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Plot Summary of The Dark Highlander
"Dageus MacKeltar is a Scottish druid who has become cursed. He has the souls of thirteen evil druids inside him, and they're slowly starting to corrupt him. The only thing that helps him push back the darkness is sex. Chloe Zanders goes to Dageus in order to bring him an ancient text and ends up trapped in his home when she discovers that he's been stealing other texts.

Dageus wants to find some information, somewhere, that can help him break his curse. Dageus and Chloe are instantly attracted to one another, but Chloe resists him. When he decides to go to Scotland to search for more texts, Chloe comes with him, drawn by his promise of ancient artifacts. There are dangers, though, because of a group of evil druids who are chasing Dageus, and they have no problems with hurting Chloe if it will help them get him. In Dageus' rush to figure out how to break the curse, he travels back in time with Chloe, to the time and place he was born, 16th century Scotland."

Melissa Cookson, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of The Dark Highlander
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Plot
Time/era of story - Present (2000-2010)
Action/suspense subplot? Yes
Action: - search for magical solution
If one lover chases another... - he chases after her
Time Travel Yes
Type of time travel - present to past
Fantasy/Magic Yes
Fantasy/Magical Lover Yes

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - wealthy
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Has unusual powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - mind reading - can cast many different spells
Eccentric/mental: Yes
Eccentric: - eccentric - obsessed - wild
How sexual is this person? - "zip'm down, zip'm up. Next!"
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - less bitchy/arrogant - blissful
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - scholar
How sexual is this person? - naive virgin
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - blissful
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Europe Yes
Misc setting - castle

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
What % of story is romance related? - 90%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - 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)
Part of a series? Yes
Focus of story - equally on him and her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 5-9 sex acts
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