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Plot Summary of Kiss The Past Goodbye
"Jaimie and Ryan are forced to flee for their lives when they find Jaimie's best friend murdered on their wedding day. The must keep running and learning about the secrest each has hidden until they find the murderer or he finds them."
emily andreis, Resident Scholar


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Plot
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Marriage/Married Yes
Action/suspense subplot? Yes
Action: - chased by authorities/family - chased by/chasing kidnapper/killer
Hidden Identity/Secret Motive Yes
If one lover chases another... - they alternate
Children/Pregnancy Yes

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - lawyer creature
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Eccentric/mental: Yes
How sexual is this person? - several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - confident - a better lover
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - doctor/medical
Eccentric/Mental: Yes
How sexual is this person? - a few sexual encounters
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - confident - a better lover
How sensitive is this character? - 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: - Southeast
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
What % of story is romance related? - 90%
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) - descript. of male nudity (the big P)
Focus of story - equally on him and her
Is this an e-book? Yes
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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