Barbara Taylor Bradford’s readers know what to expect from her books - intricately plotted stories of wealth, intrigue and love. Her newest novel, “Where You Belong,” set in the war-torn Balkans, will be published later this month.

We asked Mrs. Bradford to name some of her favorite fictional love stories.

‘Jane Eyre,’ by Charlotte Brontë: "What I always relish about this book is its initial air of simplicity before the electrifying and horrifying surprises start. Plain, shy, genteel Jane Eyre comes to a lonely house on the moors, to be the governess of pretty Adele, young ward of Mr. Rochester, a Byronic hero if ever there was one... and yet how deceptive… the story evolves into a dramatic, action-driven tale of duplicity, adultery, madness, attempted murder and arson. This was the first great Gothic novel."

'Wuthering Heights,' by Emily Brontë: "One of the great geniuses of English Literature, the novelist set her wild, tempestuous and often violent love story of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff on implacable Yorkshire moors where I grew up. From the moment Heathcliff flings open the windows of Cathy's old room at Wuthering Heights, believing her ghost to be outside, I'm always hooked once again. It is not only a passionate tale of intense, almost demonic love, but also of a terrible revenge."

'Dr. Zhivago," by Boris Pasternack: "This extraordinary novel plays against the background of a Russia in havoc at the time of the Revolution. It is a love story set within social and historical narrative... Lara and Dr. Zhivago are swept up into an illicit but irresistible affair, which they first fight against, ultimately succumb to, and endeavor to maintain. I am always swept along by the drama and action, forever in the grip of the characters as they battle to be together in a world gone mad."

'A Many Splendored Thing,' by Han Suyin: "This beautifully written story by the renowned Chinese novelist is supposedly true, based on part of her own life. The love story of a British war correspondent and a Chinese woman takes place in Hong Kong, set against the backdrop of the war in French Indochina. It is the meeting and coming together of soul mates who plan to have a life together... but that is not to be."