|
|
| Plot Summary of The Heartbreaker |
|---|
" Widowed rancher and would be politician Sloan McCord needs a caretaker for his infant daughter and also a lady of good breeding to help him in his campaign for state senate. His heart still belongs to the wife he couldn't protect from murder by his political enemies. It's not that McCord cannot commit, it is that he doesn't want to. He refuses to open himself up to more of the guilt that already consumes him.
Heather Ashford is in desparate straits due to her late father's debts and marries McCord knowing it will be a marriage of convenience and that he thinks she is too delicate and well bred for the hard life of ranching. Sloan does not want to show any disrespect to the memory of his late wife so he pushes Heather away and at times treats her horribly. It is his fear of caring for another woman, and possibly losing her, that keeps his heart closed off, but he cannot resist his attraction to his new wife.
The two struggle against falling in love while Heather surprises her husband as she successfully adapts to ranch life and determinedy sets about bridging the emotional distance her husband tries to maintain while trying to win his love."
Lin Allen, Resident Scholar
|
|
|
| Review Analysis of The Heartbreaker |
|---|
|
Our unique search engine provides a wealth of detail about books by breaking them down into many different literary elements, all of which are searchable (click here).
|
|
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- American wild west period
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Political/social activism
Yes
Plotlet:
- fighting evil big business
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Lover is
- afraid of commitment
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- politician/elected ruler
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 6 (an above average amount)
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- ranch
Small town?
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- licking
- actual description of hetero sex
- descript. of female anat. (the big B's)
- descript. of female anat. (the big V)
- descript. of nude males (the big P)
Unusual Style:
- a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
|
|
|
Click here for more information about this book
Nicole Jordan Resident Scholar Profiles
TOP SCHOLAR:
 Lin Allen
SCHOLARS:
| |
Note: the views expressed here are only those of the reviewer(s). | |
Use our site!
Feedback
About us
Bribe your congressman!
Rudy Giuliani
Most recent discussions:
General Book Talk
Book writing discussion
Off-topic message board
.
General Discussion (All Topics)
7:10:00 PM
Jude Deveraux
5:56:12 PM
George W. Bush
4:34:34 PM
Ray Bradbury
4:27:50 PM
Norah Lofts
3:00:24 PM
Karen Armstrong
2:13:10 PM
Thomas Kinkade and Katherine Spencer
1:53:39 PM
Karen Armstrong
12:58:19 PM
Lana Wood
6:06:13 AM
Lynn and Gilbert Morris
12:20:20 AM
David Pelzer
10:32:56 PM
Max Shulman
8:44:04 PM
Kate Brian
5:25:02 PM
Ruth Minsky Sender
3:34:26 PM
Charlaine Harris
2:46:27 PM
Gerald Morris
2:00:08 PM
Iris Johanson
1:27:13 PM
Sue Grafton
1:23:14 PM
Chinua Achebe
11:46:27 AM
Terry Goodkind
10:19:00 AM
More message boards
|
