Mountains: - climbing on trails
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - ranch

Style
Person - mostly 1st - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
What % of story is romance related? - 60% - 80%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - 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) - rape/molest (yeech!)
Part of a series? Yes
Focus of story - Her - equally on him and her
Is this an e-book? Yes
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 3-4 sex acts - 5-9 sex acts
Most similar books to Shameless: Shadow Dweller 3
Teasing Danger by Autumn Dawn
Night Play by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Dark Highlander by Karen Marie Moning
Retribution - Shadow Dweller 2 by J.C. Wilder
The Cat's Fancy by Julie Kenner


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