Goodreads asked Dale E. Lehman:

Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?

Dale E. Lehman Thanks, Goodreads, for posing a question I can't easily answer. ;-) I'm not sure I have a favorite fictional couple. A lot of the best-drawn characters I know seem to be without or between partners. Also, I have a terrible memory for names and for history, so I probably can't even remember the best fictional couples I've met.

Sooooo . . . at the risk of sounding like I'm indulging in shameless self-promotion, I'll say that I'm very fond of two of my own couples: Rick and Sandra Peller, and Eric Dumas and Corina Montufar, denizens of my Howard County mysteries.

Rick and Sandra are a special case. Sandra was killed in a hit-and-run four years before the series begins, but Rick still senses her presence and sometimes talks with her. Eric and Corina, meanwhile, are just starting out together.

So okay, they're my characters. Of course I like them. But moreover, I like them because they are devoted to their partners and would willingly die for each other. I imagine that like all couples they have their ups and downs, but their bond is deep and genuine, and can't be broken by the changes and chances of this world. In other words, their love is transcendent.

As all genuine love must be.

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