““Dialogue in a romance novel serves a larger purpose than simply to provide exposition and demonstrate character. What is said between the hero and the heroine is often the primary battlefield for the conflicts between them. Provocative, confrontational dialogue has been the hallmark of the adversarial relationship that exists between the two major characters ever since the earliest days of romance narrative.””
![“A good part of the physical attraction [between the hero and heroine of a romance novel] comes to life during these exchanges as well, since language creates a meeting of the minds. I have long thought that these lines of dialogue carve out the lines of the central love relationship. The dialogue…” quote by Julie Tetel Andresen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/666/julie-tetel-andresen-95241_communication_a-good-part-of-the-physical-attraction-b_2036175.jpg)
