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"Sallie Jerome has come a long way from being a plain and timid housewife to one of the best field reporter for a newspaper. However her career is suddenly threatened when her estranged husband for 7 years suddenly returned and bought the newspaper company she's working for. She fears that Rhydon will fire her in order to cut any association with her especially when they haven't spoken to each other for over 7 years. Rhydon Baines, a noted reporter himself, becomes tired of living the excitement of a field reporter and wants to settle down. He buys a newspaper company and decides to find his wife and take her back. He is completely surprised when his wife turns out to be the company's leading newsman. He is also amazed by the physical changes in Sallie. But what never surprises him is the attraction and passion they can arouse from each other. Sallie doesn't want to return back as being a wife to Rhy. She loves her career and wants to divorce Rhy. But Rhy is not asking for a divorce and he does everything to be with his wife again. Finally Sallie surrender when she finds herself out of the payroll from the company and the book manuscript she's been writing is with Rhy. Rhy proposes to her to give their marriage again a chance for 6 months. In that 6 months she can write her novel without any worry about money or housework. Sallie gives in. It isn't long for them to establish the routine of married life and Sallie eventually becomes pregnant. But one of Rhy's lady friends returns with malice when she tells Sallie that she is pregnant with Rhy's baby. Sallie is hurt and feels betrayed and goes away. After many weeks of solitude, Sallie decides that she really loves Rhy very much and will fight for him. "
Katrina Lo, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Marriage/Married
Yes
Marriage subplot:
- rekindling lost love
Searching/Rekindling love?
Yes
Lost Lover:
- rekindling love after long time
If one lover chases another...
- he chases after her
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- journalist
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- middling 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:
- journalist
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
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
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
What % of story is romance related?
- 90%
Focus of story
- Her
Consequences of sex
- pregnancy
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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