A collection of stories about the thorny business of love. Love in adversity: love unrequited, or unwanted; love obsessive; love unexpected; the love that makes the world go around and turns people mad. If all we need for a peaceful and happy world is to love one another, why don't we simply do so? If love conquers everything why don't we just sit back and wallow in it? Why does a simple thing like love have to be so complicated?