Did a book ever forget to order a dozen roses? With Valentine's Day upon us, we looked for?titles that celebrate the power of romance, sex, love, and attraction. And, no surprise, we found that this perennial theme attracts authors of all stripes, from?prize-winning lit stars?to unabashed populists.
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The Forgotten Waltz
By Anne Enright
Norton, $25.95
Critics raved about this tale of an extramarital affair in contemporary Ireland, noting its uncommon breadth of perception about love?s pleasures, evasions, and emotional consequences.
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The Secret Mistress
By Mary Balogh
Delacorte, $24
Publisher?s Weekly gave an extra nod to the doyenne of Regency Romance by putting her deftly plotted, period-perfect bestseller on the magazine?s ?Best of 2011? list.
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The Stranger?s Child
By Alan Hollinghurst
Knopf, $27.95
Winner of the 2004 Man Booker prize for his previous novel, Hollinghurst traces the lingering effects of an Edwardian love triangle in this haunted, century-spanning tale of romance and family.
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Countess of Scandal
By Laurel McKee
Grand Central, $6.99
With quiet wit and a plethora of historic details, McKee?s novel of Irish rebellion follows a widowed Irish countess as she revives an old flirtation with a British officer.
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Then Came You
By Jennifer Weiner
Atria, $26.99
The queen of chick lit weaves a plot involving an Ivy League egg donor, a surrogate mother, a wannabe mom, a stepchild ? and a happy outcome that leaves little room for men.
Source: http://www.nola.com/books/index.ssf/2012/02/love_and_relationships_power_t.html
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