Zebra, Dec 2004, 5.99 ISBN: 0821775715 Three high school teachers, Annie Peterson, Jillian Morgan, and Lisa Carlisle agree to find jobs over the Christmas holidays to break the monotony. They also agree that any of the trio who fails to obtain work must treat the other two to an expensive dinner at a fancy French restaurant. Math teacher Annie has had nothing exciting occur in two years since she broke up with Mark. She accepts work as a delivery person of strip-o-grams for the Naughty or Nice Messenger Service. Her first assignment is to provide a message to divorced Dalton Stoner in a snowstorm, but her car gets stuck in an embankment. Dalton invites Annie to stay with him until the roads become passable, but is shocked that his dogs welcome the stranger. Soon they fall in love pushed together by his matchmaking sisters. Harriet Klausner | ||
Plot & Themes Time/era of story In love with caretaker or teacher Yes Falling in love with - Homecaring friend Matchmake, (will/family) Yes Matchmaker... - matchmake by brother/sister 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? - no torture/death What % of story is romance related? - 80% Focus of story - equally on him and her How much dialog - significantly more dialog than descript |