We love love here at PEOPLE, so these are our staff members' favorite romantic reads. Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has ...

In the U.S. and many other places worldwide, people are in love with romantic love. They act like they cannot get enough of the love stories that dominate movies, TV shows, novels, and songs. They ...

Love is everywhere you look. People talk about love in pop songs, on TV, across social media, over dinner, at work, and in school hallways. There is also growing scientific interest in romantic love, ...

But for many people, feeling that you’ve never had a deep romantic connection with a spouse is a source of constant distress and regret. Problems arise in two main situations: 1.

Roses are red, violets are blue. Romance can really mess with you. By Dana G. Smith New love can consume our thoughts, supercharge our emotions and, on occasion, cause us to act out of character ...

“Love degrades the world from significant people, while friendship can fill it with such people.” —Avinoam Ben-Ze’ev No two ways about it: Enduring romantic love is hard to achieve.

Well, the belief that romantic love can only be felt for one person because of it's all-consuming and obsessive nature is still prevalent. But, experts say that sharing your heart isn't out of the ...

We don’t have reliable data on how many people are in loveless marriages, but it’s safe to say that many people stay in marriages for reasons other than romantic love: They may have accepted ...

From the pink home in 'Love Actually' to the court in Wimbledon, see where some of the most romantic scenes in film unfolded onscreen Alexandra Schonfeld is a features writer at PEOPLE. She has ...

Romantic love is, for them, divine love. Whether you are religious or not, to be in love and to be loved tends to evoke a special understanding of the cosmic why of life.