1. The Fake Romance (To get her mom off her back or to show to someone at some event that she's not a loser in the romance department, the heroine gets a guy to pose as her boyfriend/fiance/husband. Guys can set this fake romance up to for similar reasons. My friend Bonnie Edwards has a great romance that uses this trope. Check out Fake Me.)
2. Friends to Lovers (They have always been friends, but one or both secretly is in love with the other but afraid to ruin their friendship by making a move.)
3. Stranded Somewhere Together (Survival at its most romantic.)
4. Snowed In (similar to #3 but the coziness of winter because it's a lot easier to rationalize cuddling skin to skin when survival depends on it.)
5. Small Town Romance (I personally love these and write them like Last Christmas, Brianna's Season for Miracles, Jane (I'm Still Single) Jones, The Trouble With Love, Romeo and Judy Anne, etc. You can look on my Amazon Author page for these and more.)6. International Travel Brings Romance (My friend Mona Risk is expert at this kind of romance.)
7. Action Thrillers/Spy and Espionage (I've written one of these too, Dead Heat.)
8. Capers or Heists (like Oceans 11)
9. Books and Romance (book shop owners, author heroines, reading characters. My friend Lucinda Race has a book available for pre-order now that's the first in a new series. Books and Bribes: A Paranormal Cozy Mystery)
10. The Plain Jane Romance (She's not a looker or doesn't think she is, but she ends up with the studly hero. I wrote this in Cinderella Blue, a Romantic Comedy.)Takeaway Truth
Thanks JoanI This is a great list and I'm pleased to be included.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome. Love your books.
DeleteInteresting article, as was the one on Smart Girls Read Romance!
ReplyDeleteThanks, M.J. I hope you'll send one of your books to be featured.
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