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A Season Beyond a Kiss
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Plot Summary of A Season Beyond a Kiss
"Raelynn and Jeffrey Birmingham's new marriage is on the rocks. Jeffrey has been accused of siring a serving girl's baby, and Raelynn is holding herself aloof. When the couple finally start to love and trust each other, the serving girl turns up dead in the stables, and Raelynn sees Jeffrey over her with a knife. She flees despite her own pregnancy and nearly dies in the woods. She leaves Jeffrey to live in town, where the criminal who initially tried to purchase her keeps attempting to snatch her. Add to that some mysterious stranger who is trying to kill her, and Jeffrey is busy keeping her alive.
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Deanna, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of A Season Beyond a Kiss
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Plot
Time/era of story - 19th century
Action/suspense subplot? Yes
Action: - chased by/chasing kidnapper/killer
Virgin, dramatically devirginized Yes
Inner struggle subplot Yes
Family focus? Yes
Family, hating Yes

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - trader
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 - sensitive
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - bulging muscles

Main Female Character
Age/status: - a teen
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - blissful
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Deep South
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - ranch
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
What % of story is romance related? - 70%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - 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)
Focus of story - Her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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