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"CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU
Zebra, May 2001, 6.99, 352 pp.
ISBN: 0821770802
In 1986 Strasburg, New York, teenage college student Mariel Rowan gives birth to a girl. Her parents back in Rockton, Missouri know nothing of their granddaughter's life as the dance scholarship student hid the truth from them. Her boyfriend Noah Lyons offers marriage because he personally knows how devastating it is on a child to be raised by a single parent. Mariel rejects his offer and does what she feels is best for her beloved infant by giving her up for adoption.
Fifteen years later, an e-mail from Amber Steadman, claiming to be her daughter, stuns Mariel. She travels to New York to meet Amber, but upon arriving in Valley Falls, she learns the teen is missing. Unable to turn to anyone, Mariel contacts Noah for the first time in years. He quickly joins her in the search for their daughter. As they panic over the child they once gave away, Noah and Mariel fall in love, but finding Amber remains the top priority for both of them.
CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU is an exciting relationship drama that readers will enjoy. The lead couple is attractive and charming, but because the story line centers on the search and their fears for Amber, sparks between them are limited, which adds to a more authentic feel to the plot. Also adding realism is the fact that the Steadmans are not ogres. Instead they are caring, worried middle class parents struggling with a teen. Though Amber's finding of Mariel seems too easy, the audience will gain much pleasure from Janelle Taylor's latest novel.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Searching/Rekindling love?
Yes
Lost Lover:
- rekindling love after long time
Struggling with whom?
- Daughter
Family focus?
Yes
Family, hating
Yes
Main Male Character
Age/status:
- 40's-50's
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
Sex makes him
- scared
Sex has bad effect on him
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- business executive
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
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
What % of story is romance related?
- 50%
Sex in book?
Yes
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
Consequences of sex
- pregnancy
How much dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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