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Plot Summary of Desert Triangle
"Kristie Leigh Maguire presents the ultimate in ultra-sensual modern day romance with the release of DESERT TRIANGLE, the first novel in the trilogy - The Marcie Series. Don't expect the typical romance story with this novel. There are no shrinking violets or shy maiden virgins who long to be taken against their will in DESERT TRIANGLE. Marcie is a savvy businesswoman who knows what she wants and is willing to go against the odds to get it."
Kristie Leigh Maguire, Resident Scholar

"Marcie is very happily married to Steve, but sparks fly when she meets her new boss. How can she even think of being with him when she loves Steve? Can she really love two men at once?

It takes a trip to Las Vegas and an interesting present from Steve for her to find out...

Annette Gisby, author of Silent Screams"

Annette Gisby, Resident Scholar




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Review Analysis of Desert Triangle
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Plot
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Love Triangles/Polygons Yes
What kind: - one woman-two men
Marriage/Married Yes
Marriage subplot: - seduction of someone else's wife
Making a living subplot Yes
Making a living: - office romance among coworkers
Inner struggle subplot Yes
Struggle with... - (general) search for identity/new understanding
If one lover chases another... - they alternate
Family focus? Yes
Family, hating Yes

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - business executive - engineer
Age/status: - 40's-50's
How sexual is this person? - very picky - several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex makes him - guilty
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - blissful - a better lover
Sex has bad effect on him Yes
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - business executive - secretary
How sexual is this person? - a few sexual encounters
effect of sexing - confused - guilty
Sex has bad effect on her Yes
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - a better lover - blissful
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 - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - West
Desert? Yes
Desert: - funny heat-delusions
Small town? Yes

Style
Person - mostly 1st - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - 60% - 80%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex - descript. of female anatomy (the big B's) - descript. of female anatomy (the big V) - descript. of male nudity (the big P)
Focus of story - equally on 3 in a l-triangle
How much dialog - significantly more dialog than descript - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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