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.

The Forever of Ella and Micha (The Secret, #2)
Dead Ever After (Sookie Stackhouse, #13)
Dare You To (Pushing the Limits, #2)
Down London Road (On Dublin Street, #2)
Goddess (Starcrossed, #3)
If I Should Die (Revenants, #3)
Breathe Into Me
Jet (Marked Men, #2)
Beauty from Surrender (Beauty, #2)
School Spirits
Rock With Me (With Me in Seattle, #4)
Invisibility
Of Triton (Of Poseidon, #2)
Chantress (Chantress, #1)
Reboot (Reboot, #1)

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  • Touching Melody by RaShelle Workman
    Touching Melody (Forever First #1)
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    Release date: Jun 21, 2013
    Maddie Martin's first weekend at college is nothing like she's used to. It's wild, like the wilderness on which the University of Bellam Springs sits.…more View Details »
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  • Waiting for You by Maame Grace
    Waiting for You
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    Release date: Jan 10, 2013
    How do you explain the power of romantic love to an innocent girl? Are differences in class and culture able to stop love on its course?

    Set in the for…more View Details »
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  • Dearly Befuddled by Michael J. Katz
    Dearly Befuddled
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    Release date: Jun 01, 2013
    Isaac Holman is a producer of esoteric indie films, the kind that show up in the bargain bins at obscure film festivals. Once and always hopelessly i…more View Details »
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  • Faking It (Losing It, #2)
    The Moon and More
    Dare You To (Pushing the Limits, #2)
    Breathe Me In  (Ross Siblings, #2.5)
    Any Duchess Will Do (Spindle Cove, #4)
    No Strings Attached
    Surviving Raine (Surviving Raine, #1)
    Blind Attraction (Reckless Beat, #1)
    Real Ugly (Hard Rock Roots, #1)
    Recovery (Mending Hearts, #1.5)
    Once Upon a Tower (Fairy Tales, #5)
    Gemini
    Just One Kiss (Fool's Gold, #11)
    True
    The Book of Broken Hearts
    Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenOutlander by Diana GabaldonDevil in Winter by Lisa KleypasJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
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    Clockwork Angel by Cassandra ClareTorment by Lauren KateHalo by Alexandra AdornettoCrescendo by Becca FitzpatrickMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
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    Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireEasy by Tammara WebberFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesThoughtless by S.C. StephensEffortless by S.C. Stephens
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    Twilight (Twilight, #1)
    Pride and Prejudice
    New Moon (Twilight, #2)
    Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)
    Eclipse (Twilight, #3)
    Breaking Dawn (Twilight, #4)
    The Notebook
    The Time Traveler's Wife
    Fifty Shades Freed (Fifty Shades, #3)
    Jane Eyre
    Outlander (Outlander, #1)
    Romeo and Juliet
    A Walk to Remember
    Sense and Sensibility
    Wuthering Heights

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    Shana Abe
    I heard what you said. I’m not the silly romantic you think. I don’t want the heavens or the shooting stars. I don’t want gemstones or gold. I have those things already. I want…a steady hand. A kind soul. I want to fall asleep, and wake, knowing my heart is safe. I want to love, and be loved.
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    Jarod Kintz
    If loving someone is putting them in a straitjacket and kicking them down a flight of stairs, then yes, I have loved a few people.
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