Every Breath You Take (2005) (edit title/settings)

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• Kate Donovan: (Mary Katherine); jaunty, prim, unpredictable redheaded, Irish Catholic with a wayward sense of humor; runs Donovan's Restaurant.
• Mitchell Wyatt: Cecil Wyatt's younger grandson; Edward's son from his affair with his secretary; extremely handsome, charming, and rich.
• Gray Elliott: youngest person ever elected to Cook County's state's attorney; also wealthy socialite from a fine old Chicago family.
• Cecil Wyatt: arrogant, devious old man; Wyatt family patriarch; generous benefactor of numerous charities.
• William Wyatt: Mitchell's half-brother; Cecil Wyatt's grandson; well liked, soft hearted; good husband and father.
• Olivia Hebert: Cecil Wyatt's sister.
• Evan Bartlett: brilliant attorney; his family has handled the legal affairs for the Wyatts for generations.
• Edward Wyatt: Cecil Wyatt's son; Edward and Mitchell's father; womanizer; considered a spineless man without character or decency by his father, Cecil.
• Caroline Wyatt: William's wife.
• Billy Wyatt: William's son.
• Matthew Farrell: Mitchell's close friend.
• Daniel Patrick Donovan: Kate's father; witty, charismatic man; spirit and life force behind Donovan's Restaurant.
• Zach Benedict: movie director; Mitchell's close friend; Mitchell stays on Zach's yacht named the Julie.
• Father Donovan: Kate's uncle.
• Father Lorenzo: Italian village priest.

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• “You're on the wrong page . . . we're not even in the same library . . .”

• “Men prefer jazz because you don't bother listening to lyrics. With jazz, you don't even have to pretend you're listening to them.”

  Kate Donovan

• “Every adult male had some sort of useful emotional barricades. Sometimes, they let them down for a woman they cared deeply for, but never did they let them down simply because a woman they scarcely knew wanted to make them do it -- and do it immediately!”

• “Supposedly, the British upper class behaved as if they were impervious to chaos. Any outward display of temperamental frustration was regarded as a sign of bad breeding. Evidently, Mitchell had somehow acquired the manners of the British upper class.”

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• of a sexual experience so powerful, and an orgasm so intense, that it had seeemed profoundly spiritual. Afterward, he’d held Kate in his arms, sensing somehow that they’d just conceived a baby, and so he’d held her tighter because he didn’t mind if it was

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Wyatt Mansion: Cecil Wyatt's estate in Chicago.
• Island Club: extremely expensive, elitist hotel on the beautiful island of Anguilla.
• Donovan's Restaurant: located in downtown Chicago; began as a little Irish pub; expanded and transformed into one of Chicago's most elegant and popular restaurants.
• The Enclave: elaborate Mediterranean-style hotel on the small island of St. Maarten, overlooking the Caribbean Sea.

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Preceded by Night Whispers.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Judith McNaught (Author)

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• Dewey: 813.54

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• Books › Romance › Authors, A-Z › ( M ) › McNaught, Judith
• Books › Romance › Romantic Suspense
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Thrillers
• Books › Romance › Contemporary

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