Romances?

[Rachy]

Can anyone suggest a good romance that keeps you gripped all the way through? Because recently I keep on picking the wrong ones! I want one that will make me cry!
Can anyone help??

[songfuse]

how about pinnochio or cinderella,beauty and the beast,those will make you ball.

[songfuse]

here,the story of the greek goddess DIDO

[songfuse]

a ghost of a woman,happilly ready to give birth.
tragedy befalls her,the child,her daughter,born only moments
after her death.
So the girl grows to wind up laughter through endless,arrays of books.
lost without a human to touch her woven guild
she stumbles into a library of ancients.
begins to read,learning only by a life that once had so captivated her.

[amuse]

*apologizes to Sindhu (where are you?) in advance:

The Far Pavilions and Trade Winds, both by M.M. Kaye.
Endless Love by Scott Spencer.
Wuthering Heights.

had to google for her name; i remember liking Kathleen E. Woodwiss. have you tried her stuff?

and it didn't make me cry, but i really enjoyed Love Me, Marietta by Jennifer Wilde. :thumbs_up.
it comes after Love's Tender Fury (but i read LMM first). haven't read the third book - didn't realize there was one. it's been a couple decades.

here's a review on amazon.com re: LTF: :)

"I have never enjoyed romance novels at all and so it was extremely surprising to me that this book appealed to me greatly when I read it over 26 years ago. I was a teen-age girl when I first read it and this book really made an impact on me! I really liked the fact that the heroine of the story was so independent and full of life"

[Bandini]

I think that the love story running through 'Cannery Row' is beautiful; it's a romantic book. Is that the 'Endless Love' where he sets fire to the house? Seen the film - god is that a weepy!

[amuse]

that's the one!

[Rachy]

OK. Thank you guys so much! Any other suggestions are welcome!

[Bandini]

Just realised - I completely spoiled 'Endless Love'. Sorry!

[amuse]

that info's in amazon's review. and happens like, immediately! don't sweat it.

[faith]

Margaret Mitchell: Gone With the Wind!!!! U couldn't pick a better one! U just can't let go of the book. At least I got SO much into the book. And cry I did also, ven thou I don't usually cry over books.

[classic_reader]

One of my favorites is "Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austen. It has a tear jerker ending! :nod:

angela

[sda]

The bridge across forever by Richard Bach is a must read as said by many. Well I just wanted to know has someone got a a link or e-copy of this book. If yes, plz do post d link over here or send me.

[Molko]

I cried when I read the book Jany Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte. But hey, that's just me :p

[Molko]

Oh, I forgot to mention that its a good book. Well, I really enjoyed it. I dont know if you will though....

[Rachy]

Has anyone read Wurthering Heights?? Im haf way through it and was just wondering if it's worth reading on!! DONT SPOIL THE ENDING THOUGH!! hehe, love you all xxxxx

[Scheherazade]

WH is a good book; a must-read in my opinion especially if you are studying English Literature.

[Bandini]

It is a must. An dark obsession story, rather than a love story.

[mmcdonald]

How about "The Scarlet Pimpernel," by Baroness Orczy. It's also been made into a movie and a musical, I think.

[Rachy]

Yeah didn't Richard E. Grant star in the television version?? I think I remember my mum drooling over the tele!!

[Fango]

The Age of Miracles by Catherine MacCoun.

Think of the moral dilemmas a nun (who's considered no less than a saint due to her miraculous powers of healing) have to deal with when she falls inlove with no less than a libertine troubadour. The story takes place in Medieval England.

[mmcdonald]

I didn't see the Richard E. Grant version of "The Scarlet Pimpernel," but I remember the old film with Leslie Howard. I just looked up the musical-- yes, there is one. I think I'll check out the DVD of the production this weekend.

Why it's so romantic-- the main character secretly saves French families from the guillotine, while maintaining a dopey alter-ego to hide his identity. His wife isn't very impressed with her clumsy husband, but she's in love with the unknown, mysterious hero. I haven't read the book in awhile, but I remember swooning.. :)

[subterranean]

Can "Great Expectation" make someone cry?

[mmcdonald]

Another one that made me cry was, "Camille" by Alexander Dumas fils (the famous author's son). And the last 50 or so pages of "Les Miserables" got to me too.

[Rachy]

Molko, Jane Eyre made me cry too, Don't worry it's not just you! Also I loved Hunchback of Notre Dame, it was a really sutble love story that made me cry and I've read it about 100 times since! My copy is falling apart! I love it!

[Uzziel]

One of the best i have read was Love Story by Erich Segal

[Bii]

Hi - I'd really recommend The Time Travellers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger it's absolutely brilliant, gripping and has me in tears every time I read it, in fact more each time I read it 'cos I know what's going to happen. Another great love story is Like Water for Chocolate (sometimes this is printed as Like Water for Hot Chocolate) by Laura Esquivel - another fantastic star-crossed lovers story.

Has anyone ever read a really good love story by a man? All the one's I can think of are by women authors.

[dramasnot6]

I'm embaressed to admit i usually look to Jane Austen when in search of a lighter, more romantic novel. Shes really quite a good writer with a real talent for characterization and dialogue.

[omegaxx]

Kill me now, but I cried like an idiot over the ending of Phillip Pullman's "His Materials Trilogy".

[livelaughlove]

Glad to hear I wasn't the only one who teared up during Jane Eyre!

[rashikwa]

My best friend's girl by Dorothy Koomson is a very nice romantic tear jerking story, I loved it.

[Adudaewen]

I loved Braveheart by Randall Wallace. The love story between William and Murron is so touching. And oddly enough I see The Lord of the Rings as a love story is many different ways. Not necessarily a romance, but there are aspects of romance(found mostly in the Appendecies "Of Aragorn and Arwen"). But there is a love between the main characters of the Fellowship that I find incredibly touching. It made me cry. But if you want a genuine tear-jerker, Sense and Sensibility is a really good one.
*to be clear, its the love of friendship. I for one deny the alledged "homoerotic overtones" some people cite. (those are people who have never loved anyone when it didn't benefit them)

[livelaughlove]

Oh yes, Time Travellers Wife was absolutely wonderful. Brilliantly written. My copy right now is on loan to a fellow teacher and oh my I miss it! Although I am a literature fanatic and don't usually read fiction, it was one piece of fiction that I could not put down. I highly recommend it!

[LeahAnn]

This book shows unconditional love through it all...I cried a lot during this one...Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers...its the story of an abused girl who becomes a prostitute and the man who falls in love with her despite that...it changed my life