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Plot Summary of Triumph
"Civil war. A rebel nurse gets herself into a little trouble horseback riding naked. She must marry a Union Colonel after being caught in a compromising position with him. There is a lot of describition of the country and the war."
Pam Clark, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Time/era of story - 19th century
Forbidden/mismatched love? Yes
How mismatched? - loving someone from historic enemy
Difficult/unusual lover? Yes
Seduction/coercion/force Yes
Action/suspense subplot? Yes
Action: - war bringing lovers together
Captor, in love with Yes
If one lover chases another... - he chases after her
Who seduces whom? - woman seducing man

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - infantry soldier
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - mature
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - bulging muscles

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - doctor/medical
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
effect of sexing - confused
Sex has bad effect on her Yes
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
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
What % of story is romance related? - 40%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - impregnation/reproduction - actual description of sex - descript. of female anatomy (the big B's) - descript. of male nudity (the big P)
Focus of story - equally on him and her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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