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" Kyla Stroud had just given birth to her son when she finds out that her husband was killed in an embassy bombing in the middle east. Resolving to spend the rest of her life single Kyla moves on with her life raising her son and opening a business with her best friend. When she meets Trevor Rule by chance she feels a connection but she is determined to fight it. Trevor has other ideas and sets out to win Kyla's love for himself.
What Kyla doesn't know is that Trevor knew who Kyla was all along and had shown up specifically to meet her. He had been in the embassy with her husband and feels responsible for his death since they had switched beds the night of the bombing. Recovering in the hospital Trevor finds himself reading over and over the letters he had let Kyla's husband leave in his metal box for safe keeping. As he reads the letters from Kyla he falls farther and farther in love with her until he realizes that when he leaves the hospital he has to seek her out.
He doesn't tell her his real identity initially and as time goes on it becomes harder and harder for him to do. When Kyla finds out by accident after their marriage he fears he will lose her."
Nancy Wallace, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Inner struggle subplot
Yes
Struggle with...
- guilt over a mistake leading to death
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- architect
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- small businessman
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Texas
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
What % of story is romance related?
- 70%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- actual description of sex
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing?
- 5-9 sex acts
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