Table of Contents
Prelude to a Romance xi
Part I
Chapter 1 High School Dances Don't End Like Romance Novels (Except Maybe If There's a Pregnancy) 3
Chapter 2 Tragic Heroes Are Romantic on the Page but Sad in Real Life 23
Chapter 3 When in Crisis, Go Party in Paris! 45
Chapter 4 Harrison Ford Isn't Coming to Cleveland 63
Chapter 5 If He Says He Doesn't Reciprocate Your Feelings, Believe Him and Run 81
Part II
Chapter 6 Romance on Paper Can Help a Girl Through a Long Dry Spell, and It's Not as Messy as the Real Thing 111
Chapter 7 A Hero for All Seasons 131
Chapter 8 Never Discount the Power of a Birthday Wish 147
Chapter 9 The Voice from Five Thousand Miles and Twenty-Six Years Away 163
Chapter 10 Is This My Romance or One of Those Strange Friendships That Goes Nowhere? 181
Part III
Chapter 11 The Airport Scene 207
Chapter 12 Eat, Pray, Move in on the First Date 231
Chapter 13 Where There's a Ring 247
Chapter 14 Wedding Planning and Taking the High Road 263
Chapter 15 Happily Wedded Ever After (but Someone Will Puke) 285
Acknowledgments 303
