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Book Review By Melody Hays
Touch the Wind by Janet Dailey

Sheila Rogers is a rich, spoiled woman who marries a man to rebel against her parents. After she marries him she finds out that he only married her for her money. They honeymoon in Mexico and get stranded on a deserted road where they are found by a group of bandits.

Her husband, Brad, is killed and she is taken captive. The leader of the band is a violent, gallant bandido named Rafaga. She is taken to their town in the mountains of Mexico. There is a fiery attraction between them, but Sheila doesn't want to admit it. He takes her and makes her his and they fall in love.


Plot & Themes
Time/era of story
Forbidden/mismatched love? Yes
How mismatched?
Captor, in love with Yes
If one lover chases another... - he chases after her

Main Male Character
Profession/status:
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Sex makes him
If he's not white he must be... - hispanic

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

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Texas
The Americas (not US): Yes
The Americas: - Mexico
Mountains/Cliffs Yes
Mountains: - climbing on trails

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
How explicit is the sex? - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - actual description of sex - Boob talk - rape/molest (yeech!)
Focus of story - Her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 3-4 sex acts
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