NPR's Juana Summers talks with Cara Bastone about her latest romance novel, No Matter What. The story starts with miscommunication, but protagonists Vin and Roz's love carries the story.

We've asked romantic love to do something it was never designed to do: sustain a lifelong partnership through financial stress, child-rearing, career changes, and the slow erosion of novelty. For most ...

Jennifer A. Selby receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Valentine’s Day is sold to us as a moment to celebrate romance: we should buy cards, roses and ...

While one might wish to suddenly find themselves in an algorithmically optimal, straight-out-of-the-movies romance, it is the ...

Public proposals often look perfect in movies, but real relationships are more complicated. One woman’s unexpected rejection during a family gathering has ignited a viral debate about communication, ...