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Plot Summary of Born in Fire
"Maggie Concannon has been doing things her own way for a long time, and she likes it that way. Rogan Sweeney wants Maggie's art for his gallery. Maggie doesn't want a business deal or anything but a brief fling with Rogan...and Rogan's not settling for that."
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Plot
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Making a living subplot Yes
Making a living: - struggle to escape poverty
Struggling with whom? - Mom
Who is... - physically ill
Who: - sister
If one lover chases another... - he chases after her

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - business executive
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex makes him - more demanding
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - confident - less bitchy/arrogant - blissful - mature - sensitive
Sex has bad effect on him Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - very athletic - average physique

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - artist
Eccentric/Mental: Yes
Eccentric: - wild - eccentric
How sexual is this person? - a few sexual encounters
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic - not very romantic
effect of sexing - confused - demanding - scared
Sex has bad effect on her Yes
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - confident
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 - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - France - Ireland
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee - hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death - moderately detailed references to deaths
What % of story is romance related? - 10% - 70%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex
Part of a series? Yes
Focus of story - Her - equally on him and her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 5-9 sex acts
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