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Plot Summary of On the Edge
"Lawyer Lauren Carlyle is determined to prove the evil sheriff actually raped her client. Luke has reason to believe her but doesn't want to get involved. But he changes his mind."
Andrea Jackson, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Action/suspense subplot? Yes

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - rancher/cowboy
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - sensitive
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - a lawyer creature
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - confident
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Midwest
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related? - nearly 100%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - actual description of sex
Focus of story - equally on him and her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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