Love at Every Step
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Summary
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Romance readers who enjoy a blend of tender ache, angst, and doting sweetness and want emotional intensity
- Urban romance readers drawn to wealthy-family feuds and corporate intrigue
- Readers who want a heroine who grows through love and career
- Those seeking a long romance with suspense to propel them through commutes or idle hours
Not a good fit for
- Readers who prefer realistic workplace stories and dislike dramatic wealthy-family setups
- Readers with little interest in feisty heroines and chase-the-wife tropes
- Readers who dislike calculation and misunderstanding woven into the romance
Reading tips
- Read the first few chapters to see whether the feisty heroine and scheming hero win you over before committing.
- Treat Shen Haomiao's true purpose in approaching Xu Ruzhu as a suspense thread and watch for foreshadowing as you read.
- Follow each of Xu Ruzhu's choices in career and love to see the growth arc more clearly.
- Slow down through the angsty passages rather than rushing to the ending, so the suspense retains its effect.
About the publisher
Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. focuses on fine fiction, social sciences, literary appreciation, history, classical poetry and classical literature, with 1,141 titles in the library. Representative books include Dan Simmons's science fiction novels Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion, Freud's works on psychology and society such as The Ego and the Id and Group Psychology, and classical literature ranging from Laozi and Zhuangzi, Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Three Hundred Poems of the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties to Lü Simian's A General History of China. Its authors include Dan Simmons, Freud, Laozi, Lü Simian, Hengtang Tuishi, Pan Zhenhua, Li Yi and Guan Shanming, reflecting a balance between translated works and domestic editions. Public information is limited; the above is based on the library's holdings.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 步步生情
- 第一章 最初的开始
- 第二章 大幕初开
- 第三章 所谓真相
- 第四章 决裂
- 第五章 再也不想爱你
- 第六章 靠近亦是如此艰难
- 第七章 覆水难收
- 第八章 最遥远的距离
- 第九章 佳缘原本总天成
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About the author
Tong Xin'er is a Chinese author whose work centers on youth literature and contemporary romance. Publicly available information about her is limited, and her nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background are not clearly documented. According to the library's holdings, she has published seven works, including Give Me a Reason to Forget, Can We Love Like This, The Marriage Heart Is Not Yet Gone, Unfinished Affair, Love at Every Step, I'll Wait for You, Forever, and Who Hurt the Marriage's Heart. Judging from these titles and their categories, her writing generally revolves around love, marriage, and emotional choices. It touches on both the sweetness and hesitation of young romance and the crises of trust and inner struggles within marital relationships, with themes close to the emotional experience of urban readers. Her style tends toward delicate, lyrical expression, and she is skilled at advancing narrative through emotional conflict. Because verifiable biographical information is scarce, a full assessment of her body of work and literary influence still awaits further material.
