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Book Review By Jennifer Nieradka-Piperni
The Surgeon by Kate Bridges

Expecting to start a new life and possibly find her brother again, Sarah O'Neil agreed to be a mail order bride, only to be quickly disillusioned by non other than her fiancé. Mountie surgeon, John Calloway, can't believe the prank his fellow Mounties played on both himself and this innocent girl. However when he tries to rectify the situation and get Sarah on a train back home he finds that, marriage or not, she has no intention of leaving. When rumors being flying around town John sees no other way to save Sarah's reputation than to marry her, but can their arranged marriage lead to something deeper?


Plot & Themes
Time/era of story
Marriage/Married Yes
Marriage subplot:
Who: - brother

Main Male Character
Profession/status:
Age/status: - 40's-50's

Main Female Character - 20's-30's
Profession/status:

Setting
Prairie Yes
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting - fort/military installation

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related? - 60%
How explicit is the sex? - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex - Boob 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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