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Plot Summary of Gabrielle's Awakening
"Unexpectedly widowed, Gabrielle, a sexually inexperienced author/historian, turns for emotional support to her late husband's closest friend, a courtly cosmopolite who radiates masculine appeal. When Michael reveals that he desires a slave willing to exist solely for his pleasure, his shocking invitation resonates on some gut level within the woman married for fourteen years to a man afflicted by periodic bouts of impotence. Trained by Michael to submit and obey, Gabrielle grows to crave both the pain and the pleasure he uses to lift her to astonishing heights of ecstasy.

Just as she rejoices in having learned how to please him, a magnetically appealing stranger enters her life as Michael's guest. Raoul levies a bold demand that Michael considers himself obligated to grant. Both virile, dominant lovers strive with all their skill at erotic art, all their compelling mastery, to win the slave's permanent favor. Ever more emotionally distraught, Gabrielle achieves a startling new insight into her own sensual nature that enables her finally to resolve the dilemma tormenting her.
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Plot
Time/era of story - Present (2000-2010)
Seduction/coercion/force Yes
How seduced/forced? - loving persuasion
If one lover chases another... - he chases after her
Who seduces whom? - man seducing woman
Sex/Erotic story, Primarily Yes
Story of... - sex slave

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - engineer
Age/status: - 40's-50's
How sexual is this person? - somewhat promiscuious
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - sensitive
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Physique - very athletic

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - writer
How sexual is this person? - a few sexual encounters
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - obedient
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Physique - very athletic

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - West

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to torture
What % of story is romance related? - nearly 100%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - use of artificial tools - orgies - impregnation/reproduction - actual description of sex - descript. of female anatomy (the big B's) - descript. of female anatomy (the big V) - descript. of male nudity (the big P) - whips, chains, and leather products used
Focus of story - equally on 3 in a l-triangle
Is this an e-book? Yes
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 10 or more (that's a lot!)
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