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Plot Summary of Touch the Wind
"Sheila Rogers is a rich, spoiled woman who marries a man to rebel against her parents. After she marries him she finds out that he only married her for her money. They honeymoon in Mexico and get stranded on a deserted road where they are found by a group of bandits.

Her husband, Brad, is killed and she is taken captive. The leader of the band is a violent, gallant bandido named Rafaga. She is taken to their town in the mountains of Mexico. There is a fiery attraction between them, but Sheila doesn't want to admit it. He takes her and makes her his and they fall in love."

Melody Hays, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Touch the Wind
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Plot
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Forbidden/mismatched love? Yes
How mismatched? - loving criminal
Captor, in love with Yes
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? - somewhat promiscuious
How romantic is this person? - sly seducer
Sex makes him - more demanding
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - confident - sensitive
Sex has bad effect on him Yes
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic
If he's not white he must be... - hispanic

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - student
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
effect of sexing - confused - scared
Sex has bad effect on her Yes
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - a better lover - blissful
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Texas
The Americas (not US): Yes
The Americas: - Mexico
Mountains/Cliffs Yes
Mountains: - climbing on trails

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
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) - rape/molest (yeech!)
Focus of story - Her
Consequences of sex - pregnancy
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 3-4 sex acts
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