ah! ROMANCE

About the Book

ah! ROMANCE A collection of light romantic short stories (several previously published) others published here for the first time. All follow the ‘rules’ of the romance genre: how couples ‘meet cute’, confront and conquer hurdles and eventually reach the de rigeur happy ending – although sometimes with a sprinkling of tears. The stories are set in different venues, but several depict life behind the scenes of daytime soap operas—a field the author knows well. In tandem with the stories is a selection of light romantic verse detailing the many facets of romance: the laughs, the tears; the highs, the lows; the excitements, the disappointments; the doubts and the fulfillments—leading to happy-ever-aftering. Enjoy!

About the Author

DOROTHY VINE describes herself as a life-time New Yorker, with a great love for the Southwest and the Navajo arts and traditions. A published writer since she was in the fifth grade, she has weathered the vagaries of life and career in The Big Apple. After several years as a business executive, she returned to her first love-writing. She was a staff writer in the CBS Marketing Services Division and then for twenty years was a freelance writer in the fields of photography, politics, sports and entertainment (where her area of specialization was daytime soap operas). Her work has appeared in dozens of magazines, including Playgirl, Soap Opera Digest, Broadway Playbill and For the Bride. She was also the Soap News columnist and feature writer for The Star Magazine. She has also appeared as a panelist on daytime talk shows and as a reporter for a Los Angeles radio station. After a dozen of her short romance stories were published, she turned to novel writing. Her first novel, For Love of Evan, was published in 2005. ah! ROMANCE! a collection of short romance stories (previously published and unpublished) interspersed with romantic poetry and verse. was published that same year. Preoccupations, a compilation of poetry and verse composed over a period of many years was published in 2006. As The Wonderful World Of Daytime Soap Operas Turns, a collection of previously published articles on the stars, the talented behind-the-scenes artists and the intriguing themes of the soaps, provide a fascinating look at this popular television genre. (Published in 2008)