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It's me again, with my take on love stories:
Think of someone you know--someone who seems cold and dispassionate. Can you imagine him or her dizzy with love? No? It's not something you want to think about? (Ugh.) But seriously, love and desire are almost universal.
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In real life, people may not always reveal their yearnings, but stories do! In fact, it's been said that we may not like a character in a book or movie until we discover he loves somebody (like a child or a pet) or somebody/something loves him. That's why so many grumpy, despicable characters are attached to their dogs.
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Love stories are not romances. Romance is a specific genre where we know the couple will get together in the end. The loved one can't die, for example, as he or she might in a love story. Love stories are more true-to-life than romances, but romances can be fun, exciting, and surprising.
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Almost every story includes love, even if it's not the main genre. Take my characters, for example. Jamie Long (For the Love of Jamie Long) loves his young wife, May Rose, and she follows him faithfully to their new home. Jamie is a handsome, charming man, but his flaws put her at great risk. In The Girl on the Mountain, they're separated by his reckless actions, and she must find a way to survive on her own. The question becomes this: will she and Jamie reunite or will she surrender to love from someone else? You may already know that answer.
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Books in the Mountain Women Series are historical fiction, but they include many varieties of love that have endeared their readers to characters like May Rose, Wanda, Virgie, Piney, Charlie, and others. There's love in my dystopian story, Dell Zero, too. You can check that out with the free offer below.
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Do you subscribe to Kindle Unlimited?
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There's a lot of good reading in Kindle Unlimited, and sometimes Amazon offers a free trial--I've taken advantage of that several times.
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FREE books you may like in this giveaway from StoryOrigin:
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Remember Huckleberry Finn?
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I've read two Percival Everett books and think he's a terrific writer.
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James is a retelling of Huckleberry Finn by Jim, the runaway slave. I think Mark Twain would approve this story! Next I must re-read Huckleberry Finn!
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Looking for something different?
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Get a FREE review copy of my dystopian story about a young girl trapped in a society where people live forever. (What could be wrong with that?)
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https://storyoriginapp.com/reviewcopies/de7fac1e-3d48-11f0-b77a-db79465eb7ec
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