Mariah Grant and Rory Campbell, sole heirs of rival Bay Area developers, came together as young lovers but were star-crossed by hostility between their fathers - men once as close as brothers and mysteriously turned into sworn enemies.
Eight years after their first breakup, Mariah returns from a self-imposed exile to the family company in San Francisco. Contrary to her hope, the city is too small to avoid Rory, who works for his father. Unfortunately, the companies' competition makes fraternizing the equivalent of consorting with the enemy. Yet, passion flares anew between Mariah and Rory, who meet in secret, planning to defy their fathers and end the family warfare. Then an accident on a Grant skyscraper happens under suspicious circumstances, killing Mariah's closest childhood friend while a web of intrigue surrounds her and Rory. She comes to believe the elder Campbell is so determined to destroy Grant that he will stop at nothing, even murder. | ||
Plot & Themes Time/era of story Forbidden/mismatched love? Yes How mismatched? If one lover chases another... - they alternate Main Male Character Profession/status: Age/status: - 20's-30's Sex makes him Main Female Character Age/status: - 20's-30's Profession/status: Effect of sexing Setting United States Yes City? Yes Writing Style What % of story is romance related? - 70% How explicit is the sex? - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex - Weiner talk 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 |