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Plot Summary of Angel Creek
"Dee has taken care of her land for ten years all on her own. She's fought off men and marriage proposals, but when Lucas Cochran comes back to town and befriends her, she finds herself falling in love, but she is suspicious that he only wants her for her land. Her best friend, Olivia, is the proper daughter of the town banker, but she finds herself falling in love with a Mexican drifter.

When Kyle Bellamy and his men attack Dee's farm, Luis, Olivia's true love, helps Lucas defend her. Luis and Dee are both injured badly, and afterward Olivia and Luis decide to get married. Dee is hurt worse, so Lucas takes her to his ranch to recover. He has destroyed her water supply on her land so no one else tries to take it, and when she returns home she refuses to talk to him again.

Kyle sets about trying his best to convience Dee he did it out of love, and he wants her to marry him, for love, and not for her land."

Rachael High, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Angel Creek
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Plot
Time/era of story - American "wild west" era
Hidden Identity/Secret Motive Yes
Is really... - trying to carry out business objective
If one lover chases another... - he chases after her

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - rancher/cowboy
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - somewhat promiscuious
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - less bitchy/arrogant - blissful - sensitive
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most 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? - somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - less bitchy/arrogant - blissful
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - West
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - farm - ranch

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
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 two couples
Consequences of sex - pregnancy
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 10 or more (that's a lot!)
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