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Paradise Wild by Johanna Lindsey

Jared Burkett leaves his native Hawaii for Boston to exact revenge on the man he believes responsible for his broken-hearted mother's suicide. Unable to ruin him financially he weds his daughter, Corinne, after raping her, and leaves her publically humilitaed and pregnant. Corinne pursues Jared back to Hawaii to avenge her injust treatment, by pretending to be promiscuous to humiliate Jared on his own home turf, but finds herself pregnant. She gives birth in secrecy and passes her son off as that of her maid when Jared finds her and imprisons her to stop her "whorish ways". Their tempestuous and violent relationship is thwarted by mistresses, family members and neighbours, as they are attracted against their will.


Plot & Themes
Time/era of story
Seduction/coercion/force Yes
How seduced/forced? - rape
Hidden Identity/Secret Motive Yes
Is really... - out for emotional revenge
Who seduces whom? - man seducing woman

Main Male Character
Profession/status:
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Sex makes him
Unusual characteristics?

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
Effect of sexing

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast - Hawaii

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - 80%
How explicit is the sex? - impregnation/reproduction - actual description of sex - Boob talk - Weiner talk - rape/molest (yeech!)
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
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