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Book Review By Jennifer Nieradka-Piperni
West of Heaven by Victoria Bylin

When Jayne Dawson's husband of just a few days, goes missing then turns up dead, her whole life gets turned around by uncovered secrets and dangers. With the police thinking she's an accomplice to one of her husbands' crimes and the real outlaw wanting her dead for her husbands' betrayals, she finds protection in a grief-stricken rancher. Ethan Trent wanted nothing to do with Jayne Dawson and most certainly had no intentions of marrying ever again, but when he discovers the young widow is pregnant, marriage becomes their only option. As their arranged marriage begins to dissolve into a closer tie and with visions of his dead wife urging him to open his heart once more Ethan finds himself once again walking the land of the living.


Plot & Themes
Time/era of story
Marriage/Married Yes
Marriage subplot:
Action/suspense subplot? Yes
Action:
If one lover chases another... - they alternate

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

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

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Deep South
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - ranch
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related? - 70%
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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