Romance Is My Day Job: A Memoir of Finding Love at Last
Using the characters and plots from classic romance novels, television shows, and movies, Harlequin editor Bloom compares and contrasts her up-and-down love life from age 15 to 41. On the hunt for Mr. Right, Bloom begins in a boarding school where she’s the shy redhead always looking in from the outside. Her one act of bravery occurs when she asks Kent to the Sadie Hawkins dance. When Kent ambles off, it’s crazy, funny Sam who saves her by asking her to dance and bringing her into his crowd. So goes the saga of Bloom’s love life with winners and losers, all of whom turn out to be Mr. Wrong. At Oberlin College, she meets self-destructive Craig and tries and fails to save him. She studies in France, teaches in New Mexico, and ultimately ends up in New York, always involved in a hunt for love and a lasting relationship, and finally finding her happily ever after. While not a tell-all about Harlequin authors or editors, as some readers may hope, Bloom’s lively memoir is sure to captivate those engrossed in the worlds of romance fictional and real. --Pat Henshaw