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"After a brief encounter that's haunted both Matthew and Meredith's lives, they meet again 11 years later when they are both vying for market superiority in the world of 1989 Chicago. First hostile toward one another despite the fact that they never forgot one another, Meredith and Matt duke it out in the business world, only to have skeletons brought out of the closet at the most inconvienient times. And just when they believe that all is lost- a secret long buried arises and rocks Mer and Matt's worlds, bringing them closer together than anyone thought possible."
Meredith Griffin, Resident Scholar
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"the heroine grows up under her father's strict rules. at eighteen she sleeps with the hero and falls pregnant. they decide to keep the baby, get married but are forced to separate by her father's schemes. she loses the baby but her father tells her husband that she had an abortion. her father also tells her that her husband left her. they divorce but the lawyer her father hired turns out to be a fraud. they are actually still married after ten years when they meet again. deep down they love each other. they are sexually attracted to each other. after a while they are reunited. there is reference to their businesses which has an influence on their personal relationship."
Elena Theofanous, Resident Scholar
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"ISBN 0-671-71553-4
pp. 839
Meredith Bancroft threw caution into the air the night she was in the arms of Matthew Farrell, a magnetic, forbidden man her very own father had looked down on. She was just eighteen and a virgin, Matthew had been shocked and honoured. Trying to make her first experience with passion an unforgettable one, he had unwittingly made himself a father. It presented a dent in his career plans involving South America but he did not want to lose Meredith or their unborn child. He had to rely on the strength of their young love, however fragile.
Meredith went into labour prematurely after he left to prepare for her arrival. Hemorrhaging so much, not only was the baby lost, her life was at risk. Distraught, she had written to him about her condition but waited in vain for his visit. Finally, shocked, she had received a telegraph from him asking for a divorce. Emotionally spent and physically battered, Meredith had moved on but the wound in her heart was irreparable. Years later, the pair discovered their divorce was illegal and Meredith was already engaged to Parker, a banker. Matthew had become a successful millionaire but was adamant to cooperate.
Matthew had wanted revenge on the faithless Meredith and her hateful father. He had waited for Meredith to join him in South America but after months, he received only her rejection and the intense gnaw of pain in his gut-she had aborted their baby. Both Meredith and Matthew had yet to know the deceptive manoeuvre Mr Bancroft had made to keep the two apart. Deep inside, they both knew they would never love another like they do each other. Being enemies in the business arena, they had to overcome the hurdle of hatred, family deceptions and misunderstandings. "
Sharren Khoo, Resident Scholar
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"Meredith Bancroft, a retail heiress meets Matt Ferrell, an ambitious steel worker and has a whirlwind night of passion to defy her strict father. Brought together in a hasty marriage, the couple is then broken apart by Meredith's father's interference and both walk away hurt and fearful of emotional closeness.
Several years later, buisness brings them back together as they discover the deception that was played out on both of them in their youth. Gradually a friendship re-emerges despite other romantic relationships that both Meredith and Matt are involved in.
Friendship isn't enough for Matt who realizes he's always loved Meredith and still wants her. Now, a powerful affluent business tycoon himself, Matt gets what he wants and he goes after reclaiming Meredith as his wife."
ladyfriend, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Forbidden/mismatched love?
Yes
How mismatched?
- poor loving rich
Marriage/Married
Yes
Marriage subplot:
- rekindling lost love
Struggling with whom?
- Dad
If one lover chases another...
- they alternate
Children/Pregnancy
Yes
Children/Pregnancy:
- Get accidently pregnant
Lovers are competitors
Yes
Family focus?
Yes
Family, hating
Yes
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- somewhat promiscuious
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- confident
- blissful
- sensitive
- a better lover
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- business executive
How sexual is this person?
- frigid
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- confident
- blissful
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
- 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
The US:
- Midwest
City?
Yes
City:
- Chicago
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related?
- 90%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- impregnation/reproduction
- actual description of sex
- descript. of male nudity (the big P)
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
Consequences of sex
- pregnancy
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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