Honestly, when you start talking about genres, you're talking as much about the business side of writing as anything else. Certainly there are elements of reader expectation that play into various genres, and those are important, but it also becomes about packaging, placement, audience....In the end, I'm not a fan of labels. I think the best fiction blurs the boundaries between genres, stretches and breaks them.

I always thought it was what I wanted: to be loved and admired. Now I think perhaps I'd like to be known.

It is a kiss that, once begun, never really ends. Interrupted, yes. Paused, certainly. But from that very moment onward, Vera sees the whole of her life as only a breath away from kissing him again. On that night in the park, they begin the delicate task of binding their souls together, creating a whole comprising their separate halves.

Of course you can fall in love. You just have to let yourself. They don't call it falling for nothing. -Kate

You couldn't give up you for them. But what if you wanted them more than you wanted a singular powerful you?

It’s a promise ring,” he said solemnly. “The lady at the store said it’s what you give the girl you love. It means I want to marry you someday.

He is a man, and he is afraid. This is not a good combination.