Romance

According to the Romance Writers of America, "Two basic elements comprise every romance novel: a central love story and an emotionally-satisfying and optimistic ending." Both the conflict and the climax of the novel should be directly related to that core theme of developing a romantic relationship, although the novel can also contain subplots that do not specifically relate to the main characters' romantic love. Other definitions of a romance novel may be broader, including other plots and endings or more than two people, or narrower, restricting the types of romances or conflicts. ...more

The House Saphir
Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore
An Academic Affair
Seven Deadly Thorns
Daddy Issues
And Then There Was You
Hollow (Crown of Hearts and Chaos, #1)
Ship of Spells
Next Time Will Be Our Turn
Son of the Morning
Second Chance Romance (Harlot's Bay, #2)
The Sacred Space Between
Secret Nights and Northern Lights
As Many Souls as Stars
Not You Again
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    Unbound (The Undone, #3)
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  • Brimstone (Fae & Alchemy, #2)
    The Love Hypothesis
    Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy, #1)
    Great Big Beautiful Life
    Snow Place Like Home (Home Sweet Holidays)
    Reminders of Him
    It Starts with Us (It Ends with Us, #2)
    Reckless (The Powerless Trilogy, #2)
    Alchemised
    People We Meet on Vacation
    Funny Story
    Fearless (The Powerless Trilogy, #3)
    Heart the Lover
    Beach Read
    Better Than the Movies (Better Than the Movies, #1)
    Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireEasy by Tammara WebberFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesThoughtless by S.C. StephensWalking Disaster by Jamie McGuire
    College Romance
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    Lover Awakened by J.R. WardBeautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireDark Lover by J.R. WardFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesLover Eternal by J.R. Ward
    So you love a Bad Boy or Tortured Hero
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    Twilight by Stephenie MeyerDark Lover by J.R. WardCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareVampire Academy by Richelle MeadThe Host by Stephenie Meyer
    Best Paranormal & Fantasy Romances
    5,570 books — 9,753 voters
    Confess by Colleen HooverNever Never by Colleen HooverBeautiful Redemption by Jamie McGuireNovember 9 by Colleen HooverThoughtful by S.C. Stephens
    Most Anticipated Romances of 2015
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    Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesThoughtless by S.C. StephensBared to You by Sylvia DayFifty Shades Darker by E.L. James
    Intense And "Angsty" Romance
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    Best Ever Contemporary Romance Books
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    The Love Hypothesis
    Beach Read
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    Pride and Prejudice
    Red, White & Royal Blue
    It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
    People We Meet on Vacation
    The Fault in Our Stars
    The Hating Game
    Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
    A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
    The Unhoneymooners (Unhoneymooners, #1)
    Happy Place
    The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
    The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient, #1)

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