I don't mean to nitpick, Tom, but is this really your plan?

It seems to me the plot has always been fairly minimal, although it seemed like more initially, with all the setup. But from the first book, Merry's been set up to shag her entourage as often as possible, so as I said, for me the books have always been about shagging in and around a little plot, as opposed to the Blake books, which originally had substantial plot in each book, and relatively minimal shagging, usually tied to the plot. So, I completely understand your frustration with slow plot development -- that's the point I've reached and passed with Anita -- it was just never really why I read the Gentry books, so for me, so far, they're fulfilling the purpose I read them for, which is fantasy-based relatively soft porn. I just can't enjoy the Blake books that way, because they used to be more, bah.