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Plot Summary of Savage Thunder
"   A nineteenth english Dutchess, Jocelyn Fleming, travels the world after she becomes a young widow to a Duke in England. After many years of sightseeing with her personal entourage, she visits the United States and the Wild West.
   While in the West she discovers a man named Colt Thunder, who's ancestory includes a white father, and a Cheyanne Indian mother, who raised him as a full-blooded Indian savage most of his life until he was civilized, and taught the white man's ways of living. Colt has had problems adjusting to these changes, with painful memories to remind him who he really is, and where he came from.
   Colt is hired to be Jocelyn's guide through dangerous territory. On this journey they they discover their attraction to each other growing stronger and more irresistable. And Colt finds himself fighting his emotions that are torn between the white man's way and the savage Indian. Jocelyn will ultimately be affected by his final decision.
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, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Savage Thunder
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Plot
Tone of book? - upbeat
Time/era of story - 19th century
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Struggle over - savage living in civilization
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Lover is - from very different culture

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - wealthy
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality - Eastern European
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

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb: Yes
Eccentric: - obsessed - mentally ill
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 ()
United States Yes
Prairie? Yes
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - ranch
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Style
Person - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - impregnation/reproduction - actual description of hetero sex - descript. of female anat. (the big B's) - descript. of female anat. (the big V) - descript. of nude males (the big P)
Unusual Style: - a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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