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Plot Summary of Angel
"    In a small town in Texas, Cassie Stuart, who is visiting her father from her hometown in Wyoming, decides to play matchmaker between two members of two feuding families. Instead of making things better, she now has both families threatening her unless she leaves for home. The problem is her father broke his leg while negotiating a deal away from home and he will not be able to come home any time soon, leaving her to run the ranch. So she decides to bring in a peacemaker friend of her father's, only he sends his bounty hunter friend instead, Angel.
    Angel is a hard-edged man, who was kidnapped as child and raised by a mountain man, who actually comes from the same area as Cassie. She does not want his help becauses she believes he will make things worse, and he will not leave because he is honor bound to finish the job.
    Against the odds, they feel an attraction for each other, even though they have such different backgrounds. Angel feels that with his background he is not good enough for Cassie. It is a compelling story were they take all the challenges thrown at them and manage to muddle through. Johanna Lindsey masters the wild west with this novel.

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Angel Manners, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Angel
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Plot
Time/era of story - American "wild west" era
Forbidden/mismatched love? Yes
How mismatched? - one crude, the other cultured.
Action/suspense subplot? Yes
Action: - chased by authorities/family
If one lover chases another... - they alternate

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? - not very romantic
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - blissful - mature
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - bulging muscles

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - unemployed
How sexual is this person? - naive virgin
How romantic is this person? - not very romantic
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - confident - a better lover - blissful - mature
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Setting
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - ranch
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related? - 80%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - actual description of sex - 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
How much sexing? - 3-4 sex acts
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