Where can you find a heartfelt true love story, some yummy recipes and over 20 reviews of favorite romantic movies -- all in one package? Only in the Amazon KINDLE version of It Had To Be Us by Harry & Elizabeth Lawrence, the pen names my hubby and I used in writing this award-winning romantic memoir.   

Nancy Lombardo, host of Comedy Concepts on BlogTalkRadio, calls our story “A Recipe for Love” in her recent rave review of It Had To Be Us. She also says the book is “a wonderfully touching homage to love -- sweet, honest and filled with hope -- a great gift for Valentine’s Day, so share it with someone you love.”

Because I don’t like to eat anything that once had a face, I added some yummy vegetarian recipes to our book, and that’s probably why Nancy used “Recipe” in her review title. As a movie addict, I gave most of the recipes film-related monikers, such as “Oscar-Worthy Nachos,” “4-Star Vegetarian Chili,” “Technicolor Rice Surprise,” “Thumbs-Up Spaghetti,” “Frida’s Bean Burritos,” and “Miracle Dessert.” However, my hubby is still a carnivore, so he fries up a bit of hamburger and mixes it into his own servings of “4-Star Chili” and “Thumbs-Up Spaghetti” -- which proves that vegetarians and carnivores can live together in harmony, at least at our house.

About those romantic films, I know many are highly predictable and not very entertaining, but my hubby and I still have a lot of favorites. In It Had To Be Us, we’ve included reviews of several excellent ones, such as Love Actually, Serendipity, Down with Love, Pride & Prejudice, Two Weeks Notice, Beyond Borders, The Fountain, Music and Lyrics, and Kate & Leopold. We really enjoy watching movies like these together. It was fun compiling our list of favorites, even though we frequently disagreed while making the selections.  

This KINDLE version of It Had To Be Us ($5.99), published by Long Story Short Publishing, can be ordered by clicking here. If you don’t have a KINDLE device, a free Amazon download is available which enables you to read the book on your own computer system. 

Happy Valentine’s Day from Harry & Elizabeth Lawrence!