Dacia

“For a minister’s daughter,” he said, “you hit hard ... and quite often, below the belt too.”
― Essie Summers, Bachelors Galore

“I concede that a bad romantic novel is embarrassing and indefensible. So is a bad so-called realistic novel. (And it is usually pretentious into the bargain which is insufferable.) But a good romantic novel is a heart-warming thing which strikes a responsive chord in those who are happy and offers a certain lifting of the spirits to those who are not.”
― Mary Burchell