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Leisure, Mar 2003, 6.99, 372 pp.
ISBN: 0843950595
Legendary bounty hunter Jack Skull arrives in Abilene seeking a serial killer stalking women in the area. To Anne Ross, Jack is the MAN, as he seems so exciting. Anne especially notices the way people healthily avoid Jack and that when he forces interaction, most people are uncomfortable around him until they can safely get away from him. Knowing that failed marriages run throughout her family and she doesn't want to add to the family legacy, Anne believes he can keep her from marrying someone she refuses to spend her life with.
Jack has enough on his plate tracking the murderer who has killed young ladies' all over the state. He has no time for this innocent miss, but also feels he needs to keep the feisty Anne safe from his prey as she fits the victims' profile. However, insuring her safety from a killer seems mild compared to keeping her protected from him.
This is an engaging Western romance that stars two delightful lead protagonists who the audience will cherish. Jack is an intriguing hero who believes he has crossed the line too often for Anne to love him. Anne is an intrepid individual who loves deeply but does not trust in forever. Though the final emergency seems improbable, readers will relish this charming story.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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"Anne Ross meets every train that comes to Abilene, watching, waiting. So she is there when Jack Scullard comes to town, shoving his latest bounty prison before him. And when it slowly becomes knowledge there is a serial killer following the old cattle trail, killing young beautiful women as he goes, suspicions falls on Jack. Or is it Bill doing the killing, the sly land dealer who courts Anne when he comes to town?
Anne hopes to use Jack to scare Bill away from proposing marriage, but she is drawn to him. Jack is on the trail of the killer and will not rest until he catches him."
DeborahAnne MacGillivray, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of story
- American "wild west" era
Seduction/coercion/force
Yes
How seduced/forced?
- loving persuasion
Action/suspense subplot?
Yes
Action:
- chased by/chasing kidnapper/killer
Who seduces whom?
- woman seducing man
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- bounty hunter
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
- somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- confident
- blissful
- mature
- sensitive
- a better lover
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- a teen
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- homemaker
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
- naive virgin
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
effect of sexing
- confused
- scared
- guilty
Sex has bad effect on her
Yes
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- confident
- a better lover
- blissful
- mature
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:
- Texas
- West
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related?
- 60%
- 90%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- licking
- descript. of female anatomy (the big B's)
Part of a series?
Yes
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
How much dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
- significantly more descript than dialog
How much sexing?
- 1-2 sex acts
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