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Plot Summary of The Wishing Tree
"Jake Tanner goes to collect on a debt and comes back with a bride he doesn't want and can't resist. Grace Marshall is determined to honor her marriage vows, but one step forward with Jake always leads to two steps back. When Jake's past shows up on the doorstep in the form of a wife he thought was dead, Grace has had enough. Now Jake has to figure out how to keep the wife he wants and shed himself of the wife he doesn't want. And one of those wives wants him dead. "
Catherine Snodgrass, Resident Scholar




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Plot
Time/era of story - 19th century
Love Triangles/Polygons Yes
What kind: - one man-two women
Marriage/Married Yes
Marriage subplot: - married off against wishes
Children/Pregnancy Yes

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - rancher/cowboy
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - confident
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - bulging muscles

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - homemaker
How sexual is this person? - naive virgin
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - blissful - mature
How sensitive is this character? - 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
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - ranch

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - 90%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - actual description of sex
Focus of story - equally on him and her
Is this an e-book? Yes
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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