We've all wished romance could be more like fiction. As a teen Patience Bloom fell in love with Harlequin novels and imagined a future like their heroines. Years later, she moved to New York and found her dream job editing Harlequin romances. Bloom became an expert at fictional love, but her dating life was uninspired. Then a Facebook message from a high-school friend thousands of miles away sparked a promising relationship. Was it worth the risk?
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