Not my sort of thing Wendy but a big thing over here at the moment is 'Twilight', which I believe is something very similar. It seems to appeal to a lot of women both young and old - my daughter (13) not noted for her reading - could not put the four books of this story down, watched the film countless times on DVD and now can wait to go to the cinema for the next film in the series.
Mrs Sluffy also loves it also and I'm having to take her, her daughter and mine, to the films in a week or two to see the next 'Twilight' movie.
I can't wait!
http://twilightsaga.wikia.com/wiki/Twilight 