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Plot Summary of Once and For Always
"Caitlin McBride, an American shoe designer, has returned to the town of Tenby, Wales with her teenaged daughter Mary in order to get her chaotic life in order. For several years Caitlin has been unhappily married to David, a habitual philanderer who humiliated Caitlin with his numerous affairs, his excessive drinking and his inability to become aroused by Caitlin. Although Caitlin knows in her heart that the marriage is over, she has delayed finalizing a divorce due to Mary's emotional turmoil over her parents' separation. On the first day Caitlin is back in Wales she runs into Trevor Morgan, a boy she fell in love with as a teenager nineteen years earlier. Although Trevor had always dreamed of making a life for himself in London, he is running the family's bar/restaurant, the White Knight in Tenby. Trevor has also been struck by tragedy when his young wife Gwen died during a surgical procedure. It isn't long before sparks are flying between Caitlin and Trevor. Trevor has fallen in love with Caitlin all over again, only now he has to convince her to give love a try the second time around. "
Sandra Calhoune, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Once and For Always
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Plot
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Searching/Rekindling love? Yes
Lost Lover: - rekindling love after long time
Who: - daughter
If one lover chases another... - they alternate
Family focus? Yes
Family, loving Yes

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - small businessman
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - confident - 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

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - artist
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - confident - a better lover - blissful
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - Ireland

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 - actual description of sex - descript. of female anatomy (the big B's)
Focus of story - equally on him and her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 1-2 sex acts
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