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.

Fire in You (Wait for You, #6)
Of Fire and Stars
Timekeeper (Timekeeper, #1)
Duke of Pleasure (Maiden Lane, #11)
When All The Girls Have Gone
A Veil of Vines
Thrill Me (One Night with Sole Regret, #9)
The Silent Songbird (Hagenheim, #7)
Someone to Love (Westcott, #1)
Bad Nanny (The Bad Nanny Trilogy, #1)
Love Addicts Anonymous: Part One
Romancing the Inventor (Supernatural Society, #1)
One Snowy Night (Heartbreaker Bay, #2.5)
Girls in the Moon
The Romantics

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