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Plot Summary of Sweet Revenge
"In this wonderful tale of love and revenge we meet our main character Adrianne, who has a deep secret, which she has shared only with one person, her friend Celeste. As the time draws near for Adrianne to return to her home to take revenge on her father for the things he did to her mother she meets a man. Phillip Chamberlain, who unearths her every secret. Will she pull her off her final plans for revenge before Phillip interfere's not only with her plans but with her heart."
H Stephenson, Resident Scholar

"From the moment Phillip Chamberlain saw gorgeous, chic, twenty-five year old Princess Adrianne, he knows she is the one behind all the robberies going on. The question is, why? She certainly doesn't need the money. Adrianne only knows one thing: revenge. Revenge for the fairytale that really wasn't a fairytale that her movie-star mother had to endure while married to her father, the king. Beatings and sexual molestations were what her mother had to live with when she married the king that believed women were of little value with the exception of producing heirs and giving pleasure to men. Adrianne and her mother finally escaped, but in the years to follow her mother dies, and so a livid Adrianne sets out to take back into her possession what was originally her mothers: The Sun and Moon necklace. Phillip struggles with the dilemma of what to do. He could either do his job and accuse the criminal of her crimes, or he could help the women he loves in getting her revenge…"
Katie, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Sweet Revenge
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Plot
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Action/suspense subplot? Yes
Action: - chased by authorities/family
Struggling with whom? - Dad
Hidden Identity/Secret Motive Yes
Is really... - out for emotional revenge
If one lover chases another... - he chases after her
Family focus? Yes
Family, hating Yes
Family, sick/caring for Yes

Main Male Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - confident - blissful - a better lover
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - thief/con artist
How sexual is this person? - a few sexual encounters
effect of sexing - confused - indifferent
Sex has bad effect on her Yes
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - a better lover
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast - California
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - 30% - 50%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - 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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