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Plot Summary of For the Love of Lilah
"Max Quartermain is a professor hired to work on a yacht and research the Calhoun papers which were stolen. When he realizes his boss stole the papers, he tries to get away, but he is shot at. In a last attempt to save himself he jumps overboard into the storm, and is finally rescued by Lilah Calhoun. He finds her attractive, and soons realizes he recognized her name from the stolen papers and tells the family everything he knows.

Max finds himself falling in love with the laid back Lilah, but constantly messes things up without meaning to. He constantly fears for her safety when he realizes his attackers are still on the island. When one of the men comes after Lilah, Max fights him, and the man dies.

The emeralds have still not been found, but the jewel thief from the last story is still after them. Lilah and Max had been fighting before the fight, but will the forgive each other and stay together?"

Rachael High, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of For the Love of Lilah
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Plot
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Action/suspense subplot? Yes
Action: - chased by/chasing kidnapper/killer - searching for a treasure
If one lover chases another... - they alternate

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - teacher
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - confident - blissful - sensitive
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Genius
Physique - very athletic

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - teacher
Has unusual powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can read emotions
Eccentric/Mental: Yes
Eccentric: - eccentric
How sexual is this person? - a few sexual encounters
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
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Island? Yes
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? - 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)
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? - 3-4 sex acts
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