“What makes a romance a “timeless” romance?
To me, it is an enduring love story that makes you believe it continues loooong after you close the book. It is a love story that you want to read again and again, because the characters and the tale of their journey to “happily ever after” fill you with a sense that TRUE LOVE can happen, because no one could write about it so vividly if it didn’t.
A “timeless” romance is one that you certainly hope will be around forever, so all the generations ahead of you can read it, and feel that same incredible feeling you felt when you read it. It’s a romance you wish you could send a copy of to every romance reader in the world, and say, “Look here…THIS is romance!”
In ENCHANTED, we discover that, just because you may not immediately see something, it does not mean that something does not exist.
ENCHANTED is another “keeper shelf” favorite of mine. In it, Ariane’s betrayal makes her unwilling and unable to trust a man, and Simon’s refusal to believe in things intangible push both characters all the way to the edge of “forever lost” in a most heart-rending way.
In ENCHANTED, our deep-seated fear of losing that which we hold most dear is tugged, with a warning. You may not see it, but it “is” there. Don’t be foolish. Once it’s gone, it’s gone and you can’t get it back. Do not be one who doesn’t realize, until it is far too late, what they have.
For me, the thing that makes ENCHANTED a “timeless romance” is this very message. Don’t push what you have aside. Grab hold of it, and live it NOW. Tomorrow may be too late.”
