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"Sabina is a beautiful lying wife who is out to
seduce every attractive man she can get her hands
on, all the while living a double life with staid Alan.
her unsuspecting husband. Her chief method of
cover up is to tell Alan she's an actress in a play
and she must leave for a couple of weeks at a time.
Sabina, a beautiful sex addict, is an international
spy in the house of love. She's telling her story to a
lie detector whom she dials at random when she could
call a friend. She begs the stranger to come to the bar
she is calling him from and try to save her.
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Joan Clare, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- depressed
Time/era of story
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Kind of romance:
- seduction (yum!)
- boatload of casual sex without love
- playing footsy while inconveniently married
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Taboo sex story?
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- actor/actress/producer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- society
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 6 (an above average amount)
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- actual description of hetero sex
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
- a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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