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Book Review By Rachael High
Keeper of the Light by Diane Chamberlain

Annie O'Neil is shot on Christmas Eve in front of her daughter. She is rushed to the hospital where Olivia Simon tries to save her. She does her best but it isn't enough, and only later does she learn that Annie is the woman her husband is obsessed with. After she dies Olivia's husband leaves her.

Later Olivia meets Alec, Annie's grieving husband. She wants to try to get close to the man Annie loved, but in the process she falls in love herself. She is pregnant, and Alec, who is falling in love with her, urges her to tell her husband.

As time goes on Alec learns that Annie cheated on him many times, and that Paul, Olivia's husband, was Annie's first love. They also learned that Annie had several abortions. When Olivia, Paul, and Alec learn this, how will they deal with the information, and who will Olivia choose?


Plot & Themes
Time/era of story
Love Triangles/Polygons Yes
What kind:
Inner struggle subplot Yes
Struggle with...

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

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

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Southeast
Water? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related? - 90%
How explicit is the sex? - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - 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? - 3-4 sex acts
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