I always really liked them as well. I freely admit it's trash, but it's reasonably well-written trash, the characters are kind of believable despite being a bit larger-than-life (that's not quite what I mean but it'll do well enough), & I'm a sucker for a happy ending :-)

And she does write some very endearing sorts of people - e.g. Luke, in Polo, who is lovely :-) And even though Perdita behaves like a bitch throughout you still *want* her to work things out. I'm always rather fond of her horrendously-behaved teenagers, as well.