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Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A journalist's rollicking journey into the heart of the romance industry, and a heartfelt and hilarious memoir of restoring faith in romantic love When his own romantic life was on the rocks, Avi Steinberg wondered if classical ideas about love still applied. As a compulsive reader, literary giants would be his guide; he went to Richardson and Austen, Tolstoy and Flaubert. But novels about relationships didn't go out of fashion after the nineteenth...
7) The rosary
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jane Champion is a talented, good-natured and independent woman, but she's very aware that she's no beauty. In fact, she's too tall, very plain, and expects she'll spend her life as a spinster. Garth Dalmain is a painter who is vibrant, wealthy, extraordinarily handsome, and well known as a lover of great beauty. When Garth hears Jane sing the popular song, The Rosary, at a performance, he sees the great beauty of her soul and is immediately smitten....
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Every four seconds a romance novel published by Harlequin or its British counterpart, Mills and Boon, is sold somewhere. Guilty Pleasures takes an amusing and touching look at this global phenomenon. Ironies abound in the contrasts between the everyday lives of the books' readers and the fantasy worlds that offer them escape. Guilty Pleasures portrays five romance devotees who must, ultimately, find their dreams in the real world.
Author
Publisher
Phillip Finkelstein
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Sam and Ruth are both in the autumn of life during Covid when they fall in love and decide to get married. Their adult children aren't too sure about this new and surprising relationship, so Sam and Ruth fly the coop and drive out West. The real life characters Marv (Sam) and Freada (Ruth) who inspired the first part of this novel then decide to invite the author and his wife to come with them to visit the places, the author originally wrote about....
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Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve months ago, David Stoltzfus left the Amish community in Paradise, Pennsylvania -- and encouraged his siblings to follow -- after their father became overly stern and even abusive with them. Escaping to a new life in the Englisch world was the only way to keep one another safe. But it was not without sacrifice. When David left his father's house and community, he also left behind Lavina Zook, the woman he planned to wed. Lavina hasn't forgiven...
Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Writing a Romance Novel For Dummies is the only reference aspiring writers need to get their careers off to the right start. Fully updated to reflect the industry's latest trends and secrets, this book helps you understand what makes a great novel, so you can hone your craft and write books people want to read. We break down the romance subgenres, give you expert tips on plotting and pacing, and walk you through the process of finding an agent and...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Who knows the ins and outs of romance better than a Harlequin editor? A surprising and exhilarating look into Patience Bloom's unexpected real-life love story. At some point, we've all wished romance could be more like fiction. Patience Bloom certainly did, many times over. As a teen she fell in love with Harlequin novels and imagined her life would turn out just like the heroines' on the page: That shy guy she had a crush on wouldn't just take her...
18) A desert romance
Author
Publisher
Grand Bayou Press
Pub. Date
Ã2022.
Language
English
Description
It?s been two years since Camden and Trinity Moore called off their divorce in the small town of Woolsey, Arizona. And it?s been over a year since Aurora Easton became a widower, navigating a busy life the best she can as a single mom. Back in Louisiana, Woolsey?s well-known out-of-towner, Gavin Hart?s home is about to be hit by a hurricane, and he flees to Arizona to stay with the town?s judge, Elizabeth. Yet, the storm surge isn?t the only thing...
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