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Plot Summary of For Pete's Sake
"Peter Payne is aptly named; he is a pain, determined to ruin his ex-girlfriend's upcoming wedding on the Isla de Oro resort of her fiancee. Because her millionaire mogul fiancee, Dominic, stole Gwyn away, Peter feels he needs to be humiliated, and plans to have all the wedding supplies shipped to another island. In his own deluded way, Peter thinks he can win Gwyn back with this plan.

Lily Tiger, who runs Dominic's resort, frets about the wedding plans, and freaks when the supplies don't show. Peter arrives to watch the fireworks and is struck by Lily, who recruits Peter to fix the computer glitch that caused this problem (the glitch Peter caused!) Peter is soon helping Lily, despite the original plan, and later helping himself to Lily, though he worries about what will happen if she finds out he caused the problem and put her job at risk.

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Kathryn Lively, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of For Pete's Sake
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Plot
Time/era of story - Present (2000-2010)
Hidden Identity/Secret Motive Yes
Is really... - out for emotional revenge

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - computer programmer
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - as romantic as a root canal
Sex makes him - more bitchy/arrogant
Sex has bad effect on him Yes
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - business executive
How sexual is this person? - a few sexual encounters
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique
If she's not white she must be... - indian

Setting
Island? Yes
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - 80%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - use of artificial tools - 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) - spanking of man
Part of a series? Yes
Focus of story - equally on him and her
Is this an e-book? Yes
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 5-9 sex acts
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