Love Walked In, the first novel by award-winning poet Marisa de los Santos, is bursting with keen insight and beautifully rendered prose. Invoking classic movies to illuminate the mystery and wonder of love in all its permutations, Love Walked In is an uplifting debut that marks the entrance of an enchanting literary voice. BACKCOVER: ?Love indeed walks in, and with it, a breath of fresh air.? ?Marie Claire ?This is a book that will be passed from friend to friend with the words, ?You have to read this.?? ?Richmond Times Dispatch ?Love Walked In, by Marisa de los Santos, is the kind of book that makes you want to hunker down on a chilly day in a comfy chair and read straight through ?til dark. . . .This [is a] poignant, heart-tugging story about a single woman and a little girl who develop an unlikely bond.? ?The Washington Post Book World ?A bewitching, warmhearted grown-up fairy tale about old movies, charming princes, and finding happily ever after in the place where you?d least expect it.? ?Jennifer Weiner, author of Good in Bed, In Her Shoes, and Little Earthquakes ?Marisa de los Santos?s funny and beautifully written love story is as luminous as the silver screen.? ?Lolly Winston, author of Good Grief ?A touching, triumphant story of the power and variety and responsibility of love. A joy to read, filled with characters you wish you knew in real life. Love Walked In is every bit as engaging as the classic movies Marisa de los Santos lovingly invokes.? ?Karen Joy Fowler, author of The Jane Austen Book Club ?Exquisite and stylish, Love Walked In proves that love in all of its forms?romantic, friendship, familial?is all around us.? ?Sarah Jessica Parker