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Plot Summary of The Touch of Fire
"Rafe McCay is an accused murder running from the law. When he is shot and needs medical attention, he kidnaps a female doctor named Annie. Annie cares for him and hates that she has fallen in love with him, but he has fallen in love with her too. She loses her virginity to him, and later kills a bounty hunter who finds him.

After the bounty hunter is killed, they take off through the wilderness. In Mexico they come across an Indian camp where everyone is sick and dying. Annie has a special power for healing people and saves as many as she can. While they are there she becomes pregnant, and a federal marshall catches up with them. The marshall believes their story that Rafe was framed by a powerful mogul and they set out to clear his name.

Rafe and Annie get married, and with the help of Jefferson Davis, they recover some of the lost papers of the Confederate President four years after the war has ended. But will they be able to clear Rafe's name and save him from execution, or will Annie's baby grow up without a father?"

Rachael High, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of The Touch of Fire
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Plot
Time/era of story - American "wild west" era
Difficult/unusual lover? Yes
How difficult? - love with a criminal
Action/suspense subplot? Yes
Action: - chased by authorities/family
If one lover chases another... - he chases after her

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - accused criminal
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person? - not very romantic
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - blissful - mature - sensitive
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - doctor/medical
Has unusual powers? Yes
How sexual is this person? - naive virgin
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - confident - a better lover - blissful - mature
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - West - Northeast
The Americas (not US): Yes
The Americas: - Mexico

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related? - 90%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - 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)
Focus of story - equally on him and her
Consequences of sex - pregnancy
How much dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
How much sexing? - 5-9 sex acts
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