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Plot Summary of The Silken Web
"For two months 25 year old Kathleen Haley is devoting her time and energies to being a camp counselor in the Ozark Mountains for a group of orphans. Kathleen is a fashion buyer from Atlanta who sought a two month respite after being sexually harassed on the job. Kathleen finds the camp counselor position enriching. She loves the outdoors and being around children all day makes her heart soar. When she meets videographer Erik Gudjonsen, who has been assigned to film a documentary on the orphans, Kathleen feels an instant attraction to the handsome blonde. Erik is used to female attention. He has a history of loving and leaving the ladies. Although she is a virgin, Kathleen can't help but give in to her attraction to Erik, who seduces her a few days after they meet. Kathleen and Erik's relationship is shortlived. When Kathleen mistakenly believes Erik is married, she heads back to Atlanta with her tail between her legs. Shortly thereafter, Kathleen discovers she is pregnant. When she receives a proposal of marriage from her wealthy employer (and heir to Mason's department store) Seth Mason, Kathleen accepts in order to give her child a name and the air of legitimacy. Although Seth is a wonderful and kind person, he is also a paraplegic. Seth and Kathleen share nothing more than a few kisses here and there. When Erik unexpectedly reenters her life, Kathleen is drawn towards the man she has been unable to forget. Kathleen commits adultery and engages in an affair with Erik. Torn between two men, will Kathleen honor her marriage vows or choose a life with the only man she has ever loved?"
Sandra Calhoune, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Love Triangles/Polygons Yes
What kind: - one woman-two men
If one lover chases another... - he chases after her
Children/Pregnancy Yes
Children/Pregnancy: - Get accidently pregnant

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - producer/director
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - somewhat promiscuious
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
Sex makes him - confused
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - confident
Sex has bad effect on him Yes
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - business executive
How sexual is this person? - naive virgin
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
effect of sexing - childish
Sex has bad effect on her Yes
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - 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: - Deep South
Mountains/Cliffs Yes
Mountains: - climbing on trails

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - nearly 100%
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)
Focus of story - Her
Consequences of sex - pregnancy
How much dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
How much sexing? - 1-2 sex acts
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