Picture This: Romantic Photographers

There is something alluring about a photographer taking aim with his or her camera and capturing the beauty and mystery of the subject. The intensity of focus and the dramatic poses can capture the heart of readers and take them on a developing story. Here are a couple of snapshots of books you won’t want to miss.

The Unexpected Consequences of Love by Jill Mansell 

Sophie is a successful photographer when Josh Strachan returns to town to run his family business. He is smitten, but Sophie doesn’t return the feeling but Josh doesn’t give up.

Where You Belong by Barbara Taylor Bradford 

Valentine Dennigan is an American photojournalist covering the Kosovo war. She is traveling with her lover, Tony Hampton. Tragedy strikes when he is killed in an ambush, and Val’s grief turns to shock when she meets Tony’s widow at the funeral.

The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller 

When a National Geographic photographer shows up at the door of Francesca Johnson’s farm asking for directions, their worlds are turned upside down with a romantic interlude that changes both their lives forever.

Laughing At The Thunder by Amanda Harte 

Tom Fleming has promised his editor a pictorial of the perfect Fourth of July woman and considers himself lucky when he meets the Martha Wentworth York in small-town Texas. But Martha isn’t interested in being his subject and the more she resists, the more Tom is convinced he has met the woman of his dreams.

-KF