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"A female creole chemist has invented a love potion, which is accidentally ingested by the bad boy attorney of Houma, Louisiana, their hometown. There has always been a lot of tension between these two before, they thought because they didn't like each other. Now they're about to find out if might not be dislike they've been feeling all these years."
Kim Mills, Resident Scholar
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Love Spell, Oct 2003, 5.99, 391 pp.
ISBN: 0505523493
Research chemist Dr. Sylvie Fontaine is ecstatic over her scientific breakthrough that she believes is the greatest since Viagra. Sylvie created the Jelly Bean Fix (JBX), a love potion that uses female enzymes to attract males, albeit after he has swallowed the sweet “pill”.
Attorney Luc “Swamp Solicitor” LeDeux heads to Sylvie's lab to ask her to test a water sample that he believes has been polluted by Cypress Oil. Sylvie and Luc have been “enemies” since she rejected his offer to dance at a Houma, Louisiana sixth grade event. He informed her then that one day they will dance naked together.
Sylvie agrees to look at the sample. However, she panics when he eats the jellybeans containing her enzymes that were targeted for her boss. Not long afterward, he accuses her of trying to kill him with over testosterone production as he cannot get Sylvie out of his head. As they fall in love, Sylvie believes it is her sugar pill, but Luc knows otherwise for he has loved her since elementary school.
Though love potions sound inane, Sandra Hill provides a delightful Bayou romance that will bewitch the audience though mindful of the Bullock movie Love Potion #9. The story line is filled with double entendres as Sylvie and Luc, supported by a cast of eccentrics, debate chemistry. Their dynamic relationship is so much fun to observe that the strong pollution subplot involving Luc's estranged dad seems out of place except for bringing the hero to her lab. Throw in a Samson hunk on the cover of this fine tale readers will be seeking the JBX or green M&Ms.
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
- Present (2000-2010)
Action/suspense subplot?
Yes
Action:
- chased by authorities/family
- chased by/chasing kidnapper/killer
Inner struggle subplot
Yes
If one lover chases another...
- they alternate
Fantasy/Magic
Yes
Love potion/spell
Yes
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- lawyer creature
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
- somewhat promiscuious
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
- somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- confident
- blissful
- mature
- sensitive
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- scientist
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
- somewhat romantic
effect of sexing
- confused
- wild
- scared
- guilty
Sex has bad effect on her
Yes
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- confident
- a better lover
- blissful
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Deep South
Water?
Yes
Misc setting
- scientific labs
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related?
- 70%
- 80%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- licking
- 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
How much dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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