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Book Review By Sandra Calhoune
Forever After by Bette Ford


Teacher Diane Rivers is setting sail on a fifteen day cruise to the Caribbean in order to mend fences with Charles Randol, the man she loves. Charles, who hasn't seen Diane in over a year and a half, is embittered towards her due to his belief that she toyed with his emotions during their relationship.   Charles feels Diane is a heartless player. When Charles spots Diane across a crowded room on his getaway cruise, he is totally floored by her presence. Charles in on the cruise in order to recuperate from wounds he sustained in a terrible car crash. Diane realized when Charles nearly lost his life how dearly she loved him. Diane and Charles manage to come together on the cruise and end up getting married in a romantic ceremony. But when Charles and Diane head home after the cruise, Charles realizes that Diane's childhood issues do not allow her to trust, not even the man she married.


Plot & Themes
Time/era of story
Marriage/Married Yes
Marriage subplot:
If one lover chases another... - she chases after him

Main Male Character
Profession/status:
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Sex makes him
If he's not white he must be... - black

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
Effect of sexing
If she's not white she must be... - black

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Southeast

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - nearly 100%
How explicit is the sex? - vague references only - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - actual description of sex - Vagia talk
Focus of story - equally on him and her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 1-2 sex acts
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