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Plot Summary of Lola Carlyle Reveals All
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Avon, Apr 2002, 6.99, 384 pp.
ISBN: 0380814390

    Former supermodel Lola Carlyle needs time to recover before she kills her ex-fiancé Sam the Jerk for peddling fifteen nudes shots of her over the Internet. She relaxes on a yacht in Nassau Harbor when American government agent Max Zamora boards her vessel. Beaten to a bloody pulp, Max needs to flee this Bahamas paradise as his mission completely tanked. While escaping from drug lord Andre Coselli, a badly beaten Max killed the kingpin's son so right now Florida sounds quite nice.

    Lola and her companion miniature pinscher Baby Doll are quite upset when Max commandeers her boat. Her efforts to stop the ship-jacking leads to her destroying the yacht. As they drift along knowing that Coselli is sure to follow, Max and Lola form an attraction when she is not trying to kill her hijacker. If they survive this fiasco, could love blossom between this duet especially with a tiny chaperone objecting?

    LOLA CARLYLE KNOWS ALL is a humorous romantic suspense romp that combines danger with laughs in a sort of modern version of a 1930s madcap tale. The story line is fun as the thrills and amusement cleverly intertwine into an entertaining romance. The lead couple is a dynamite duo while Baby Doll makes it clear from the start what he thinks of this third wheel. Rachel Gibson insures her fans have an insanely good time with this wild ride that hopefully leads to sequels starring the kinkier members of Lola's lunatic family.

Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar

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Plot
Time/era of story - Present (2000-2010)
Seduction/coercion/force Yes
How seduced/forced? - loving persuasion
Action/suspense subplot? Yes
Action: - chased by/chasing kidnapper/killer
Inner struggle subplot Yes
Struggle with... - angst over past traitorous lover
Who seduces whom? - mutual seduction

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - government investigator
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - wealthy
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
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

Setting
Water? Yes
Water: - lost at sea

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - 70%
Focus of story - equally on him and her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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