Double Standards
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Plot Summary of Double Standards
"Nick Sinclair is the handsome, ruthless president of Global Industries. Lauren Danner is a young woman reluctantly involved in a scheme to help her distant relative and Global Industries' business competitor discover a corporate spy. When Lauren applies as a secretary under false pretenses at Global Industries, Nick finds himself captivated by a woman who refuses to play his game of casual seduction. But Lauren's deception could cost her the man she loves. Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout. " Ashareh, Resident Scholar
"ISBN 0-671-73760-0 pp. 310 All his trust and ability to love were taken away after Nick's mother, Caroline remarried and turned away, ignoring him after his father died. To protect himself from hurt, Nick had always kept women at a safe distant, and under manageable conditions. Now, he was still charming and handsome but very reserved, with an iron-willed self-control. Lauren Danner was the first to get under his skin. He was charmed by her wit and genuinely like her courage and even her stubbornness. She also presented a challenge for she refused to have a �sleazy affair' (as she called it) with him. Nicholas Sinclair was the most irresistible man Lauren, of all her 23-years had ever met. Loving him was the greatest risk she ever took and keeping him at an arm's length was becoming increasingly difficult as they shared the same work space. Nick was so cynical she loathed to mention her relation with Philip Whitworth, who married Caroline. Nick did find out but he allegedly accused her of being Philip's mistress-turned-spy (and manipulated their contract) and immediately tossed her out after degrading and shaming her (for she begged him on her knees to listen to her explanation and not throw their love away). Nicholas swore he would never be made a fool by another woman. He would not resolve to bribe a woman back into his life the way he did and failed with his mother. But when Nick came to his senses, realised she was the best thing that ever happened to him and the truth came out into the open to prove Lauren's innocence-he just might do it. " Sharren Khoo, Resident Scholar

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Plot
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Inner struggle subplot Yes
Struggle with... - angst over abusive parents
Hidden Identity/Secret Motive Yes
Is really... - trying to carry out business objective
If one lover chases another... - they alternate
Lovers are competitors Yes
competing in - business arena

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - business executive
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Eccentric/mental: Yes
How sexual is this person? - somewhat promiscuious
How romantic is this person? - very romantic - sly seducer
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - sensitive
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings - 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: - secretary
How sexual is this person? - naive virgin
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
effect of sexing - confused
Sex has bad effect on her Yes
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - blissful
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - very athletic - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Midwest
City? Yes
City: - wealthy
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death - generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related? - nearly 100%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - actual description of sex - descript. of female anatomy (the big B's) - descript. of male nudity (the big P)
Focus of story - Her - equally on him and her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 1-2 sex acts - 3-4 sex acts

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