R is for Romeo and Juliet vs. Cinderella

R is for Romeo and Juliet vs. Cinderella

Do you prefer reading romance stories or love stories? Did you realize there was a difference? I didn’t until I had my editor explain it to me.

Romances

A romance focuses on the immediate attraction, and there is one important element that makes a romance a romance, and that is the happy ending. Sure there can be other things happening in the story, but it isn’t the main focus of the tale. The goal is for the couple to be together, and live happily-ever-after.

Examples of Romance Stories

Cinderella

Johanna Lindsey’s books

Nora Roberts’s books

Love Story

A love story focuses on the growing love between the hero and heroine. Their relationship grows over time, and they may or may not end up together. The romance is not the main focus of the story.

Examples of Love Stories

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

The Note Book by Nicholas Sparks

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Outlander by Diana Gabledon

Black Dagger Brotherhood Series

I like both romances and love stories. It all depends on my mood. Which do you prefer?

My tale Twilight's Eternal Embrace is a Love Story.

If Bram cannot find a way for Adryanna to survive the blooding ritual, the romance is doomed. They seek help from Sheerin, Bram’s cousin, who believes he’s found a way for the Lathe Sith to survive, but others in the Oiche Sith clan do not wish for them to succeed.

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My time travels, Creighton Manor and Twist of Fate are love stories.

Zachary finds himself falling for Gillian's oddly charming ways despite the fact the woman claims to be from the future.

He doesn’t trust his wife, but he finds his heart softening to the woman his wife has become. If he didn’t know better, he’d swear he's married to another woman and he’s fallen in love with her.

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