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Avon, Oct 2004, 5.99, 384 pp. ISBN: 0060549289 Multimillionaire widow Lilly Marquette reluctantly shops inside the Cloud Nine Adult Shop to purchase a birthday present for her best friend Betsy when the furnace explodes. Lilly ends up in a place where two angels inform her that she once again failed to get it right in her latest lifetime. They agree to send her back but to remain she must give away her eighteen million dollars and have a baby by her next birthday. Lilly accepts the terms because she always wanted a child. Jake Murdoch is filling in for his neighbor when the furnace exploded at Cloud Nine. He rescues Lilly. He knows her as he was best man at her wedding to the now deceased Brady and blames her for the destruction of their company. He also fell in love with her at Brady's wedding, but wants nothing to do with her as he believes she betrayed him and the honor of her late spouse. Lilly thinks he is to be her earthly mentor to guide her so will not allow him to walk away from her. As she fosters herself on him, Jake and Lilly fall in love, but the cherished Brady casts a shadow over their relationship. Harriet Klausner | ||
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Plot & Themes Time/era of story Seduction/coercion/force Yes How seduced/forced? - loving persuasion Matchmake, (will/family) Yes Matchmaker... - matchmake by angel Who seduces whom? - woman seducing man Main Male Character Profession/status: Age/status: - 20's-30's Main Female Character - 20's-30's Profession/status: Setting United States Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment What % of story is romance related? - 80% Focus of story - equally on him and her How much dialog - significantly more dialog than descript |
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