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 Someday Garden
Harvest Season (The Seasons of Carnage Trilogy, #2)
The Shampoo Effect
The Missed Connection
Tropesick
The Secret World of Briar Rose
This Immortal Heart
A Darker Shore: Letters from Ketterdam (Six of Crows, #2.5)
Shattered Gods (Dark Olympus, #10)
All We Hunger For
The River She Became
White Lights (White Lights, #1)
When You Loved Me
Romantic Hero
The Very Definition of Love
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    The Night We Met (Say You'll Remember Me, #2)
    People We Meet on Vacation
    The Love Hypothesis
    Atmosphere
    Heart the Lover
    Dolly All the Time
    Fever Dream (Emerald Lake, #1)
    Reminders of Him
    Better Than the Movies (Better Than the Movies, #1)
    It Starts with Us (It Ends with Us, #2)
    Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
    Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy, #1)
    Funny Story
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    Pride and Prejudice
    People We Meet on Vacation
    Red, White & Royal Blue (Red, White & Royal Blue, #1)
    It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
    The Fault in Our Stars
    A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
    Twilight (Twilight Saga, #1)
    Happy Place
    The Hating Game
    The Unhoneymooners (Unhoneymooners, #1)
    Funny Story
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