Hearts, Cupids, and Red Roses

Hearts, Cupids, and Red Roses
Author: Edna Barth
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2001
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780618067916

Traces the history of Valentine's Day and the little-known stories behind its symbols.

Cupid's Match

Cupid's Match
Author: Lauren Palphreyman
Publisher: Wattpad Books
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2019-10-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 9780993689932

He's mythologically hot, a little bit wicked, and almost 100% immortal. And he'll hit you right in the heart . . . "Miss Black, we have a big problem.” Lila Black doesn't believe in matchmaking, let alone soul mates. So then why is she constantly being hassled by the Cupids Matchmaking Service? But this gilded, cherub-bedecked dating agency isn't exactly what it seems . . . and it’s about to turn Lila's entire world upside down. It turns out that Cupids Matchmaking is the real deal. As in, it's run by actual cupids—who don't look at all like they do in the paintings—and they have a serious problem with Lila's “match.” Because this guy shouldn't be in the system. He shouldn't have a match. And while he's irresistibly hot, he's also incredibly dangerous. Because Lila's true love match is Cupid. The original bad boy of love. And he wants her. Now Lila's once-normal teenaged world has exploded into a mythological nightmare overrun by crime-lord sirens, wrathful cupid hit men, magic arrows that cause no end of trouble, and a mischievous, not-so-angelic love god she can't seem to stop herself from falling for . . . Adored by 50 million readers on Wattpad, Lauren Palphreyman's smash-hit book is now in print for the first time.

Have a Heart, Cupid Delaney

Have a Heart, Cupid Delaney
Author: Ellen Leroe
Publisher: Starfire
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1988
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780553270020

A cupid-in-training is sent by the Love Bureau to New Jersey to match up two unlikely couples in time for the big high school dance.

Supernatural Chronicles: The Cupids

Supernatural Chronicles: The Cupids
Author: Kallie Ross
Publisher: Kallie Ross
Total Pages:
Release: 2015-12-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Evelyn Bowden, at nineteen, sacrificed herself for Tate Gallier. Her act inspired the gods to deem her immortal as a cupid. Now, she’s been assigned to apprentice with Andel Lambros, a 200 year-old heavenly archer that looks 24. The purpose of the cupids is easy enough for the newbie to understand, and to resent. But the significance of their work doesn’t have time to sink in when Evelyn is given her first assignment. Cupid elders have received a message and need their newest, least experienced, comrade-in-arms—Evelyn—to retrieve an arrow. That means she must release a mortal from an everlasting love. When she discovers the arrow is fastened to none other than her own love, Tate’s heart, Evelyn battles with letting him go. The century old war for love may be lost if Evelyn doesn’t gear up to save them all. Being a cupid takes more than a bow and some arrows. Evelyn is challenged to deliver her arrow, let go of her first love, and trust an ancient brooding cupid with her existence. Giving up her lost love’s arrow as an offering will be more painful than getting hit by a streetcar, and she knows how that feels since it’s what started the whole predicament. Will Evelyn be able to keep her covenant to her fellow cupids? Will she save them all or lose everything trying? *The Cupids is the eighth novella in the Supernatural Chronicles: New Orleans. The boxed set will be released in January 2016.

Cupid's Love

Cupid's Love
Author: Amelia Shaw
Publisher: Harley Romance Publishing
Total Pages: 99
Release: 2024-02-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

*** sexy paranormal romance, fun, light and steamy! Cupid’s aim is ever true, his fabled dart always strikes the heart... Love is a tough gig when you’re a cupid, but on the most romantic day of the year, who knows what can happen… High up in the clouds, hidden from human eyes, Valentine helps people fall in love. But it’s his heart that yearns for connection—with his fellow cupid, and best friend, the beautiful angel Amery. Divided by the rules of Heaven, this Valentine’s Day may be the day that changes his life forever. When Amery seeks his advice about a forbidden dalliance, the eternal best friends’ true feelings come to light and soon the pair of angels find themselves giving into the desires of the holiday! But when their one day of bliss is over and the feelings remain, will the loved-up angels succumb to the powers that would tear them apart? Or is it possible for two cupids to find their own Happily Ever After? Treat yourself to this fun, flirty, and light-hearted paranormal romance. Packed with steam, heart-felt romance, and heavenly heat… it’s the perfect Winter read!

The Amorous Heart

The Amorous Heart
Author: Marilyn Yalom
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2018-01-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 0465094716

An eminent scholar unearths the captivating history of the two-lobed heart symbol from scripture and tapestry to T-shirts and text messages, shedding light on how we have expressed love since antiquity The symmetrical, exuberant heart is everywhere: it gives shape to candy, pendants, the frothy milk on top of a cappuccino, and much else. How can we explain the ubiquity of what might be the most recognizable symbol in the world? In The Amorous Heart, Marilyn Yalom tracks the heart metaphor and heart iconography across two thousand years, through Christian theology, pagan love poetry, medieval painting, Shakespearean drama, Enlightenment science, and into the present. She argues that the symbol reveals a tension between love as romantic and sexual on the one hand, and as religious and spiritual on the other. Ultimately, the heart symbol is a guide to the astonishing variety of human affections, from the erotic to the chaste and from the unrequited to the conjugal.

Signs of Cupidity

Signs of Cupidity
Author: Raven Kennedy
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2023-09-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1405960779

Even a cupid can be love-struck . . . For years, Emelle has been a cupid - the ultimate matchmaker to help others fall in love. But this job means that she has no physical body and can't be seen by anyone. Or fall in love, herself. Not ideal for a romantic. Unfortunately, she becomes responsible for some rather bad matchmaking. So much so, she's punished and exiled from the human world. Finding herself among the fae, she hopes things will be better in this new realm. They're not. Fed up, she angrily fires Love Arrows at a fae prince, but he retaliates, and suddenly, she's pushed out of the Veil. Now, she has a real body. A real life. And she is ready for some matchmaking of her own. This time, she's going to find love for herself. But can this cupid find it? Signs of Cupidity is Book One in the fun, addictive and sexy Heart Hassle series Gild, Glint and Gleam, Sunday Times bestsellers, April 2023

Crazy Cupid Love

Crazy Cupid Love
Author: Amanda Heger
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2019-01-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1492672769

When a single arrow inspires romance, can you really trust happy endings? Sometimes love needs a shove. Eliza Herman (a.k.a. The World's Worst Cupid) has spent her entire life carefully avoiding her calling as a Descendant of Eros. After all, happily-ever-afters are nothing but a myth. But when a family crisis requires her to fill in at the local Cupid-for-hire shop, Eliza finds herself enchanting couples under the watchful eye of her assigned mentor, Jake Sanders...the one man she could never get out of her head. Before long, Eliza is rethinking her stance on romance—until things start going terribly wrong with her enchantments. Now Eliza and Jake must fight to unravel a conspiracy that could destroy thousands of relationships, including their own...and spell the end of Love itself. No pressure, right?