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Plot Summary of The Broken Circle
"Claudia Stewart is a woman on a mission. No one better get in her way. Older sister Camille Stewart Jones is just the person to stop her, but at what cost? The Broken Circle is an enjoyable mixture of romance and intrigue."
Mary Gibbs, Resident Scholar

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Plot
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Forbidden/mismatched love? Yes
Seduction/coercion/force Yes
How seduced/forced? - threat of economic ruinment - threat of exposure of secret
Action/suspense subplot? Yes
If one lover chases another... - she chases after him
Children/Pregnancy Yes
Who seduces whom? - woman seducing man

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - laborer/blue collar
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - sensitive
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - secretary
How sexual is this person? - "Zip'm down, zip'm up. Next!"
How romantic is this person? - sly seducer
effect of sexing - more bitchy/arrogant
Sex has bad effect on her Yes
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - impregnation/reproduction
Focus of story - Her
Consequences of sex - pregnancy
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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