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Plot Summary of Magnificent Folly
"Lily Deslin was a survivor. She had fallen in love with a man who was a serial killer who had murdered her mother. Devastated by her poor choice in men, Lily continued her college career, got artificially inseminated and showered all of her love, care and affection on her beloved daughter, Cassie. Lily put her feelings on deep freeze and kept everyone else out of her life. As Cassie grew older, she became known as a musical prodigy and was well known for both her compositions and her magical performances. When both Lily and Cassie rented a small cottage on the beach for a well-deserved vacation, they had no idea that their lives were about to change...

Andrew Ramsey had waited for years for Lily to be ready to meet him. He was the sperm donor for Cassie and had watched them from afar since she was born. When he first met Lily and told her who he was, she scoffed at him and told him that his dreams of living together as a family would never come true. But Andrew had not waited so long and so patiently for Lily to just throw him out. There was plenty of physical attraction between the two of them, attraction that Andrew fed until Lily couldn't deny him a part in her life. But Andrew was forced to tell Lily more than he wanted to when Cassie was suddenly kidnapped. Lily wanted to call the police, but Andrew knew that the police could do nothing for Cassie. For Andrew was Clanad, a group of humans who had found refuge in the remote desert kingdom of Sedikhan. They were experimented on generations before and gifted with increased intelligence and mental powers like healing, mind control and others. And there were people who would do anything to get their hands on them...

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Debbie, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Magnificent Folly
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Plot
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Who: - daughter
If one lover chases another... - he chases after her
Fantasy/Magic Yes
Fantasy/Magical Lover Yes
Family focus? Yes
Family, loving Yes

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - doctor
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Has unusual powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - can read emotions - mind reading - mind control
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - blissful
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - homemaker
How sexual is this person? - frigid
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - confident - a better lover - blissful
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
Desert? Yes
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Style
Person - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related? - 60%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - actual description of sex
Part of a series? Yes
Focus of story - equally on him and her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 3-4 sex acts
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