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Plot Summary of Give Me Tonight
"Adeline cares for her aunt with cancer during the Great Depression. Her aunt tells her that she resembles her great-aunt from the 1880s who mysteriously disappeared one day in town. Around the same time, Adeline father was murdered, supposedly by the ranch foreman Ben, who also disappeared. One day while in town Adeline sees an old man with bright green eyes who stares at her. Adeline's aunt tells her this is Ben. Adelines' aunt dies a few days after Adeline sees Ben and Adeline is then transported back into the 1880s. Everyone believes that she is her great-aunt Adeline. Throughout the book, Adeline realizes how cruel and spoiled her great-aunt was. Ranch foreman Ben who was the original Adeline's adversary begins to like the new Adeline. Eventually, they both realize how much they like and care for each other.

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Randi Baldwin, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Give Me Tonight
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Plot
Time/era of story - American "wild west" era
Hidden Identity/Secret Motive Yes
Is really... - a criminal (possibly)
If one lover chases another... - he chases after her
Time Travel Yes
Type of time travel - reincarnation

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - rancher/cowboy
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person? - as romantic as a root canal
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - confident - sensitive - a better lover
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 - very athletic

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - very picky
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - confident - obedient - a better lover - less bitchy/arrogant - blissful - mature
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - ranch
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
What % of story is romance related? - 80%
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)
Focus of story - Her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 1-2 sex acts
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