Contains original stories of star-crossed love by seventeen modern authors of fantasy, science fiction, and romance, including Neil Gaiman, Diana Gabaldon, Jim Butcher, and others.
Mary MacKenzie travels from Britain to China so that she can marry the man she is betrothed to, but when she arrives, she falls in love with a young Japanese nobleman, and she must choose between her love and her country.
Examines the life, early writings, and six novels of eighteenth-century English author Jane Austen, arguing that the popular image of Austen as a prim, proper author who wrote simple "girlie books" is inaccurate.
An anthology of over two dozen mystery stories by a variety of authors including Lawrence Block, Ruth Rendell, and Marcia Muller, each of which explores one of the many ways love can kill.
A series of critical essays on the life and works of eighteenth-century English novelist Jane Austen that includes a chronology and introduction by Harold Bloom.
