Barbara Delinsky has produced a prodigious output of novels, the earlier ones under the pen names Bonnie Drake and Billie Douglass. All of her work has a love story at the core, more or less following the standard formula of girl meets boy, girl resists boy, girl and boy eventually profess undying love to one another. While she has crossed over into mainstream fiction over the past few years, the fact that this author cut her teeth on the more formulaic romance genre has been evident throughout her career. Legions of loyal fans eagerly ers. As such it gives rise to any number of anticipate that each new Delinsky will offer engaging topics for discussion.

a love story that passes the HEA (happily ever after) test, and from her very first 1. Some of Delinsky's fans have comnovel, The Passionate Touch (1981), she has mented that, having read...