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Plot Summary of The Real Deal
"Amanda Zachary is trying to negotiate a merger between Brant Computers and her company. If she succeeds, she will likely become the youngest senior executive in her firm. But first, she must convince Simon Brant, the computer genuis behind Brant Computers.

In order to hold Simon's attention long enough make her presentation showing how beneficial the merger will be, Amanda moves into his isolated island home. Living in the same home, the sexual tension escalates and each meeting between them becomes more and more sexual. But they each have their own issues. Simon, as a computer nerd, has never had a long term relation with a woman because he lacks the social graces which women want. As well, many women have not wanted to have sex with him because of his unusually large sexual equipment.

Amanda lacks any confidence in her own attractiveness or sexuality because her ex-husband repeatedly told her she was too fat and frigid. She cannot believe anyone as handsome as Simon would be interested in her and she does not know what to do with her own sexual desire.

When they finally start having sex, Simon discovers Amanda is someone who can maintain a relationship with him despite his loner attitude and preoccupation with his computing ideas. Amanda also finds Simon is someone who makes her feel attractive and provides her with sexual satisfaction for the first time. As they explore their sexual desires, they also come to understand one another and even manage to talk some business. "

L. Watson, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Time/era of story - Present (2000-2010)
Making a living subplot Yes
Making a living: - working at a business
Inner struggle subplot Yes
Struggle with... - feels s/he's not worthy

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - computer programmer
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Eccentric/mental: Yes
Eccentric: - eccentric - obsessed
How sexual is this person? - very picky
Sex has good effect on him Yes
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Genius
Physique - very athletic

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - business executive
How sexual is this person? - frigid
How romantic is this person? - not very romantic
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - confident - blissful
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - quite fatty

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

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - 90%
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 female anatomy (the big V) - descript. of male nudity (the big P)
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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