Okay, this might get laughed at, lol, but have you read the book,
Twilight , by Stephenie Meyer? It's in the teen section of Barnes and Noble which I outgrew years ago, but an adult recommended it to my best friend and she and I both tore through about 700 pages in two days. It's a "dark romance" so it has both angst and romance in there. It's also about a vampire... which I usually hate. But I think you'd probably fall in love with this guy. He kind of reminds me of Clark. Actually, he does a lot. It sounds like we have the same taste in books, so later I'll go get a better list of some of my favorite authors to send.
