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Plot Summary of Sara's Child
"    Rome Matthews had given up on love and family when he buried his wife and two sons. Sarah Harper had been in love with Rome for years, even before his marriage to her best friend but she never let anyone know. Then one day Rome notices her and he realizes she is different than the other women he has been having sex with since his wife's death. After their first encounter, where Rome is surprised to find out that Sarah is still a virgin at thirty-three, he offers to marry her. The only stipulation is they can never have children, he is still too torn up over the death of his two sons.
    Sarah agrees even though it hurt her to give up the chance to have children of her own. Her love for Rome is so strong that she is willing to take whatever he offers. For the most part their life together goes smoothly, and Sarah begins to believe that Rome may actually have feelings for her beyond sex. Then she accidently becomes pregnant and everything goes down hill. Will she be able to salvage her marriage?
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Nancy Wallace, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Inner struggle subplot Yes
Struggle with... - angst over dead lover
Children/Pregnancy Yes
Children/Pregnancy: - Get accidently pregnant

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - business executive
How sexual is this person? - somewhat promiscuious
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - secretary
How sexual is this person? - naive virgin
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
City? Yes

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - nearly 100%
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 male nudity (the big P)
Focus of story - equally on him and her
Consequences of sex - pregnancy
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 5-9 sex acts
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