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Thought I'd do a little impromptu analyzing of a Harlequin Intrigue. It's a toss up whether I like them better than Silhouette, but because of my mystery background, I'd like to say, I probably do. Especially, when they're a bit different than all the other Intrigues
B.J.Daniels Howling in the Darkness "Mariah's Landing" a modern day Gothic. This novel was published in 2002. Believe when I say I keep most of them.
Ordinary World: Kat is goind on a blind "Online Date." She thinks he's arrived, even if a bit dishelved and seemigly unknowning about a great deal of her. He cools down is going to kiss her but doesn't. She refuses to let him walk her home. However, she hears footsteps following in the treacherous fog.
I believe that could be construed as hero's call to adventure and refusal of call/ or her call to adventure and when she turns him down to walk her home her refusal of call--but I think this might be all a foreshadow of things to come.
He comes blasting into town on a motorcycle only to be waylayed by the fog. In this mist he sees a man-he knows he must get away from him (we don't know why) He stops in the first store front he comes to and meets an attractive lady dressed for a blind date. She mistakes him for her date. To get away from the danger and because she's attractive he takes her out to the Moriah's Landing Inn. Because he never intends to see her again, he doesn't kiss her even though he'd like to. This too, could be construed at this point to go from his Ordinary World (going back home and looking for somebody--dangerous) to call to adventure (meeting girl) refusal of call when he refuses to kiss her.
But the fact that he wants to take her home--and does follow up to make sure she's okay, is a foreshadow of things to come. As is the man he bumps into on the street, and the "witch" Arabella, who warns him of danger and death, and the next day crosses the street and crosses herself when she sees Kat.
Arabella could be the threshold guardian/Kat heroine, Jonah hero, man in mist the shadow. At least as far as we can tell.
Chapter 1 is basically the "Scene" whereas Chaper 2 consists primarily (at least in the beginning) of her thoughts about the events in chapter 1. This would be the "Sequel"
I've noticed several possible mentors to Kat: One is Emily her seventeen year old half-sister and who gives her advice on dating .
One might be Clare and Brie both close friends (I read Brie's story)
and talk at the diner. JOnah, I haven't run into yet in chapter 2.
I'll analyze chapter 2 tonight if I have a chance. I'm really into the police detective thing.
Pat
Thought I'd do a little impromptu analyzing of a Harlequin Intrigue. It's a toss up whether I like them better than Silhouette, but because of my mystery background, I'd like to say, I probably do. Especially, when they're a bit different than all the other Intrigues
B.J.Daniels Howling in the Darkness "Mariah's Landing" a modern day Gothic. This novel was published in 2002. Believe when I say I keep most of them.
Ordinary World: Kat is goind on a blind "Online Date." She thinks he's arrived, even if a bit dishelved and seemigly unknowning about a great deal of her. He cools down is going to kiss her but doesn't. She refuses to let him walk her home. However, she hears footsteps following in the treacherous fog.
I believe that could be construed as hero's call to adventure and refusal of call/ or her call to adventure and when she turns him down to walk her home her refusal of call--but I think this might be all a foreshadow of things to come.
He comes blasting into town on a motorcycle only to be waylayed by the fog. In this mist he sees a man-he knows he must get away from him (we don't know why) He stops in the first store front he comes to and meets an attractive lady dressed for a blind date. She mistakes him for her date. To get away from the danger and because she's attractive he takes her out to the Moriah's Landing Inn. Because he never intends to see her again, he doesn't kiss her even though he'd like to. This too, could be construed at this point to go from his Ordinary World (going back home and looking for somebody--dangerous) to call to adventure (meeting girl) refusal of call when he refuses to kiss her.
But the fact that he wants to take her home--and does follow up to make sure she's okay, is a foreshadow of things to come. As is the man he bumps into on the street, and the "witch" Arabella, who warns him of danger and death, and the next day crosses the street and crosses herself when she sees Kat.
Arabella could be the threshold guardian/Kat heroine, Jonah hero, man in mist the shadow. At least as far as we can tell.
Chapter 1 is basically the "Scene" whereas Chaper 2 consists primarily (at least in the beginning) of her thoughts about the events in chapter 1. This would be the "Sequel"
I've noticed several possible mentors to Kat: One is Emily her seventeen year old half-sister and who gives her advice on dating .
One might be Clare and Brie both close friends (I read Brie's story)
and talk at the diner. JOnah, I haven't run into yet in chapter 2.
I'll analyze chapter 2 tonight if I have a chance. I'm really into the police detective thing.
Pat
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