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 Dating Plan
Act Your Age, Eve Brown (The Brown Sisters, #3)
Second First Impressions
Perfect on Paper
Wild Women and the Blues
Down Comes the Night
Sweet & Bitter Magic
Float Plan
She's Too Pretty to Burn
Sing Me Forgotten
Accidentally Engaged
Everything After
A Trial of Sorcerers (A Trial of Sorcerers, #1)
Bone Crier's Dawn (Bone Grace, #2)
Back in the Burbs
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    Freewheeling to Love: Life, love and cycling around the Lakes of Killarney and beyond
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    Devil's Deal (Devil's Duet #1)
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    All Rhodes Lead Here
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