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"Romantic comedy/suspense:Ricki England, recently divorced from her husband, finds a support group for women in problematic relationships which soon becomes an activist group, Women Aware and Responsive (WAR), demanding any unfair act they deem against women and/or minorities be set right. Evolving from this group is a smaller, core group of three consisting of Ricki and her two closest friends which becomes a self-proclaimed vigilante group that steps in when WAR cannot accomplish what it has passively set out to do.
Ricki begins a relationship with a homicide detective who is investigating a murder to which she may have been a witness while continuing a relationship with her ex-husband, with whom she is still in love. Although Ricki tries to stay in the background with WAR due to the fact that her ex-husband is running for political office, through a demonstration against a men's club, she becomes the reluctant spokesperson for the group and subsequently in the forefront with each issue which WAR addresses. She also constantly finds herself drawn in to the hilarious escapades of the three-member vigilante group who deal with various situations involving both men and women, trying to right what they perceive as wrong after WAR cannot achieve that goal.
In seeking her goal to live life to its fullest and to experience all that she can, Ricki finds herself in predicament after predicament until she comes to the conclusion that all she is doing is chasing her problems instead of confronting them. After much soul-searching, as well as having to deal with an unwanted pregnancy and then being kidnapped by the man who committed the murder she witnessed, Ricki finally realizes who she is and what she wants from life."
Christy Tillery French, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Love Triangles/Polygons
Yes
What kind:
- one woman-two men
Action/suspense subplot?
Yes
Action:
- chased by/chasing kidnapper/killer
Inner struggle subplot
Yes
Struggle with...
- (general) search for identity/new understanding
- midlife crisis
If one lover chases another...
- he chases after her
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- politician/elected ruler
Age/status:
- 40's-50's
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- confident
- blissful
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
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- student
Has unusual powers?
Yes
Eccentric/Mental:
Yes
How sexual is this person?
- somewhat promiscuous
effect of sexing
- guilty
Sex has bad effect on her
Yes
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- a better lover
- blissful
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
What % of story is romance related?
- 80%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- licking
- impregnation/reproduction
- rape/molest (yeech!)
Focus of story
- Her
Consequences of sex
- pregnancy
How much dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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