This week in the Cold, we talk about the structural similarities between popular fictional love stories and our own real-life love stories. According to readers, how a pair of lovers meet and come to be together is critical to their enjoyment of a story and features prominently in their continued interest in what happens to those characters. According to the most extensive research on long term relationships like marriage, how we fall in love - the story of us - is probably the most important factor determining whether or not that relationship will last. Powerful stuff you don't want to miss.

All of my novels are big on love stories, even if they're not romances, per se. Here's where you can get them: Amazon.com: Victoria Dougherty: books, biography, latest update

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://victoriadougherty.wordpress.com/2016/02/02/love-stories/

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