Love & Romance is a collection of literary essays -- all true stories -- of love, lust, and romance encountered while traveling. They range from a tender story of how travel kept the spark in a 50-year marriage, to one woman's story of becoming engaged to a Fiji Island tribesman, to the tale of an erotic romp with an unsuspected opium smuggler. You'll experience the tender connection forged between fellow travelers making their way together, as well as a honeymoon suddenly gone awry, threatening the life of a new marriage. You'll follow travelers who face a firing squad together, rekindle love in a war-ravaged country, or stumble hilariously into a Japanese love hotel while simply looking for a clean bed for the night. Some stories are touching, others are frightening; all involve love in its many guises waiting to surprise and delight the unsuspecting traveler.

Notable authors in this collection: Mark Salzman, Meredith Maran, David Yeadon, Lucy McCauley, and Pico Iyer.