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Plot Summary of Mackenzie's Magic
"Maris Mackenzie is a horse trainer in Kentucky. When she wakes up half naked in a hotel room with a drifter she hired, she doesn't remember anything and is afraid she slept with him. She later realizes he is actually an undercover FBI agent and she is with him because she was hurt trying to save a horse.

Mac, as Alex MacNeil is called, has been investigating a fraud ring where horses are killed for insurance money. With Maris's help, they bring the culprits out in the open and arrest them.

Maris and Alex go to Los Vegas the next day and get married. Maris becomes pregnant, and because they never had a formal wedding, they have a formal ceremony on Christmas with all the family there."

Rachael High, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Mackenzie's Magic
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Plot
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Action/suspense subplot? Yes
Action: - investigating theft/fraud

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - police/lawman
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - blissful - sensitive
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 - bulging muscles

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - farmer
How sexual is this person? - naive virgin
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - confident - blissful
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Setting
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - farm
Misc setting - resort/hotel

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 - impregnation/reproduction - actual description of sex - descript. of female anatomy (the big B's)
Part of a series? Yes
Focus of story - equally on him and her
Consequences of sex - pregnancy
How much dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
How much sexing? - 1-2 sex acts
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