jane austen love stories love story romance Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day & My Favorite Love Stories

LOVE STORIES! My favorite love stories in fiction span a variety of genres and authors. But there are some common threads. I like love stories that feature a heroine who has to shed her illusions to find love. Most of my favorites aren’t what we’d technically classify as romance novels. The stories are often broader.

Continue reading

becoming jane jane austen lovers romance romeo and juliet star-crossed sweethearts Valentine's Day

My Favorite Fictional Sweethearts

Valentine’s Day approaches, and over on Goodreads, someone asked me what are my favorite fictional couples. I cheated, of course, and managed to get in three pairs of lovers. First, I’d have to say Romeo and Juliet. There’s nothing like starry-eyed and highly sexed young lovers spouting the world’s most enchanting, poetic love lines  as they barrel toward their doom. Right behind that pair are, for me, Jane Austen and Tom Lefroy in the book…

Continue reading