Scribbling Women and the Real-Life Romance Heroes Who Love Them

28 bestselling romance and women's fiction authors share their true love stories! At times whimsical and laugh-out-loud funny (Jacquie D’Alessandro’s "Donny & Me?", Nikoo and Jim McGoldrick’s "Soul Mates for a Thousand Lifetimes"), at others poignant and bittersweet (Elf Ahearn’s "A Lost Friend, A Movie Star, A Man to Love Forever"), all unfailingly inspiring (Lisa Renée Jones’s "Unexpected Treasures"; Deanna Raybourn’s "Once in a Blue Moon"), each essay celebrates that most powerful and sacred of human bonds. Love. Net sales support Women in Need (www.winnyc.org), a NYC charity that transforms the lives of homeless women and their children. • Deanna Raybourn • Lisa Renée Jones • Jacquie D’Alessandro • May McGoldrick • Julie. Kenner • Katharine Ashe • Delilah Marvelle • Leslie Carroll • Elf Ahearn • Carole Bellacera • Caryn Moya Block • Katana Collins • Sonali Dev • Megan Frampton • Leanna Renee Hieber • Jen McLaughlin • Suzan Cólon • Donna Grant • Mary Rodgers • Kat Simons • Hope Tarr • Patience Bloom • Elisabeth Staab • Carlene Love Flores • K.M. Jackson • Heather McCollum • Cindy Nord • Sara Jane Stone