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Warner, Jan 2022, 22.95, 400 pp.
ISBN: 0446529508
In 1929 Jill Jones recently moved to Rainwater, Oklahoma to manage her dying Aunt Justine's Byers Hotel. Running the hotel seems quite easy when compared with keeping the advances of the women hungry males away from her.
However, Jill becomes angry with her beloved aunt when Justine hires Thad Taylor to help around the hotel. Thad is a close friend of Jill's brother and insists he only came here as a favor to Joe to watch over his sister until her sibling can arrive. Jill wants nothing to do with the man from her hometown until someone murders a woman. However, Jill soon realizes she wants more from her hometown neighbor, but he insists he will remain here only until Joe arrives.
A PLACE CALLED RAINWATER is a strong historical romantic suspense that is at its best before the murders begins. The story line provides insight into a bygone era through the lead couple and the support cats. Though the who-done-it is well designed and intriguing, it does take the audience away from the novel's strength that of the bickering between Jill and Thad that shines a light on the late 1920s in Oklahoma.
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
- 1900-1920's
Making a living subplot
Yes
Making a living:
- working ordinary lives
Who is...
- physically ill
Who:
- aunt
Inner struggle subplot
Yes
Struggle with...
- (general) search for identity/new understanding
- obession with uninterested person
Matchmake, (will/family)
Yes
Matchmaker...
- matchmake by aunt/uncle
Family focus?
Yes
Family, loving
Yes
Family, sick/caring for
Yes
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- laborer/blue collar
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- not very romantic
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
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- small businessman
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
What % of story is romance related?
- 60%
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
How much dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
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