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Plot Summary of One Love in a Lifetime
"    Angelina Tosconna is a beginner novelist who meets and falls head over heels in love with Samuel Wade who is a singer/performer. Angelina sees Sam at a concert and then contacts him by phone. They both plan to meet each other and hit it off right away. They both fall in love. He was the first man she ever made love with. She then leaves not wanting to see him again. Then her cousin wins raffle tickets to Sam's Concert 8 months later. They go and Sam spots her and they resume their affair again. She moves in with him and they get engaged but his ex girlfrined shows up with a baby claiming he is the father. Angelina then leaves Sam knowing he will do the right thing.
    She moves to Montana to start over and finds out she is pregnant with Sam's baby. Not letting him know she keeps this secret to herself. She meets up with Stephen Ross. This man will keep his control over her and everyone she loves, including Sam. He threatens her if she sees Sam he will hire a hitman to get rid of him. Her books become published and she becomes well known. Sam finds out that his girlfriend had lied to him about being the baby's father. He then goes to Montana to bring Angelina back to Los Angeles with him. He finds out that he has a baby son. They have an encounter by the lake in Montana. She refuses to go back because of Stephen's threats. And asks Sam to wait a few months until she can leave Stephen. Both men fight over Angelina in a hotel room.
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Josephine Edley, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of One Love in a Lifetime
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Plot
Time/era of story - Present (2000-2010)
Love Triangles/Polygons Yes
What kind: - one woman-two men
Searching/Rekindling love? Yes
Lost Lover: - rekindling love after long time
If one lover chases another... - they alternate

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

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - writer
Has unusual powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - is very quick
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - confident - blissful - mature
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Midwest - California
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - lot of descript of animal care
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - nearly 100%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - rape/molest (yeech!)
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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