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Avon, Nov 2004, 5.99, 384 pp.
ISBN: 0060593326
In 1868 Texas, Creed Sixkiller loves Raney Childress and plans to ask her to be his wife. However, the spoiled Raney, a member of the aristocratic Sixes and Sevens Ranch family rejects his proposal although she is attracted to him. Someone with her breeding would never dilute the blood by marrying a half-breed.
Three years later, Creed is a lawman who is after Raney's brother Brass. Raney worries that when the two meet, one will not come home alive as Brass says he will not return to jail and she knows how stubborn Creed can be when he chases after an outlaw. Raney decides to catch up to Creed and ride with him so she can mediate a safe compromise between two men she loves. However, Creed does not trust her.
Raney goes from heeding the direct orders of the human males in her family, which meant giving up love for obedience, to following her heart. Creed is typical of the half-breed sub-genre centerfold as an ethical individual struggling to make it in a purebred world; he rejects Raney's advances on the trail having been burned once before.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of story
- 19th century
Forbidden/mismatched love?
Yes
How mismatched?
- cowboy loving indian
Who:
- brother
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
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
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
If he's not white he must be...
- indian
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- homemaker
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
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Texas
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
What % of story is romance related?
- 70%
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
How much dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
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