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Plot Summary of Texas! Lucky
"The first book in Sandra Brown's Texas Trilogy starts off as Lucky Tyler, the middle child of the Tyler family, rescues a woman from unwanted attentions in a bar on a weekend night. After she disappears without a trace, Lucky's determined to find her, because he can't get out of his head or his heart. Only when he finds her, will he be prepared to deal with the consequences of falling in love with someone who's keeping secrets from you?"
Meredith Griffin, Resident Scholar

"Lucky Tyler and Devon Haines meet in the worst way and a romance accures that leaves them both breathless and troubled. This is the first book in a series of 3 books, Texas Chase and Texas Sage. "
Selena Coleman, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Texas! Lucky
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Plot
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Love Triangles/Polygons Yes
What kind: - one woman-two men
Marriage/Married Yes
Marriage subplot: - seduction of someone else's wife
Action/suspense subplot? Yes
Action: - wrecked transport makes love
Virgin, dramatically devirginized Yes
If one lover chases another... - he chases after her
Children/Pregnancy Yes
Family focus? Yes
Family, loving Yes

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - small businessman
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - several sexual encounters - "zip'm down, zip'm up. Next!"
How romantic is this person? - very romantic - not very romantic
Sex makes him - more demanding - wild
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - less bitchy/arrogant - blissful - sensitive - a better lover
Sex has bad effect on him Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - journalist
How sexual is this person? - frigid - naive virgin
How romantic is this person? - very romantic - not very romantic
effect of sexing - confused - scared - guilty
Sex has bad effect on her Yes
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - confident - a better lover - blissful - mature
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Texas
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion - prison

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death - moderately detailed references to deaths
What % of story is romance related? - 70% - 90%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - impregnation/reproduction - actual description of sex - descript. of female anatomy (the big B's) - descript. of female anatomy (the big V) - descript. of male nudity (the big P)
Part of a series? Yes
Focus of story - equally on him and her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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