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Plot Summary of Shadows at Sunset
"Jilly Meyers is saddled with a old house in Hollywood area and a sister that is one big pain. And despite everything telling her Coltaine, her father's new right hand man is bad news, a man who seems to move and take over their lives, Jilly is drawn to him. There is something very still about the man, a predator watching prey. He is there wearing a false face, looking for answers to the deaths that took place in the house decades ago, and won't stop until he gets his answers. Jilly's sister, Rachel provides the secondary romance in this story. She is spoiled, wilful and could care less, except about a boy she once loved."
DeborahAnne MacGillivray, Resident Scholar




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Review Analysis of Shadows at Sunset
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Plot
Time/era of story - Present (2000-2010)
Action/suspense subplot? Yes
Action: - chased by/chasing kidnapper/killer
Struggling with whom? - Sister
If one lover chases another... - he chases after her
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
Sex makes him - confused - angry - guilty
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - confident - sensitive - a better lover
Sex has bad effect on him Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than 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
effect of sexing - confused
Sex has bad effect on her Yes
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - blissful
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - California
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related? - nearly 100%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex - descript. of female anatomy (the big B's) - descript. of male nudity (the big P)
Focus of story - equally on two couples
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 3-4 sex acts
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