Forfatteren Joan Wilder lever et heller kjedelig liv, helt til hun en dag mottar en mystisk pakke. Det viser seg at pakken inneholder løsepengene hun trenger for å løslate søsteren sin, som har blitt kidnappet i Colombia. Helt på egenhånd reiser hun av gårde for å redde søsteren sin fra kidnappernes klør. Langs veien møter hun en kjekk lykkejeger som overtaler henne til å kjempe mot bandittene som vokter skatten. På veien møter hun en kjekk lykkejeger (Douglas) som overtaler henne til å kjempe mot bandittene som vokter skatten.
Melvin er en vellykket forfatter som bor på Manhattan. Han lider av nevroser og har en ganske ufordragelig oppførsel. Han skifter såpe hver gang han skal vaske seg, tar med seg eget plastbestikk til stamkafeen, kan ikke berøre noen, og går i sikksakk på fortauet for ikke å tråkke på streker. Med innbitt homofobi har han bare forakt for sin homofile kunstnernabo Simon og hunden hans. Melvin kan til nød, og bare ved hjelp av sin skarpe, syrlige tunge, forholde seg til servitøren Carol. Når naboen blir grovt skamslått og hunden trenger oppbevaring, blir han tvunget til å ta vare på den, og konsekvensene blir voldsomme og nesten uoverkommelige for nevrotikeren Melvin.
Joan Wilder is thrust back into a world of murder, chases, foreign intrigue... and love. This time out she's duped by a duplicitous Arab dignitary who brings her to the Middle East, ostensibly to write a book about his life. Of course, he's up to no good, and Joan is just another pawn in his wicked game. But Jack Colton and his sidekick Ralph show up to help our intrepid heroine save the day.
When Ethan arrives at the airport just in time to declare his undying love for his girlfriend, love appears to have conquered all. The scene, however, is really the ending of Ethan's novel, which his agent calls "unrealistic." Ethan soon meets a waitress, Jesse, and falls in love with her despite her growing devotion to Troy, a charming businessman. But the line between reality and fiction becomes increasingly blurred.
Gus is a fat cartoonist that recently won a battle against cancer, which explains his baldness. But he is also lonely. Therefore, his caring sister tries to set him up with suitable woman. But to do so, she must turn him into an irresistible man. When he falls in love with Emily, Gus takes the identity of a mysterious biker from New Zealand.
A aspiring novelist operates a tiny neighborhood bookstore. His wife is a talented painter. Their marriage is disintegrating, and they are about to sign their divorce papers. Meanwhile, the legendary Casanova and his lover Lavinia are characters trapped inside of a 17th-century children's book. The tragedy of the impending divorce triggers the release of Casanova and Lavinia from the confines of the children's pop-up book.
Romantic novelist Edith Hope so horrifies her friends that they banish her to the solitude of a Swiss hotel. She decides to work out her exile by observing her fellow guests.